Brown Compares Whitman to Goebbles

A KCBS reporter has said that Gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown said this of his opponent in a recent informal conversation. (it appears to have taken place while both were biking)

She'll have people believing whatever she wants about me.

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Goebbels invented this kind of propaganda. He took control of the whole world,

The Republican Jewish Coalition quickly responded with this statement.

Jerry Brown needs to take responsibility for the full impact of his words, however carelessly spoken. The offensiveness of his likening Meg Whitman to Joseph Goebbels, for Holocaust survivors and the families of Holocaust victims, is obvious and demands accountability. But let’s also note the way Jerry Brown’s offensive Holocaust rhetoric hurts all Californians.

A local Jewish publication editorialized like this.

some recent ill-timed declarations, but given the Internet’s growing ability to spread rumors and exaggerate situations (For instance: Russell Crowe’s non-death), it seems like a wise decision to avoid making any sort of Holocaust references, especially while on the campaign trail.

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