Well, guess who I got to give a hug to today? A former Governor!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Jerry Brown, candidate for Attorney General of California, showed up at the grand opening of our Democratic Action Center today!

[Floogeldy]

1. I love Jerry Brown!

:)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. You and me both, my dear Floog!

You and me both......

He's very cool, IMHO!

:loveya: :hug:

[mdmc]

3. wait, the jerry brown is running for CA AG?

awesome!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Yes, he is, my dear mdmc!

And I think he'll be very good at it......

He's one smart guy......

:hi:

[mdmc]

5. i hope he wins

his 92 run was the first campaign that i worked on. he won colorado, where i was at the time...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. I really expect that he will.....

He has huge name recognition (most of it good) here in California....

I don't know who the repubs are putting up against him, though....

Not that that worries me much!

:hi:

I'd forgotten about his sojourn in Colorado.....I remember thinking :wtf: was he doing there?

[mdmc]

10. it was also the only year since jfk that CO went blue

I never met him, but we got out the vote for him in fort collins.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

7. Hey Peg, aren't you gorgeous!

You are our Linda Ronstadt!

Can you sing Blue Bayoooooooooooo??

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. my dear tinfoilinfor2005!

ME? Gorgeous? Um, what have you been smoking? :smoke:

Thanks!

Sorry, can't really sing very well.....waaaaay out of practice! :blush:

Really, that's very sweet of you! :hug:

[bridgit]

8. i don't care what is said about him, jerry remains a bright intellect...

and i miss his brand of leadership :patriot:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. I'm with you, my dear bridgit!

I miss his style too.....but maybe when he becomes AG, we'll have some good changes here in California!

I love the painting, BTW!

Thanks for coming by tonight!


:loveya: :hug:

[Olney Blue]

12. You are so lucky!!!!!!!!

Way to go.... does Jerry know about DU?!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. My dear Olney Blue......

I felt very lucky! But he had responded to our invitation to come to our open house today.....

And I knew I had to be there too!

I don't know if he knows about DU.....I had no chance to mention it...

:hi:

[lpbk2713]

13. Way to go Peg

I just hope Jerry knew who he had the honor of being in the presence of.


I'm proud of you for your active participation.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. My dear Ipbk2713........

He doesn't know me at all.....and that's OK....

Thank you for your praise.....I really don't deserve it, though....

I am far from the most active member of my organizations.....

I do what I can.....

:hug:

[johnnie]

14. Very cool Peggy!

It's good to see both you and Jerry Brown. :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. My dear johnnie!

I thank you for your very kind words!

It was fun being there with him!

:pals:

[Beware the Beast Man]

15. Mellow out or you will pay...

California Uber Alles!
California Uber Alles!
Uber Alles- California!
Uber Alles- California!!!

Thanks for the earworm!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. My dear Beware the Beast Man!

I know the song you quote in your message, very well, in fact....

But the line in your subject.....Is that a song too?

California uber alles, my ASS! :rofl: Ahnold hasn't done THAT to us...

Nor will he!

:kick:

[Beware the Beast Man]

29. Yeah, that's in the second verse.

Very tongue-in-cheek song inspired by JB's presidential run in 1980. :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Oh, thank you for answering!

I always hope to learn something new every day!

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

49. ...

:headbang:

[KitchenWitch]

18. Jerry Brown makes me all gooshey inside

:loveya: to both you and Jerry Brown.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. My dear KitchenWitch!

Oh, I am so glad to see you tonight!

Yeah, I hear you about Jerry Brown.....he does the same to me!

It was fun meeting him today, and getting to tell him how much I look forward to voting for him!

:loveya: back atcha!

[liberaltrucker]

21. Damn, Peggy, you certainly have connections!

If only he coulda been Prez Brown:sigh:

:hug:

:patriot:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. Hey, my dear liberaltrucker!

Nah, I don't have the connections.....

Whoever invited him to our open house has them, though!

Yes, he would have made an excellent president.....I agree completely...

*sigh*

:loveya: :hug:

[liberaltrucker]

24. I'm betting you'll have that pic on your wall!!

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. You know, I hadn't thought of that.......

Maybe.....just maybe!

I know someone who might like a copy, though!

If I remember....sheesh! :eyes:

[liberaltrucker]

26. Yours truly can take care of that.

Email the hi-res, and I'll make a very good 8X10 to mail to you.
I have glossy and semi-glossy photo paper in stock. In my truck, that is.

I love doing this stuff. I've digitally restored old pics of
my and my in-laws families(good way to keep in the good graces
of MIL!).
:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. You are entirely too kind!

But that won't be necessary....my dear liberaltrucker!

I have an excellent printer too...plus the high grade glossy paper.....

I have made a number of excellent copies of my pics....

I thank you so much for your generous offer!

:hug:

[Ava]

28. you scared me for a moment there Peggy!

I thought you were talking about Dubya. :yoiks:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. My dear Ava! No worries, sweetie!

NEVAH!

I would NOT touch that man with a hundred mile long pole! :puke:



:loveya: :hug:

[Ava]

36. good! just making sure!

:P :pals:

how are things tonight peggy?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. My dear Ava, I am good, but tired......

I spent nearly the whole day at Democratic party events.....morning and afternoon both.....

I was busy signing in whoever showed up at two events....

Collecting funds, handing out stuff, answering questions...like that!

I had a really good nap when I got home!

:loveya:

[Shine]

30. Good for you, Peggy!

I like Jerry. He's a good guy. :thumbsup: Great pix, too. Thanks for sharing! :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. My dear Shine!

Glad to see you tonight!

Yes, he is one of the good guys, isn't he?

I appreciate your comments, my dear.....You know how I feel about sharing...

:pals:

[DanCa]

31. Boy am I jealous.

:cry: Ah well at least when I loose out on a hug I loose big. :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. My dear Danca.......

I'm sorry you're jealous!

Wish you could have been here too.....I know you would have enjoyed the festivities a lot!

:hug:

[nicktom]

32. Man I must be getting old,

I met him in the seventies when he was Governor, it was at USC's baseball field at a celebrity game between Rolling Stone mag. and the groups Chicago and the Eagles. Gov Brown showd up in a T-shirt and jeans by way of a ford faielane.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. My dear nicktom!

I don't think you're as old as I am! My girls are in their 30's!

You are new to me....Welcome to my thread!

None of us are getting any younger, IMHO....at least the lucky ones aren't!

Jerry Brown was fairly unpretentious as Governor, IIRC......

Where are you in SoCal?

:hi:

[nicktom]

39. I am in the OC now, grew up in the Olympic And La Brea area of LA

I have been here for years,(on DU)but rarely post My kids are 18 and 21 years old. :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

40. Well, that's great!

I'm happy to meet you......

Orange County, huh? I'm in LA County, up by LAX....

Glad you posted tonight!

:hi:

[nicktom]

41. Thank you for your welcome.

[wildhorses]

42. you sure run with the "in" crowd

if I could just talk you in to leading the pack...
what a life that would be...:loveya::pals:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

45. My dear wildhorses!

Let me tell you.......I'm not part of any in crowd, sweetie!

Yesterday was a day full of candidate forums here in the South Bay part of Los Angeles.....

And he was here for those.......as well as our little opening.......

You just don't give up, do you? That is so very sweet of you, to think of me as President!

:loveya: :hug:

[GalleryGod]

43. Good for you,Peg! Jerry was way ahead of his time.

He came to our County Dinner as keynote speaker in 1977. A Great man with better vision than most of the cardboard cutouts.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

46. Thanks, my dear GalleryGod!

I have always respected him....

And I look forward to his being our next Attorney General.....

:loveya: :hug:

[AirmensMom]

44. Yay for you, Peggy!

:yourock:

And that's a great pic of you! :loveya: :hug: :grouphug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

47. My dear AirmensMom.....

Thanks, sweetie! It was a wonderful moment, I can tell you!

I've had better pictures, IMHO, but NONE with such a distinguished man by my side!

:loveya: :hug: :pals:

[ronnykmarshall]

48. Very cool, Peg!

Jerry looks great.

I remember seeing him in 1990 at Dianne's victory party when she won the Democratic nomination for Gov in SF.

He was just by himself walking around the room. He walked right past me and I had to do a double take. I wish I would have talked to him.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

51. My dear ronny!

Doesn't he though?

He was very approachable and friendly......

I am sorry you didn't get to meet him, sweetie!

Sometimes you just have to make the opportunities happen.....

:loveya: :hug:

[ronnykmarshall]

61. My dear Peggy ....

yeah I should have talked to him that night.

But what was very cool is that while Dianne made her speech I moved to far end the stage ..... and as she walked off I managed to PISS off this reporter from KTVU (Ch 2 in SF). I held my hand out to Dianne and said "I'm so proud of you, Dianne!" .... she held both my hands and kissed my on the cheek and walked away having at the cameras. The guy from Ch 2 was PISSED. He stomped off cussing .... GODDAMN MOTHER FUCK SHIT!!! I walked passed to him and said ..."Honey, us gays know how to get the attention of a queen!" snap!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

64. Wow, what a GREAT story!

I'm proud of you! I would NEVER have the nerve to do something like that!

And to piss off the reporter at the same time! :woohoo:

Good going!

:loveya: :hug: :yourock:

[skygazer]

50. Well, lucky Jerry Brown!

Getting to hug our CaliforniaPeggy! :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

52. My dear skygazer!

Well.....it wasn't exactly a hug......

I just had my arm around his back, and he had his around mine......:blush:

It was enough to make my husband growl, though! (he wasn't there!)

:rofl:

I was really the lucky one though...HE is the famous one!

:hi:

[hfojvt]

53. that's pretty cool

and are you saying that the old man in the picture is Jerry Brown?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

55. Thanks, my dear hfojvt!

I am saying it is Jerry Brown, and it IS him!

He's 68.....but I was surprised that he's that old......

He doesn't look that age to me!



:hi:

[hfojvt]

57. he looks pretty good for 68

but he looks alot older (and balder) than I remember him.

[mvd]

54. Congrats, Peggy!

Great picture, too! :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

56. My dear mvd!

Thank you! It was very cool getting to meet him.....

Glad you like the pic!

:hi: back atcha!

[NNadir]

58. I remember wanting Jerry to be President.

I think it's cool how he's stayed active, being a Mayor and now - as you inform us - running for Attorney General.

He got that "Governor Moonbeam" label attached to him at one point, but from all accounts he's a hell of a guy, if a historical iconoclast.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

59. Hey there, my dear NNadir!

Yes, it is very cool for him to stay active......

But what else is there for him? He has much to give, I think.....

His life is far from over!

Thanks for coming by today.......:hi:

I'm outta here....have a concert to go to!

[huskerlaw]

60. Oooh, way cool!

I need to brush up on my California state politics, but even I know who that guy is!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

62. My dear huskerlaw!

Sorry to not have answered you sooner....just got home from a chamber music concert up in PV!

Of course you know who he is! It was fun meeting him yesterday.....

I think he'll make a most excellent Attorney General! Rocky Delgadillo (sp?) is running against him in the primary....

:loveya: :hug:

[SOteric]

63. Heee! I was going to say Kim Jong Il!

But okay, the real answer was, I'm sure, much more cool and nifty. :pals:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

65. My dear SOteric!

Please, let us NOT give DS1, or anyone else, ANY funny ideas!

It was cool and nifty, you betcha! :pals: