Jerry Brown Regrets 'Propaganda' Remark

[Freddie Stubbs]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) ―

California gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown has told a Jewish-rights group that he regrets recent remarks to a reporter in which he compared his rival's campaign tactics to Joseph Goebbels' Nazi propaganda.

Brown's comments, quoted last week on KCBS radio reporter Doug Sovern's blog, sparked criticism from Meg Whitman's campaign and the Anti-Defamation League, which issued a statement Monday saying the comments were inappropriate and offensive.

"I'm sorry, I talked to the people at the Holocaust center and they completely understand," Brown said Tuesday in response to a reporter's question about the comments. The group he was referring to was the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center, his spokesman said.

Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, confirmed that Brown had called him the morning the blog appeared and they spoke for about 5 minutes. He said Brown, who he has known for 30 years, told him he regretted referencing Goebbels.

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[tularetom]

1. He's right - Goebbels work, despite the vileness of its contnt

was far more professionally done than the sledgehammer crap Whitman has been producing.

There's no comparison.