Jerry Brown apologizes for mocking Bill Clinton over Monica Lewinsky scandal

DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU

Tuesday, September 14th 2010, 4:00 AM

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Jerry Brown is running for the office he once held - governor of California.

WASHINGTON - Jerry Brown, the once and perhaps future California governor, apologized Monday for mocking Bill Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
It started when Republican candidate Meg Whitman yanked Brown's chain with a TV ad dredging up a 1992 New Hampshire primary debate in which Clinton charged that Brown raised taxes.
At a campaign stop Sunday, Brown said Whitman's "even got Bill Clinton lying about me. Clinton's a nice guy, but whoever said he always told the truth?"
He continued, alluding to Clinton's affair: "I mean you remember, right? There's that whole story there about did he or didn't he?"
In a mea culpa, Brown told reporters, "Bill Clinton was an excellent President. ... It was wrong for me to joke about an incident from many years ago, and I'm sorry."


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