Brown Aide Caught on Tape Calling Whitman a ‘Whore’
An as-yet-unidentified member of Jerry Brown's camp has created quite a PR snafu for the California gubernatorial hopeful by calling Brown's rival, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, a "whore" during a conversation that wasn't intended to be recorded. Oops.An as-yet-unidentified member of Jerry Brown’s camp has created quite a PR snafu for the California gubernatorial hopeful by calling Brown’s rival, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, a “whore” during a conversation that wasn’t intended to be recorded. Oops. –KA
Click here to hear the audio recording of the conversation, courtesy of the Los Angeles Times:
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