Playboy: If Not for Ageism, Jerry Brown Would Be
President
by Joel B. Pollak 19 Aug 2015
The September issue of Playboy comes
close to endorsing California Gov. Jerry Brown for
President of the United States–but says he can’t serve because of age
discrimination.
Following up on comments last year by comedian Jerry
Brown, Playboy‘s Ashton Applewhite writes that Brown is a symbol of
prejudice against older people. “Ageism is the last acceptable prejudice in
America–that and Asian drivers,” Maher had said, en route to arguing that
“[o]nly in America is age more important than the fact that Jerry Brown took a
broken state and fixed it.”
Applewhite, in an article entitled “Why Jerry Brown Can’t Be
President,” remarks: “As Maher points out, discriminating on the basis of age
is stupid because age is relative….It’s high time to mobilize against age-based
discrimination and stereotyping. Otherwise, ageism will pit us against one
another. It will rob society of a vast amount of knowledge and experience. And
it will poison our futures by framing longer, healthier lives as problems
instead of the remarkable achievements they represent.”
Brown, 77, is only slightly older than the rest of the field
of Democratic Party candidates, real and potential. Socialist Sen. Bernie
Sanders (I-VT) 16% is nearly 74, and has been speaking to
packed crowds nationwide. Frontrunner Hillary Clinton is 67 years old, and Vice
President Joe Biden, who is considering a run, is 72 years old.
Playboy famously interviewed “the enigmatic young
governor” for its April 1976 issue, calling him “the least boring
politician in America.” The issue also included a pictorial of Ursula
Andress, the first, and iconic, “Bond Girl,” who starred alongside Sean
Connery in Dr. No.
Jerry
Brown
Jerry
Brown is the California state
government governor, and Kathleen L.
Brown’s brother.
Note: Kathleen L. Brown
was the California state government
treasurer, is Jerry Brown’s sister, and
a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Commercial Club of
Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Thomas
A. Cole is a partner at Sidley
Austin LLP, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and a trustee at the University
of Chicago.
University
of Chicago Booth School of Business is a graduate school at the University of Chicago.
Newton
N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Rahm
I. Emanuel is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor,
Ezekiel Emanuel’s brother, and was
the White House chief of staff for the Barack
Obama administration.
Ezekiel Emanuel
is Rahm I. Emanuel’s brother, a senior
fellow at the Center for American
Progress, and was the health care policy adviser for the Barack Obama administration.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress.
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society, and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress.
Christie
Hefner is the spokesperson for the Center
for American Progress, married to William
A. Marovitz, Hugh Hefner’s
daughter, and was the chair & CEO for Playboy
Enterprises.
William A.
Marovitz is married to Christie
Hefner, and was an Illinois Senate
senator.
Illinois Senate
is the legislative body for the Illinois
state government.
Hugh
Hefner is Christie Hefner’s
father, and the founder of Playboy
Enterprises.
Playboy Magazine
was a publication for Playboy
Enterprises.
PLAYBOY
Founded - Chicago, Illinois (1953).
Dennis S.
Bookshester was a director at the Playboy
Enterprises, and is a council member for the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
University
of Chicago Booth School of Business is a graduate school at the University of Chicago.
Norman R. Bobins
is a council member for the University
of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Kathleen L. Brown
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, Jerry Brown’s sister, and
was the California state government
treasurer.
Jerry
Brown is the California state
government governor, and Kathleen L.
Brown’s brother.
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