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Gov. Ed Rendell Fires At Reporters

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Feb 6, 2008 8:41 pm US/Eastern

Gov. Ed Rendell Fires At Reporters

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― Governor Ed Rendell was in Pittsburgh defending his state budget.

But he also went after his Republican critics and the media.

When KDKA Political Editor Jon Delano asked him about an Associated Press list of tax increases, Rendell went on the attack.

"Are you nuts, Jon? Are you nuts?," Rendell said.

"As a media person you should say, 'This is ridiculous, it's 42 cents a year folks. This isn't a tax it's 42 cents a year.' "

He added: "Any fair reporter should take that press release and mock it. They should report to their citizens that this is a joke."

Rendell told Jon that his budget really did not include tax increases because the fees it contains on cigarettes, electricity and property insurance are just pennies.

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