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Disloyalty That Merits An Insult
Washington Post ^ | 3/29/08 | James Carville

Posted on 03/29/2008 11:26:57 AM PDT by poinq

Disloyalty That Merits An Insult.

By James Carville Saturday, March 29, 2008;

Last Friday the New York Times asked me to comment on New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama for president. For 15 years, Richardson served with no small measure of distinction as the representative of New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District. But he gained national stature -- and his career took off -- when President Bill Clinton appointed him U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and later made him energy secretary.

So, when asked on Good Friday about Richardson's rejection of the Clintons, the metaphor was too good to pass by. I compared Richardson to Judas Iscariot. (And Matthew Dowd is right: Had it been the Fourth of July, I probably would have called him Benedict Arnold.)

I believed that Richardson's appointments in Bill Clinton's administration and his longtime personal relationship with both Clintons, combined with his numerous assurances to the Clintons and their supporters that he would never endorse any of Sen. Hillary Clinton's opponents, merited a strong response.

I was fully aware of what kind of response calling someone a Judas would evoke.

Certainly, it didn't take long for the resign-renounce-denounce complex to kick into high gear.

In a bit of bloviation that brought joy to my heart, Bill O'Reilly pronounced himself "appalled."

Keith Olbermann, about two degrees shy of the temperature necessary for self-combustion, quipped, "So if he's Judas in this analogy, who's Jesus?"

Even Diane Sawyer took the analogy to the extreme, questioning, "Are you saying that he made a deal of some kind when you talk about 30 shekels?"

Others opined that my remark was "tactless" and "ugly."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: betrayal; carville; hillary; judas; politics; richardson
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To: poinq

You can’t really think that Richardson gives a damn about the people who elected him, can you? His only “loyalty”, like that of almost all politicians, is to the advancement of his own fortune. Do you think Hillary would be “loyal” to him? I’m not defending Richardson, I just think he’s no worse than the typical RAT backstabber. Carville is “loyal” to the Clintons only because nobody else would have him.


21 posted on 03/29/2008 1:34:55 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: ozzymandus
I don't believe that Mary would knowingly give up information. But she would not have to. She would simply argue the same point of view as the Bush team. And Carville would be able to figure out their strategy.
22 posted on 03/29/2008 1:35:52 PM PDT by poinq
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23 posted on 03/29/2008 2:20:47 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (The best argument against democracy is a 5-minute conversation with the average voter.—WChurchill)
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To: Albion Wilde

Which one is the real golum?/Just Asking - seoul62........


24 posted on 03/29/2008 2:25:49 PM PDT by seoul62
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To: poinq

Hey Serpent Head, Richardson already paid his dues when he stonewalled about Monica Lewinsky and his effort to get her out of Washington and into a job at the United Nations. Remember, Richardson was Ambassador to the UN around the time Hillary was pinned down by sniper fire in Bosnia. He figures he’s already gone through enough public humiliation for the Clinton Crime Family and he don’t owe them no more.


25 posted on 03/29/2008 2:44:37 PM PDT by TheMole
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To: Bernard

“A Satanic Chihuahua under a strobe light.”

Funny!


26 posted on 03/29/2008 2:48:15 PM PDT by avenir
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To: Albion Wilde

Remember Carville is a product of Louisiana politics....actually I think he is a product of the alien spacecraft crashes in New Mexico in the late 1940’s...


27 posted on 03/29/2008 2:52:01 PM PDT by RVN Airplane Driver ("To be born into freedom is an accident; to die in freedom is an obligation..)
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To: Bernard
"A Satanic Chihuahua under a strobe light."

Bwahahahaahahahah!

And he's nipping at the socks of Obama. This is a very good thing.

28 posted on 03/29/2008 2:58:31 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (How much worse would things be if Eve had been "empowered?")
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29 posted on 03/29/2008 3:04:15 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: TheMole
The definition of Clinton loyalty was displayed by the group of cabinet members who came out in a line as in front of a firing squad to defend Clinton's dignity against the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
30 posted on 03/29/2008 8:01:58 PM PDT by poinq
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To: poinq
What did Herself, the Voracious and Vapid, ever do for him? Was SHE president at the time????
31 posted on 03/29/2008 8:05:20 PM PDT by bannie (clintons CHEAT! It's their only weapon.)
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To: ozzymandus
By marrying The Slither, Mary lost all of my respect. You just can't life-partner up with someone THAT far from your basic beliefs; therefore, I doubt her basic beliefs.
32 posted on 03/29/2008 8:07:25 PM PDT by bannie (clintons CHEAT! It's their only weapon.)
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To: poinq

The mafia offers the code of “Omerta” and the Clintonista crime family offers its own loyalty code. Loyalty is not owed in the absence of all ethical considerations. Of course, Richardson is worthy of contempt for other reasons.


33 posted on 03/29/2008 10:22:02 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's 3 am phone calls will say that Bill is "ridin' dirty" with a barmaid on the DC Mall)
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Codes of loyalty in Washington are the reason we get all those earmarks and other semi-corrupt government handouts.


34 posted on 03/30/2008 10:45:30 AM PDT by poinq
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