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Carville Equates Richardson With Judas

March 22, 2008 10:58 AM

In the New York Times today, Clintonista James Carville calls Bill Richardson's endorsement of Obama "an act of betrayal."

“Mr. Richardson’s endorsement came right around the anniversary of the day when Judas sold out for 30 pieces of silver, so I think the timing is appropriate, if ironic,” Carville said.

So in Mr. Carville's view on this Easter weeend, Richardson is Judas Iscariot, Obama is Caiaphas, and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, is .....?

- jpt

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If the Clintons do not win and Obama wins the Democratic nomination..... McCain will win the White House.

The Clinton supporters will vote for McCain before they let Obama in The White House.

Posted by: Seterina | Apr 26, 2008 4:48:24 PM

The Clintons are gonna lose and so it's bye bye for Chelsea's dreams of becoming Prez.

Posted by: John John | Apr 24, 2008 3:11:53 PM

I wonder if Mr. Carvile has used the "J" word (Judas) to descrbe Mark Penn? It would seem that a leader in the Clinton campaign who contrary to his candidate's position, engages in financial activity at variance with the one whom he is supporting might be a candidate for Mr. Carvile's name-calling. But, it could be the season for using the "J" name has passed.

Posted by: Gil | Apr 11, 2008 8:33:45 PM

Unlike the Obama woman I have always been proud to be an American !!!!

I fear the Obamas and their cabal will disgrace America !

Posted by: Rudy Mancilla | Apr 2, 2008 9:25:18 PM

Richardson is worse than Judas Iscariot under no circumstances will I vote for Obama.

When Clinton was President my pockets were full and the national debt was paid.

Posted by: Rudy Mancilla | Apr 2, 2008 9:21:43 PM

Wright... Yes, we can...
Rezko... Yes, we can...
Farrakhan... Yes, we can...

"Tell me your friends are and I tell you who you are."

OBAMA is a snake in suit...
Snakes are lethal be careful folks...

Posted by: Kikz | Apr 2, 2008 10:42:56 AM

wait wait wait, Darrel, what are you doing? So first you say Obama is "anti-americanist" and "racist" because of the church he belongs to. Then you say he didn't do enough to help his race during Katrina. Well buddy, which is it? Again, you don't know what you are talking about much. You accuse him of being two opposite things. He's not allowed to belong to a large black church in Chicago, but he still has to lay his neck on the line whenever anything bad happens to anyone black? Are you serious? Also, you never seemed to be able to clear up whether you are a baby boomer or a young black male, because as I said before, the two are mutually exclusive, it is not possible to be both a baby boomer and a young person. Do you understand? Just because you call yourself a Hillblazer, that doesn't mean you are really young, I'm sorry.

Posted by: josh | Mar 28, 2008 4:50:35 PM

In response to Josh:

You made my point a Obama just being a Jr Senator when Katrina occured, Obama lacks the national experience to be a President, but Obama could have made a lot more noise in his party and the whole Congrees to do something more about helping those people overcome their tragedy, Martin Luther King was not even in Public office and did more for his race of people than Obama who was in a better position to rally his collegues to effectively come to the aid of his race of people, Obama has no excuse, he run's and hid from issues that negatively affects the Black community, the recent State of the Black Union hosted by Tavis Smiley is another example of Obama ducking and hiding from issues that negatively affect my race of people, he thought campaigning was more important than atteding that fourm in Louisana last month, whatever motive Hillary had she did at least attend, that's why I respect her more than Obama, Obama is cosmetic, he's not going to really address issues that negatively affect the Black Community if elected President, because his actions is speaking louder than his words, it's not what Obama says, it's what he does or have done is what conviences me whether or not he would address and tackle my race of people's negative issues, so far, Obama has failed the test in my book and he's not even President yet.

Posted by: Darrell | Mar 27, 2008 12:18:54 PM

In response to Cath:

Lady you don't know what you're talking about here, You must have a Crystal Ball telling you that I'm a Republican, well, I'm sorry to disappoint you, I'm definitely not a Republican, not by far,I would not vote for a Republican under any circumstances, I'm a very strong Black American male Democrat for Hillary Clinton and for Hillary only, So you got it all wrong madam your Crystal Ball definitely decieved you, I suggest you throw it away, and let God show you what party affiliation I am, I bet he will show you that I'm a strong Democrat for Hillary. I want Hillary to win this race not John McCain or Obama, because in my opinion, Hillary is better qualified to fix this mess Bush will leave behind in 09, not Obama, and if she's not the nominee,I still will not be for him, because I don't trust Obama to be my President, Obama is cosmetic and full of deception, he's not who you think he is.

Republicans are the ones who got this country messed up the way it is, why in the world I would be a Republican?, you are definitely decieved here if you think I'm a Republican, because I'm not voting for Obama, I see that Obama's speeches have you more brainwashed and decieved than I thought. So don't fool yourself into thinking I'm a Republican because I support Hillary a 100%, and no other candidate in this race.

Posted by: Darrell | Mar 27, 2008 11:59:15 AM

In response to Darrell

You are a republican and you are not African American you are fake you are with the rush Limbaugh crew who are saying( keep her in it so we can win it). am for Obama don’t matter what anyone says. If Hillary gets the nomination we will rally with her for the sake of the party and for what matters for real democrats. Sorry republican will not get my vote. We know your trick....Darrell

Posted by: Cath | Mar 27, 2008 10:19:48 AM

Also,
People are free to attend whatever church they want to, and just because Barack Obama attends a church with a pastor who makes inflammatory remarks, that does not mean that Barack believes absolutely everything he says. If the general public just believed that all of the candidates believe in every ignorant and racist remark that anyone they have ever been associated with has said, then all of the candidates would be considered racist, ignorant people who are unfit to run this country. You know this is not the case. Darrell, there are militant white people and there are militant black people, but they are the minority of those races. You know this is true and just because Barack attended that church, that does not mean he is anti-american or racist. You have no real empirical evidence to back up any one of your ridiculous claims that Obama is "cosmetic" or "not to be trusted". Please, if you are going to argue, at least use real, sensible evidence that can be proven, not just what you think because you don't like him personally or because you are upset, that just weakens your argument.

Posted by: josh | Mar 27, 2008 8:32:29 AM

I think you are not remembering correctly. You said Katrina is an example of how Barack Obama will not give money to help black people in this country. That was George Bush, George Bush was the one who did not help the people that were hurt by Hurricane Katrina as quickly as he needed to. Barack Obama was still a junior senator at that time, he had very little sway over the emergency response time to Katrina. Barack still visited people displaced by the disaster, he did just as much as Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: josh | Mar 27, 2008 8:27:30 AM

To all Hillary Supporters:

Write Hillary a letter on her campaign website and encourage not to ever never give-up and quit this race until all voter''s voices have been heard in every State she needs your support in every way, and she needs to know all the people who are standing with her, I sent a letter to her already giving her my support until the last day of the voting process. You know their is power and strength in numbers.

Darrell

Posted by: Darrell | Mar 27, 2008 12:15:09 AM

In response to SheDrock:

This Black American is not in agrement with your statement about Obama, if Obama was so truthful, he would have left that church he was in for 20yrs, if Obama was so truthful he would have not waited until he was in politcal trouble to bring fourth a race relation's speech, which is not credible im my eyesight.

Obama is comestic and not to be trusted, and whenever he gets in political heat, all he has to do is give one of his speeches in order to bring people back in line who may be questioning his Anti-Americanist racist background for being associated and mentored by a Racist and Anit-Americanist Pastro for over 20yrs. Obama is fake. He's just waiting to give our tax dollars to Kenys and fail to tak ecare of the black community here at home, Katrina is an example of that, also he's going to let more immigrants in our country to the Black community's jobs, I just don't trust this man to be my President

Posted by: Darrell | Mar 26, 2008 6:10:36 PM

I don't think anyone could explain it as well as Obama , this is the America we live in right at this moment..anger, separation,confusion..fear, frustration. We need an honest voice of truth..Obama is the only one (running for office) not afraid to speak truth..bruises & all. I know that when I vote for president I need someone with a voice to inspire the nation, to help change the attitude of the American people who actually don't believe that we are one nation under God..The people who would never want to be "one" with anyone else. People who couldn't unite with even their next door neighbor if he happened to be a different color than himself or a different political party or anyone he just didn't like,for that matter. We need someone to change that mentality. If you truly listen to what he says..you realize that he is speaking from truth... He understands why people feel this separation..how they arrived at their perception..he is never speaking from only a 'black "point of view or a "white" point of view..he speaks from a human one..as an observer..open minded, with compassion,without judgement..ready to help talk it out..ready for the blows that may come, steady until it is resolved & until there is change.....isn't that what we intrinsically need? That's what we need as children.. isn't that what we need as a nation.. Isn't that the man he is? All I know is that I want somebody with that kind of statue to lead the country for my children & make a difference. As for Hillary camp's latest desparate move to undermine Obama's integrity & drive a wedge between races....would you ever want to be held liable for someone elses words.. especially when they were venting frustration? Anyone who would let this deter them from voting ,never believed in him anyway so ..............TIME FOR CHANGE ..YES WE CAN , OBAMA is a LIGHT in this DARKNESS that we're facing ....Let him SHINE!!

Posted by: shedrock | Mar 26, 2008 5:11:30 PM

K23,

You're not making yourself plain here, what was the underlying meaning of your first statement?, all you had to say is this was not racist in nature, and let me explain fully what I meant, but since you can't be clear on this I take it that a was sort of racist.

I'm staying with Hillary Clinton because she has worked on civil rights issues for years for the betterment of all races, but my race of people don't seem to be loyal and can be depended on doing crunch time, they rather vote for a man because he's Black and not on the substance of the issues, Obama is not going to bring no more change or unity then the Congress let's him, so he needs to be honest with the American people on that, and the way it looks, the party is going to be divdied racially beyond the election.

How can Obama be credible and trudtworthy to unite the country when he blelonged to a Racist, Anti-Americanist church for over 20yrs, and also mentored by a Pastor like this as well? I don't trust Obama, he not being truthful about the right incident, the only reason he conducted that Race realtions speech, because he tried to do damage control to his campaign, if he was truly genuine about this, he would hav broke ties with that church years ago, but instead he remained there, and even had Wright on his campaign staff, so Obama is comestic and a hyopcrite, a true Christian would have disassociated himself from Wright and his church in all capacities, a racist or Anti American could not have been my Pastor or Mentor, racism, and bigotry is against God's Word, God teaches Unity and Love for your fellowman no matter what race or creed they may be, because we are all God's creation and he's our Father, so that makes us all Brothers and Sisters in his eyesight, this is one of the major attributes a true christian must live by.

So Obama and his Pastor is lacking in this area, but Obama is disguising his racism and Anti Americanist attitude underwraps, because he's trying to be President, and I see right through his clueshay, waiting to see if he makes President before he reveals his true self where it's too late for people to do something about it short of Impreachment from office.

Posted by: Darrell | Mar 26, 2008 3:26:01 PM

You said it yourself you did not jump the ship meaning supposedly knowing where you belong....don’t try to twist my tongue

Posted by: k23 | Mar 26, 2008 2:50:09 PM

In Response To K23:

What was that remark suppose to mean? I hope it's not a racist remark, be a man and explain yourself and make it plain to me, what did your comment meant?

Posted by: darrell | Mar 26, 2008 1:49:22 PM

That is good someone knows where he belongs.

Posted by: k23 | Mar 26, 2008 1:26:40 PM

In Response to K23:

I'm a Black American believes you may have a point, minus the racist like connetation, my race of people have jumped ship to a Black man who just came out of no where preaching hope and change, this is what the Anti-Christ will do,come out of nowhere preaching good tidings and peace, etc, he's going to sound so good and convincing and have a lot of people willing to follow him, but this is really deception of the devil at work.

How can we support a man that his sat under a racist and Anti-Americanist Pastro for over 20yrs, and did not know or cared what his Pastor was teaching, there's noway Obama can convience me he did not hear his Pastro preach like this before, and if he did, why did he continue to have a relationship with his Pastor knowing what he believes and teaches his congregation, Obama is lying, he agreed with this man, if he didn't Obama would have cut all tie s with Pastor Wright, he was also the Obama's mentorm, come people wak-up and called a spade a spade, Obama is a racist, Anti-Americanist and Bigot in disguise, because Obama's behavior he exhibited concerning this issue makes me believe that, the Bible also backs me up when it stated, how can two wlak to gether accept they agree, meaning Obama was in agreement wiht his Pastor, he would have left the church and Pastor alone, but he didn't, so he guilty by association.

nad Finally, I believe Hillary can win Penn, without the majority of the Black vote, she did it in Ohio, Texas, and Rhode Island. Nad It's a shame Obama has this party and country so divided among racial lines, if he was such a uniter and change agent, this would not be, so he has no trust or credibility in this area for me as well.

Posted by: Darrell | Mar 26, 2008 12:55:59 PM

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