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Richardson to Help Clinton Ease Debt
June 29, 2008 3:18 PM
ABC News' David Chalian Reports: Clinton ally James Carville may have called him "Judas" when he endorsed Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton in March, but that isn't stopping Gov. Bill Richardson D-NM., from offering to raise money to help Sen. Clinton retire her significant campaign debt.
"We've been asked to help. So in principle we are going to help," Richardson told ABC News after addressing members of the Democratic Leadership Council in Chicago at the centrist group's annual gathering. "I think the party needs to come together," he added.
Richardson cautioned that the healing process inside the Democratic Party after its protracted nomination battle may not yet be complete. "Everybody's a human being. There still probably is a need to heal a little bit. It's not going to come back and be together right away. It may take a little time," Richardson told the crowd in his prepared remarks. "I mean, I hope not too much longer," he added to laughter in the audience. Gov. Richardson then mentioned that he has seen some hopeful signs of the party stitching itself back together and that he is "going to be involved in a debt event for Sen. Clinton in New Mexico." He later added that the event has yet to be scheduled.
President Clinton worked hard to woo his former cabinet secretary's support for his wife's candidacy after Gov. Richardson ended his own bid for the Democratic nomination. In January, Mr. Clinton flew to Santa Fe, New Mexico to watch the Super Bowl with Gov. Richardson as part of the outreach effort. Gov. Richardson ultimately decided to endorse Sen. Obama's candidacy in March which was received as a great affront inside the Clinton campaign at the time. Gov. Richardson noted today that his endorsement of Sen. Obama got more public attention than either his campaign announcement or withdrawal speeches.
In his remarks at the DLC, Gov. Richardson addressed six major foreign policy/national security challenges awaiting the next president including nuclear proliferation and the rapid rise of China and India. He said that before Barack Obama said a word at his inauguration, the image of a "young man with an internationalist background" would immediately work to restore the United States' reputation around the world.
June 29, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (244)
Hillary, please do not accept any help from Judas!! He is a traitor, let him be for the rest of his life.
Obama can retire your loans - you are helping him so much! That's fair and square.
Posted by: Jkan | Jun 29, 2008 3:31:00 PM
Judas is only thinking of his position in the party and his next job. Be assured that he is not doing this out of the goodness of his heart....
Posted by: Foodforthought | Jun 29, 2008 3:41:45 PM
Tell him to get lost.Obama picks him for VP he lost.
Posted by: roncraw | Jun 29, 2008 4:07:40 PM
I hope that all of us that can will do our best to help Hillary Clinton pay off ALL of her campaign debt quickly. She deserves that. You all knew Hillary, and Bill would go out on a limb for us if they felt they had too. That's what they do. :-) As I said before Hillary Clinton was STUNNING!!!
You witnessed the greatest political campaign struggle in American history. One for the textbooks, and the history books. Hillary Clinton fought her heart out against all odds to win for all of the American people. While at the same time doing her best to prepare Sen. Barack Obama to win in November if he was the nominee. STUNNING!!! WELL DONE HILLARY CLINTON. WELL DONE! Your AMAZING! :-)
Sen. Obama could not have had a better opponent than Hillary Clinton. Nor could he have had a better opponent to prepare him for the battle royal to come against John McCain and the Republicans ahead of the November elections. Hillary Clinton was like a big Mama cat determined to teach her kitten how to hunt, and hang with the big dogs for the fights ahead. The Clinton's have won the Whitehouse twice before. They know what it will take.
Hillary Clinton took Sen. Obama to every brawl, and cat fight she could find for him to develop his fight, and his chops. She even let her men (President Clinton, Governor Rendell, and many others) loose on Sen. Obama a little bit. So as to give Sen. Obama a taste of just how rough, and tough the big boys will be to do battle with. :-)
From sea to shining sea and US territories Hillary Clinton took Sen. Obama to see all of America. To meet, and greet all it's people. And to ask for their votes and support, which he will need if he becomes President. She took him to see what he will be fighting for. And to see what she and President Clinton have fought so heroically for over so many years. Sen. Obama could not have ask for any better. Nor had any better teachers.
Bill Clinton, Chelsea, Mrs. Rodham, and the whole Clinton team were magnificent. They really showed their metal. BRAVO! TEAM CLINTON... BRAVO!
And YOU! my fellow Americans. I'm so proud of you. And proud to be one of you. You showed what you are made of. And what makes America so great. You never gave up on your Champion Hillary Clinton. Time, and time again you eagerly waited your turn to vote for Hillary Clinton. To raise her up and pass her along down the line to the rest of your waiting fellow Americans.
You never gave up on her. Just as Hillary Clinton never gave up on you. No matter how many times they counted her out. No matter how many times her detractors, and attackers brutally knocked her down. You knew she would get back up and get after it. And when she did you were ready to support her. This is your role model America. AMERICA LOVES A FIGHTER. AMERICA UNDERSTANDS A FIGHTER. AMERICA IS A FIGHTER. I'M PROUD OF YOU AMERICA!
Sen. Clinton looked a little tired her first day back at work in the senate after her history making heroic campaign. She has good reason to be tired. Doesn't she America. But with time and good attention to the basics she, and you will recover. The basics are good well balanced nutrition, hydration, rest, exercise, recreation, POSITIVE! emotional support, and time (the greatest healer of all).
Y'all be good to President Clinton. I never saw a man fight so hard for a woman, and the American people as President Clinton fought for Hillary Clinton, and you. It's going to take Bill a while. No one except Hillary Clinton could have fought any harder than President Clinton did for you.
I imagine President Clinton still remembers how the American people wailed, reached, and cried out for him as he took that last flight home as your President on Air Force One after the 2000 elections. Yes, many of us knew back then what was coming for the American people under a republican administration. Back to living like dumb animals again. Fighting over territory, and scraps of meat. You are dieing like fly's now. Republicans too. But it's ok because some people are making a lot of money off of your needless deaths. :-(
As always, Hillary Clinton, and President Clinton did their best for all of us. It was an EPIC!
YOU MADE US VERY PROUD HILLARY CLINTON! HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH :-)
WE LOVE YOU. AND ADMIRE YOU...
jacksmith... Working Class :-)
Posted by: jacksmith | Jun 29, 2008 4:07:54 PM
That's awesome that Richardson will be helping Hillary retire her debt.
Posted by: whoghea | Jun 29, 2008 4:09:19 PM
OK, so what does that mean? "We have been asked to help. So in principle we are going to help." I can do a lot of things "in principle" while sitting on my a$$ doing nothing. And how is Obama a "young man with an internationalist background" who can accomplish great things before he even says a word at his inaguration? Obama has never worked or studied abroad unless you count up until the age of 12 when he attended school in Nigeria when he lived with his mother and stepfather. And I highly doubt he has the power to transform our reputation around the world without saying a word. What, are they playing sublimal messages at his speeches? Does he have everyone hypnotized? Who writes Richardson's speeches for him? It's ok to try to make your candidate look good, but at least try to keep some perspective on what this guy can or cannot accomplish. Next thing you know, he'll be able to cure cancer and he's found intelligent life on Mars.
Posted by: Melanie | Jun 29, 2008 4:27:01 PM
Richardson, how his he going to help Obama? He could neither raise the money nor attract Hispanics for his own campaign. Guess Hillary has taken the spotlight and VP consideratin from good old Judas.
Posted by: evie | Jun 29, 2008 4:28:10 PM
I would say no to Richardson - the traitor.
Will never never never vote for Obama.
My admiration for Hillary grows with each day that passes.
Posted by: Judy from Ohio | Jun 29, 2008 4:39:24 PM
Judy from Ohio
how much have you donated to pay off Hillary's debts? Pay up or shut up.
Posted by: Dot | Jun 29, 2008 4:43:47 PM
Hillary Clinton would make the best president this country has ever had. Everyone should do what they can to retire her debt. She loves America and its people with all her heart, and shows it in her words and work. Please do what you can to help this true American. Go to www.hillaryclinton.com.
Posted by: Alex01 | Jun 29, 2008 4:47:42 PM
Frankly how pathetic some Hillary supporters are if they really don't want Richardson to help. Calling him a 'traitor' is a little unfair, he never endorsed Hillary just because hge served in Bill's cabinet doesn't tie him into supporting the Clintons forever. I feel sympathy for Hillary but I am begining to lose patience with her supporters given there frankly shameful desire to campaign against the principles that there candidate stood for, by being so anti Obama and anything to do with him.
Posted by: markymark | Jun 29, 2008 4:48:42 PM
markymark - I have great admiration for Hillary - she is an intelligent and classy lady and I truly believe she has our country's good at heart. But like you, I am losing patience with people who have no desire to help her retire her debt - only berate those who are willing to do so. I am with Dot - put up or shut up!
Posted by: sandy | Jun 29, 2008 4:52:53 PM
This is just Richardson's way to keep his name in the press since he was one of the great dividers and is being called on like everyone else to be a uniter.
Go Hillary. The numbnuts at the head of the Dems, read Donna Brazille and Howard Dean, need to mend their fences BIG TIME with Hillary. She is still the most qualified dynamic star on the polical horizon and may be called on yet to run against McCain. Stranger things have happened.
Posted by: DD | Jun 29, 2008 4:53:49 PM
Just say no to Judas. Get his fat a$$ off the stage.
Posted by: Terry | Jun 29, 2008 5:00:41 PM
markymark:
These trolls posing as Hillary supporters would love nothing more than for any Democratic effort to fail. They are pretending to be pro-Hillary, but are merely using that as a guise to launch smears against Bill Richardson. Its the same old tactic from the Karl Rove days.
Bill Richardson enjoys strong support amongst the Hispanic Americans. Just look at the speech McCain gave this weekend to the Latinos to see what these negative blogs are doing. McCain gets heckled in an adjacent state to his own. Kinda says something.
Don't believe anyone who claims to be a Hillary supporter that doesn't want to see her retire her campaign debt. Its just those hateful trolls trying to stir up yet another smear campaign.
Posted by: Sharon2 | Jun 29, 2008 5:00:43 PM
Judas, LOL! You guys are really funny. You all sound like James Carville puppets.
All that ugliness sunk her campaign.
She could have stayed in the race in a more fiscally responsible way. Paying those jokers $8 million per month to mismanage her campaign is a travesity. She needs to dip into her own pocket to pay off her debts.
Bill Richardson didn't rack up her debt and should not be forced into retiring it.
Posted by: jmc663 | Jun 29, 2008 5:04:04 PM
This is nothing but an attempt to rub salt on the wound. Obama and his men are really enjoying the way Sen. Clinton's campaign finance was poorly managed. They have rewarded Patti Sollis Doyle, the chief culprit, who blew most of the money during the Iowa caucus. These guys are gleefully watching every day passing by, with very little time left for Sen. Clinton to get rid of her campaign debt. We, the so-called ardent supporters of her should hang our heads in shame, for not doing enough, for not giving enough, and for not reaching out to other people to help her get rid of her debt. The Obamas and the Richardsons are not needed.
Posted by: Paula | Jun 29, 2008 5:04:07 PM
Help retire Hillary's debt at www.hillaryclinton.com. Maybe Obama plans to select Richardson as a VP candidate, but Richardson does not have recent name recognition except as a person disloyal to those who helped him along the way. It would be nice if he would help erase Hillary's debt with a fund raiser, but why no date for the event yet?
Posted by: Sally | Jun 29, 2008 5:04:15 PM
I do not trust you Judas Richardson! What are you after? I wish Hillary did not take his money! this man doesn't do anything for nothing! I think they are all so scare because BHO is behind even though the media puts him up in polls! Beleive me, there are millions of us PUMAS who will not vote for rookie Obama in november and they are feeling our strong movement! This is a fight for JUSTICE, not abortion rights! We were robbed and cheated by the D party and they must pay for all of their disrectpect to us voters. NOBAMA, Richardson! Start looking for a new job! your state voted for Hillary, not BHO!
Posted by: Amarissa | Jun 29, 2008 5:05:03 PM
amarissa wrote:
We were robbed and cheated by the D party and they must pay for all of their disrectpect to us voters.
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Geez, listen to all this "victim speak" you girls kill me. What an embarrassment you are to women around the world. Sore loser, sour grape loving, bitter women.
Go pet your Pumas. LOL!
Posted by: jmc663 | Jun 29, 2008 5:07:52 PM
sandy,
Clinton should have completed her campaign in a financially responsible manner, but her campaign was spending like a druken sailor from the very beginning.
Spending millions and millions is Puerto Rico, where they can't vote in the GE was beyond stupid. She wanted to make a point, and it was an expensive one.
She has no one to blame but herself. She was the Captain of the ship.
Posted by: jmc663 | Jun 29, 2008 5:11:46 PM
How do I get paid by McCain's group to post stuff on these blogs? I could use the money.
Posted by: Larry2235 | Jun 29, 2008 5:12:18 PM
you republicans on this site are pretty funny. And REALLY obvious. No one that supported Hillary is going to vote for McCain. That would be like voting for Bush over Bill C. Never happen. Their philosophies are so entirely different. Any Hillary supporter that votes for Roe V Wade being overturned, and more and more war and killing the military and the middle class is a joke. Put a fork in Sen McCain and the whole bunch of Republican traitors. Time for a much needed change. We need America to once again become the greatest nation in the world!
Posted by: CMSgt Gary Preston | Jun 29, 2008 5:12:33 PM
I do not remember saying anywhere in my post that I would vote republican... Is this the only way you can think of to insult us? I do not consider myself a sore looser because actually and legally we won the primary. You are the true hate mongers and insulting crowd who only speak through dirty words because that is all you can do for your candidate. There is actually nothing that he has done to prove he is a good candidate. All he's done is brainwashed all of you with his rhetorics!
Posted by: Amarissa | Jun 29, 2008 5:15:35 PM
CMSgt Gary Preston:
The Hillary supporters that will be voting for McCain were actually Republicans that switched to support Hillary. If Hillary was never in the election, these folks would have been for McCain all along - regardless of who the Democrat was.
They are just going back after their brief adventure on the bright side.
Posted by: Timmy | Jun 29, 2008 5:17:21 PM
aramissa wrote:
I do not consider myself a sore looser because actually and legally we won the primary.
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LOL! And with that we can completely disregard the rest of your posts as nonsense. Actually and legally, she lost. By every measure, she lost. No matter how much you rely on the Clinton Clown Math, she lost.
So move along.
And since Clinton and Obama agreed on 97% of the issues, as she said in her speech on Friday, you should support him too, as Hillary said.
Or is SHE now Judas too? LOL!
Posted by: jmc663 | Jun 29, 2008 5:20:24 PM
jmc663 - I agree - Hlllary mismanaged her campaign. However, there are many vendors out there who still need to be paid - these people putting doown Richardson because he is willing to help are a sick bunch!
Posted by: sandy | Jun 29, 2008 5:28:56 PM
sandy,
Yup! I agree, there are many small businesses out there who need the money they were promised and if Big Bill Richardson can get the job done, then more power to him!
I just find the Judas remarks a hoot. Can't they come up with their own insults, instead of being Carville robots?
Posted by: jmc663 | Jun 29, 2008 5:30:59 PM
hillary-HELL- NO!!!I would agree with you 100% about Hillary paying off her debt - but she is prevented by election laws from doing so.
Posted by: sandy | Jun 29, 2008 5:31:21 PM
LOL! As I said before, all you can say about BHO is that those of us who are against him are Republicans! You are all as egocentrics as he is! Grow up, there are millions of us who are not republicans! We are just as passionate as you are for our candidate with a big difference: we do not post vulgarities in blogs to state our positions. We speak facts. Check out your candidate's Flip flops on so many issues as FISA, guns, campaign money, must I go on? And do not bother to answer me because I have no more time for your stupidities!
Posted by: Amarissa | Jun 29, 2008 5:36:13 PM
"I hope that all of us that can will do our best to help Hillary Clinton pay off ALL of her campaign debt quickly. She deserves that. You all knew Hillary, and Bill would go out on a limb for us if they felt they had too"
That's a joke! Hillary and Bill will go out on a limb to help IF IT BENEFITS THEM.
I will not donate a red cent to pay off the debt of someone who continued a campaign that she knew was unwinable. Her ego got the better of her and she & Bill had this wild idea that Hillary was "entitled" to be the next President. HA, jokes on you Clintons.
So the millionaires want us unimportant pions to help pay her bills. Bull$hit!
PAY YOUR OWN DAMNED BILLS HILLARY.
OBAMA DOESN'T OWE YOU A DIME OR THE VICE PRESIDENCY!
Posted by: Debbie, SC | Jun 29, 2008 5:42:07 PM
Richardson has no honor, and now he tries to redeem himself with fundraising. The less I see this guy, the better.
Posted by: Sylvia Johnsen | Jun 29, 2008 5:42:56 PM
So is Judas(aka)Richardson going to help with Hillary's debt with his "30" pieces of silver
Posted by: charlize | Jun 29, 2008 5:49:34 PM
So what makes Richardson a "Judas"?
Because he supported Obama? Oh heavens no! He had his OWN opinion!! Somebody should investigate, LOL!
It may come as quite a shocker to all you PUMA kitties, but 58% of the Democratic Party don't like the Clintons and 89% of the Republicans HATE them.
Do the math.......not the Clinton Clown Math, but real math. With negative polling numbers like that, Clinton was seen by many as unelectable.
Posted by: jmc663 | Jun 29, 2008 5:56:30 PM
You Obama Democrats just don't realize that without Hillary's supporters (and there are far more of them than there are Obama followers) Obama doesn't have a snowball's chance, do you? Seeing in November will be believing.
Posted by: ChristineRI | Jun 29, 2008 5:58:55 PM
Charlize
It doesn't matter how many people like or do not like Clinton. I hope that BO does pick Richardson for VP. PUMA Democrats will then have the opportunity to not vote for 2 incompetents instead of only one.
Posted by: Lynn | Jun 29, 2008 5:59:51 PM
so little girl need help from big guy. Nothing has really changed. The feminists get in trouble and they run to big daddy for help. It is either a big daddy donor or big daddy government.
Posted by: strangelove | Jun 29, 2008 6:00:00 PM
If everyone on this post and others that doesn't want Hillary to seek to accept help paying her debt would just go on line and contribute $10, $15, $25 dollars, she could pay it off overnight and not suffer the indignity that comes from Obama, Richardson et al. I have never gave to a policial campaign until last week and I couldn't take their "look how holy I am" attitude.
Posted by: Ron | Jun 29, 2008 6:00:32 PM
Nobody OWES Hilliary ANYTHING!!! She tried, she failed... why should anybody have to bail out a billionaire? That's what's wrong with this country, all the welfare goes to the rich, and the public is dumb enough to cheer for it. Enjoy your enslavement, and give your gold to Caesar. After all they deserve to be reimbursed even when they lose... Especially at YOUR expense!!! Where's my bucket, I'm about to PUKE!!!
Posted by: pity | Jun 29, 2008 6:01:25 PM
Obama is the one who has to suck up to Hillary because he can't do it on his own. Weak much?
Posted by: ChristineRI | Jun 29, 2008 6:02:20 PM
Obama is the one who has to suck up to Hillary because he can't do it on his own. Weak much?
Posted by: ChristineRI | Jun 29, 2008 6:02:20 PM
Bill Richardson is a snake just doing what will benefit himself.
Posted by: Luckylady | Jun 29, 2008 6:02:31 PM
christine in ri wrote:
You Obama Democrats just don't realize that without Hillary's supporters (and there are far more of them than there are Obama followers)
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Tee hee!! Now THAT is funny! He still has ALL of his 18 million, and latest polls show that 65% of her supporters now support him. And that is just the Primary voters.
Stay home and pet your Puma. No one cares.
Posted by: jmc663 | Jun 29, 2008 6:03:38 PM
Guillermo from Buenos Aires, Argentina:
Yes Hillary, just say no to Bill Richardson. As a Latino in the United States, I am ashamed of this opportunist person. He no longer represents the Hispanic American. He is just another opportunist.
Posted by: Guillermo Barreto | Jun 29, 2008 6:04:24 PM
Hellno wrote:
Do you mean 58% of the DNC like Polesi, Dean, Donna etc..don't like Clintons? I thought the popular votes came out differently.
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No dear, actual registered Democratic voters say she is untrustworthy. That is voters in her OWN party. 58% of registered Dems found her lacking in likability and honesty. Many of those could be swayed by a Repub.
Posted by: jmc663 | Jun 29, 2008 6:06:07 PM
Guillermo Barreto,
Hope you have not overstayed your visa, otherwise John McCain wants YOU....out of the country LOL!
Posted by: jmc663 | Jun 29, 2008 6:10:05 PM
The eighteen million people that voted for Hillary are not robots. We all are different with expectations and hopes like everyone else. However, we are entitled to our opinion about Hillary and Obama based on our judgment. Listening to the political commentary, we are portrayed as bitter, delusional, vindictive, and racist against Obama.
More importantly, Hillary is blamed for spreading these ideas among us. What nonsense! We can think for ourselves. If anything, we were too naive how the political system worked. In our opinion, Obama was selected by the pundits and the party. Yes, he did win his share of delegates with the caucuses and the superdelegates. However, it was the way the process evolved over the last six months that really made us angry.
This is the first Presidential election where the MSM became a power broker and blatantly favored one candidate. By doing this, the norms of this election changed. Past candidates that had marginal delegates and victories were allowed to take their campaigns to the convention. However, Hillary was stopped from exercising this option by her own party and the media.
In addition, there were the issues of sexism and racism. Race served as an undercurrent in this process, and used as a wedge issue against Hillary. Sexism became not only acceptable but openly practiced by the likes of Matthews, Russert, Beck, Cafferty, and Olbermann.
It was obvious that Hillary was pressured by her own party to suspend her campaign and endorse Obama. Now, we are to “fall in line” like good little Democrats. Like hell, we will. After seeing Hillary being trampled on by her own party, we are taking the initiative and reclaiming our power through our votes.
Posted by: yoga82y | Jun 29, 2008 6:11:31 PM
I believe it is the men who are trying to get Hillary to campaign for them, not the other way around. BO needs Hillary and her donors, that's way he isn't taking public financing. He thought he could make more off the coattails of the former First Lady, than he could on his own. Well, what he didn't count on was the fact that Hillary's biggest contributors didn't like BO and didn't open their wallets for him. Why? Because he is the same inexperienced, racist, sexist, fool now as he was a year ago. A blind man could see that. Unfortunately BO's supporters cant. The light that shines from the Messiahs eyes are too bright for them to see anything that has to do with truth.
Puma Democrat
blog.pumapac.org
One Love
Posted by: DaddysDarlin | Jun 29, 2008 6:12:22 PM
I have been following the blog posts of several sites and am a registered Independent. I have never voted Republican but that doesn't mean I never will. I always try to keep an open mind before casting my vote and base my decision on facts not hearsay.
It saddened me to see that the founder of puma is a Republican posing as a Hillary supporter. I feel sorry for some of the posters on the pumapac site being misled by murphy and her underhanded agenda which has always been to support McCain.
Be that as it may, if someone wants to help pay down Hillary's debt so be it. That is a choice that they make and it is their money. Who am I to say how they spend it.
JMHO
Posted by: peter p | Jun 29, 2008 6:18:51 PM
THIS IS HOW SMALL THIS JUDAS IS. RICHARDSON IS A SMALL MAN AND BILL CLINTON OUGHT TO WATCH WHO HE KEEPS AS FRIENDS.
OBAMA WAS JUST ABOUT READY TO IMPLODE WHEN THIS TRAITOR BETRAYED THE MAN WHO MADE HIM WHAT HE IS, ENDORSING OBAMA..
NOW THE HYPOCRITE WANTS TO RETIRE HER DEBT.
HILLARY OUGHT TO KNOW THAT HER SUPPORTERS WHO WERE REALLY HURT BY RICHRDSON'S JUDASISM, FEEL EVEN MORE ANGERED BY THIS NEWS. I HAVE GONE ON HILLARY'S SITE TO HELP WITH THE DEBT ONLY TO HAVE THE SITE TURNED INTO .. "CONTRIBUTE AND SUPPORT OBAMA" ... NONE OF US TRUE HILLARY SUPPORTERS ARE GOING TO GIVE MONEY UNLESS WE ARE SURE IT WONT GO TO OBAMA.
TJ, SAYING, THANKS, HILLARY FOR RETURNING OBAMA'S $4600. HOW DARE HE?
Posted by: TJ | Jun 29, 2008 6:20:07 PM
No if voting or contributing to Nobama made one a Judas then all his contributors would be Judas-oh-my bad.I would rather Hillary be in debt then have her money come from the sources Nobama's did. Well I'm off here just commented because I was asked to.I refuse to dignify you Nobama rats with my answers
Posted by: charlize | Jun 29, 2008 6:20:59 PM
DaddysDingDong,
Obama raised over $250 Million! That is more than Clinton raised. A QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS!!
Clintons supporters are and will support Obama in every way possible. Many of them "donors" are not wanted by Obama. Clintons campaign was funded in large part by health insurance and pharm companies. It was their way of saying thanks for not getting Universal Health Care in the 90's. Clinton has been and is in their back pocket.
You are incredibly naive. Obama is not a God or messiah (why do you all use the same words, anyway? Get a dictionary or Thesaurus, you guys are boring). But he is the best man for the job.
PUMA = Losers
Posted by: jmc663 | Jun 29, 2008 6:21:48 PM
Do any of you hillary supporters remember that she and her hubby owned the democratic party throughout the 90s and probably until the present time? Obviously, some of the party hard core just pretended to like her out of fear. I can understand that. I am from Arkansas and we knew her long before you 'johnny come latelys' discovered her. She is obviously horribly light in the resume when considering the presidency but so many bought into this nonsense about the first lady being the same of the presidency. PLEASE!!!!!!!
Posted by: strangelove | Jun 29, 2008 6:25:43 PM
TJ wrote:
WHEN THIS TRAITOR BETRAYED THE MAN WHO MADE HIM WHAT HE IS, ENDORSING OBAMA..
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What a joke! Clinton did not MAKE Richardson anything. Richardson was hired to do a job and did so with distinction. So now everyone who EVER worked for Clinton is now tied to his t*t?
I guess the press was right, Clinton does attract the uneducated.
Good luck with that!
Posted by: jmc663 | Jun 29, 2008 6:25:44 PM
HILLARY OUGHT TO KNOW THAT HER SUPPORTERS WHO WERE REALLY HURT BY RICHRDSON'S JUDASISM, FEEL EVEN MORE ANGERED BY THIS NEWS.
Amen.
Posted by: Jkan | Jun 29, 2008 6:26:39 PM
No one really knows how many people are actually in Obama's corner. Most of the primaries and caucuses were held before Rev Wright and all the rest. LOTS of people have 'changed' their minds. And keep in mind that no less than 140 million people will vote in November. Even if Obama has his 18 mil and some of Hillary's, he's not even close.
Posted by: ChristineRI | Jun 29, 2008 6:28:18 PM
Some of you Clinton supporters have really lost your grip with reality. Richardson is showing class by offering to help even after Carville called him a Judas and Bill Clinton went ballistic at a fund raiser over his endorsement of Obama. Instead of being grateful, you write vile posts and spew your irrational hatred and vituperations at Richardson and Obama. Thank goodness most of HRC supporters have common sense and know when to let go. To the others of you who would rather whine and blame everyone for her loss except herself and her campaign, have fun being miserable during the general campaign, because that's what you want anyway. For the rest of us, we're going to do everything in our power to elect Barack Obama as the next POTUS! Obama '08!!!
Posted by: Sanity | Jun 29, 2008 6:28:58 PM
Would any Obama supporter help clear the debt of an adversary who democrats that McCain could better lead the country than Obama? You keep hearing about the hurt feelings of the Clintons because of mistreatment by the media and Obama. Never mind sexism, the excuse of a poor loser. Sure, lots of people were against her, but not because she was a woman, but because she was who she was.
Posted by: Passin Thru | Jun 29, 2008 6:30:46 PM
So Hillary should be GRATEFUL because the dog didn't bite her twice?
Posted by: ChristineRI | Jun 29, 2008 6:31:56 PM
Bill Richardson? Geez, I always thought he was such a non-entity. How else could he have gotten attention but to endorse Obama! What a dud!
Posted by: maggie | Jun 29, 2008 6:35:08 PM
Richardson made a name for himself by attaching his wagon to a jackass.
Posted by: ChristineRI | Jun 29, 2008 6:41:27 PM
jmc663
Only half of Obama's $250 million dollars came from small Internet Donors. The rest were from bundlers from law firms or financial firms tied to the mortgage or subprime industry. In other words, Obama accepted money from PACS and lobbyists. Here is just a partial list of his bundlers:
Theodore Janulis-Bundler (over $50,000) & Lehman Bros. head of Global Mortgages
Francisco Borges - Bundler (over $50,000) and Chairman of Landmark Partners a private equity real estate firm
Nadja Fidelia - Bundler (over $50,000) & Managing Director of Lehman Bros.
Michael Froman-Bundler (over $50,000) & Managing Director of Citigroup
David Heller-Bundler (over $200,000) & Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
J. Michael Schell - Bundler (over $100,000) & Managing Director at Citigroup
Jim Torrey - Bundler (over $200,000) and founder of the Torrey Funds-Hedge Funds
Todd Williams-Bundler (over $50,000) & Managing Director Goldman Sachs & The Real Estate Council
In Obama's database of 1.5 million donors are roughly 130,000 power brokers that have funded nearly 60% of his campaign. (Source: Jarid Brown-Politically Drunk on Power)
Posted by: yoga82y | Jun 29, 2008 6:42:23 PM
Yes, approximately 140m people will vote in November - all states did not hold promaries or caucuses - many people simply do not vote in the prmaries - so your Clinton math is off. Looking at the electoral college - yesterday's post:
Projected Electoral Votes:
Obama – 336
McCain – 202
Barr – 0
Nader – 0
Needed to Win – 270
Sorry - your popular vote count goes back to the same fuzzy math apparent in the primaries.
Posted by: sandy | Jun 29, 2008 6:43:08 PM
ChristineRI - you mean President Clinton, I take it!
Posted by: sandy | Jun 29, 2008 6:44:23 PM
Again, this is not about obama, Sen. Clinton, Richardson, etc. This is about a corrupt Democratic Party. This is about not allowing the DNC to set in stone voter disenfranchisement, caucus/voter fraud, voter manipulation, selecting a nominee, condoning misogyny and racism to be set in stone as Democratic Party Platform policies.
This is about our Democratic process. This is about our constitutional rights to fair elections and our votes counting.
I could care less about Richardson's sorry self. I not allow this party and a bunch of immature followers of the 'chosen' one to destroy our Democracy. Plain and simple.
This rest of this static, it is just that, static.
Posted by: OhNoYouDidnt | Jun 29, 2008 6:53:12 PM
I care less about Richardson......
I agree with James Carville
Richardson is Judas....and the rest
of the democratic leadership....
.....end of the story.
Posted by: Nicholas | Jun 29, 2008 6:54:58 PM
So is Judas going to give Hillary the 30 pieces of silver he sold her for?
What a hypocrite!!!
Posted by: Swissdiver | Jun 29, 2008 6:55:09 PM
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter" MLK
Our Democracy matters, not the party, the Democracy.
Wake up people!
Posted by: OhNoYouDidnt | Jun 29, 2008 7:03:15 PM
I'm puzzled at how Richardson wants to help retire Sen Clinton debt when I'm still getting emails from his campaign asking for money to retire his debt. And what makes him think that Sen Clinton wants or needs his charity or is this the big strong men coming to the aid of a helpless woman. The who thing makes me sick, Sen Clinton should tell them where to go with this pity party Richardson wants to throw. Judas is just working hard to get the vp nom and feel important.
Posted by: Kardasia_Prime | Jun 29, 2008 7:05:44 PM
Richardson can keep his 30 pesos and himself in new mexico,since he was unable to give loyalty and friendship when they needed it most.I'm ashamed to say i'm hispanic myself, except my loyalty can never be bought.I will never forget what the clintons have given to our country, for that i'm forever gratful.
Posted by: SHIRLEY ROYBAL | Jun 29, 2008 7:07:42 PM
Kardasia_Prime - Hillary HESELF has called all of the Democratic contributers to help her retire her debt. It is only you PUMAs that are so filled with hate and revenge that you cannot see the forest for the trees - what about all of the vendors that are holding an empty bag full of hundreds of thousands of dollars owed them - where is your feelings and monetary support for them? Seems your values are WAY out of whack!
Posted by: sandy | Jun 29, 2008 7:13:10 PM
Typical Mexican - back stabber = then after they get what they want they act like they are your friend!!!! Go away Bill Richardson - Hillary does not need your help!!!!
Posted by: LynnB | Jun 29, 2008 7:13:35 PM
I have been procrastanating and I haven't sent money to help Hillary retire her debt. I'm embarrased that the media and comedians are making sport of her debt. If all of her supporters would send a dollar, hell we could help her. I'm asking all Clinton supporters to send at least 10 dollars to her. I will meet you on Hillary Clinton.com. Let's show the media, obama supporter, and comedians that we don't need a damn thing from them.
Posted by: rwoods | Jun 29, 2008 7:26:15 PM
LOL
The people who did not want Obama, Still do no want Obama.
Obama torn the country apart and the Democratic party. He united the Blacks.
If The Democratic party wants Unity, then they best get rid of Obama. That is the only way to do it.
Posted by: Sharon | Jun 29, 2008 7:26:28 PM
yoga82y:
Checking out your source regarding Obama's campaign funds, and its an Ultra-RightWing Republican slanted smear website. A low budget 527. Its main header banner says "Daily Stop Obama Hot List". Not exactly a respectable source. More like a cheap Swift Boat smear campaign.
Sorry.
Posted by: Brian | Jun 29, 2008 7:29:30 PM
Green rain for Sen. McCain on 7/4....contribute $5.44 to McCain and send a message to the DNC that Hillary supporters are for McCain now...PUMA..no party unity. Richardson is irrelivant now, and Hillary should reject any help from him.
Posted by: deb | Jun 29, 2008 7:33:37 PM
Sharon - sorry - just wishful thinking -65 % of Hillary's supporters said they would NEVER vote for Obama if she pulled out of the race - that number now down to 11% as other bloggers here have noted. By November that number will be even lower - most intelligent people with a lick of common sense will not vote against their own interests.
Posted by: sandy | Jun 29, 2008 7:36:43 PM
Hey Sandy.
You have NO idea about the "electoral
college"Your predictions are totally
wrong.
Dukakis was way ahead on polls BUT he lost 45 states in G.E.
The campaign begins after labor day.
You don't even know the 24/7 TV
commercials against Obama.....
Republicans WILL DEFINE Obama as left
wing liberal and unfit for commander
in chief.
Posted by: Nicholas | Jun 29, 2008 7:38:53 PM
Contribution Details
Date: June 29, 2008 7:34 PM EDT
Contact:
Amount: $10.00
Will anyone answer my call. I did my ten. Come on put your money where your mouth is clinton supporter. contribute and cut and paste receipt here without personal information.
Posted by: rwoods | Jun 29, 2008 7:38:58 PM
Brian
Obama's bundlers are a matter of public record. It has been reported in the Chicago Tribune, Public Citizen, and so on. Whether or not, this group is a Republican 527 is irrelevant. He is accepting money from PACS and lobbyists either through their law firms or bundlers.
Posted by: yoga82y | Jun 29, 2008 7:40:37 PM
Isn't that sweet of Bill Richardson!
Obama winked at him with a promise of something and he completely cuts the people who allowed him to accrue his great experience!
Characterless slime! Go crawl back under a rock!



