Carville Still Proud Of His "Judas" Line

Politico:

Since James Carville compared Obama-supporting Governor Bill Richardson to Judas last month in the New York Times, he's stood by the statement, and always maintained it was in context.

On "Meet the Press" today, Carville again said the Times reporter quoted him accurately and in context. The Democratic strategist's only gripe, it seems, is that the Judas line wasn't higher in the piece.

Russert asked Carvile about the comment: "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 [Holy Week] is appropriate, if ironic."

From MTP:

MR. CARVILLE: Well, first of all, I, I, I did say that and the reporter had--I was a little disappointed, it was like "graph 7." I was expecting it to be a little higher in the story.

Actually, the Judas jibe didn't make it until graph 14! Carville may be right that the Times sort of buried the lede.

Read the whole story: Politico

Comments

[dugan45]

Carville is as behind on archeological findings as he is how to strategize politics. An early manuscript of the Book of Judas having been found and translated, we now know that Christ told Judas to betray him. Carville knows nothing about betrayal. That is why he is for Hillary. And if by chance he is aware of The Book of Judas, what he did was misuse truth when saying what he did about Bill Richardson.

[SharonB]

James who???? Is this the same man who defended Bill during the Monica mess and bad mouthed everyone who said that mess was true?
He is SOOOOOOOOOO out of touch. Someone shake him and tell him it ain't the 1990's anymore...­.
He wants to use Bible neamed to describe people? Here are the perfect names for Bill and Hillary:
Ananias and Sephira (Acts 5:1-10). Read it for yoursleves folks... they have a LOT in common.

[becky]

I love James Carville, What's his name from New Mexico, should have endorsed Hillary Clinton because she won New Mexico. Isn't that suppose to be the test for superdelegates, You are all a bunch of Hypocrites.

[glitzqueen]

Flash from New Mexico: This state finished in such a dead heat that folks were recounting for days before a result was announced. In the end, Hillary won by virtually nothing. The delegates are split; she gets one extra that her margin of victory doesn't really warrant -- but they aren't letting us carve individual delegates up.

Santa Fe (Gov. RIchardson's home) and Albuquerque, our only two real cities, were solidly for Obama. Folks in the hinterlands, who tend toward Republicans, made the tiny bit of difference.

[dugan45]

Not according to Hillary, who says superdelegates are free to vote for whomever they prefer.

[BillyT]

If Hillary's rule (that "they are to vote as they wish") doesn't suit Hillary then she misspoke again? This is your Hillary "shifting goalpost" moment, for the umpteenth time.

Hmm....a Hillary supporter who didn't misspell a word for the entire post? This must be a first: a Hillary supporter who actually graduated from high school. ("Hypocrites" however does not need to be capitalize­d.)

[Tags]

The anlogy would make more sense if Judas had betrayed the Pharisees.

[BWonka]

Hey, this is the first headline he's had since 1996. Give the sad, irrelevant man a break. Start with his tongue and work down.

[Mollye]

I'm proud of him for saying it, too, though turncoat would work just as well. I would like to know if Richardson had leftover campaign debts.

[BillyT]

If Richardson wanted campaign debts covered with a loan wouldn't he have stuck with the $110 million rich Clintons??

If you want to talk about campaign debts owed to the American small business owners from Maine to Iowa to California­....

And if you care about missed health care plan payments for your campaign workers, as if that's really important.­...

Look no farther than Hillary, the one you support, Mollye.

Hillary even owed her own high school in Chicago for event costs. Talk about forgetting your roots. Talk about out of touch.

Or just plain out of money? Naaah....c­an't be. Hillary is worth more than $110 million (especially richer since Bill Clinton made us tax payers pay $9 million for his ex-president's office and staff in Manhattan, with no shame at all)

[Gma11]

James Carville is still proud of James Carville.

[KOBISKING]

This guy is wanting to be in the spot light more than Paris Hilton. Give it up already!

[NoFactsJustTruth]

I love the smell of LIEbercrat 'desperation' in the morning, smells like ...VICTORY - for the people!

[northcan]

James Carville is also becoming irrelevant, and he's worried. His line..abou­t Judas reaffirms a Clinton Family criteria 'Loyalty before Honesty', get a life James...Yo­u're funny periodically, but really not important with your 'elitist' attitude.

[sockman]

Everyone of you here that spits on James Carville knows he is right about Bill Richardson. We all know Richardson stabbed the Clintons in the back and the time he chose to do so required the proper branding. He will forever be remembered as such.

[AnninCA]

I agree. The most recent interview described him as somber. I think he knows he'd pretty much blown it all the way around.

[savertime]

What stabbed the Clinons in the back is this pathetic campaign strategy to get the Clintons a third term. If they could clear up who is actually running for the nomination, it would go a long way to explaining why all of Bill Clinton's flunkies are now required to transfer their "loyalty" to his wife.
Too many supporters of bill Clinton have jumped ship and refuse to be part of this scam.
No one is entitled to a third term. All the game playing, double-teaming the opponent, and contradictory comments coming from each Clinton is a scam being perpetrated on the voters.
This campaign is being run as if the presidency is also transferable to the spouse. Hillary continues to act as if she is entitled to the nomination because she spent eight years putting up with Bill's shenanigans. We owe her!!! So, if Hillary is opposed to the trade agreement with Colombia, is Bill just ignoring her position, knowing that he will be the decider in a Hillary White House? You know, the litle woman is getting old and tires easily, so Bill will have to run things, make the final decisions. To the Clintons, rules don't mean anything, neither do laws!!

[Gretchoid]

Hear the F Hear! Go James!

[ljsfolly]

Well it seems if you look at Carville and his history it takes no stretch at all to see why he would be proud of his 'Judas" as he has been one in the past. Also the pride has to come from the attention his remark made and his keeping it alive on MSM as he also thrives on the attention. He has noting else to make him "newsworthy". If you look at his past record and see what he has and will do to get Hillary elected at all costs and you look at the quality of man Bill Richardson is Carville looks like an idiot. As long as Carville can make noise and keep the word alive he is an idiot for no other man would, I think call Bill Richardson such a name. But of course the Hillary lovers hould know any words coming out of this man's mouth is actually speaking the words Hillary has told him to say....

[Independent voter]

Go away Gollum.

You are yesterday's news

[kettletop]

Is it just me, or is this man an alien skull who can unhinge his jaw like a snake?

The Clinton campaign kept saying things like 'his endorsement means nothing now' but it is clear that this was quite a blow to them, and in a better world, a wake-up call.

Sigh.

Instead it's just another reason for our 'fghter' to continue her destructive path.

McCain is just sitting back and laughing because he doesn't have to raise a finger nor spend a dime on attack ads as long as she is still in the fight.

When will she figure out that if she was really the beloved and highly electable candidate she thinks she is, then she would have people backing up the love with the funds to keep her campaign out of the red.

[KMan1]

Carville grow up, you sound like a high school girl.