April 04, 2008
The Passion of the Clintons

Sean Carman | Bio

Clinton surrogate James Carville lashed out at Bill Richardson, calling the New Mexico Governor's endorsement of Barack Obama "an act of betrayal" and comparing Richardson to Judas Iscariot.

Carville suggested that Richardson, who served in the Clinton Administration, should have endorsed Hillary Clinton out of loyalty, even if he feels Obama will make a better President.

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Former president Bill Clinton exploded in rage at a gathering of California superdelegates tonight, turning beet red and lecturing former Richardson delegate Rachel Dinah that, "Five times to my face (Richardson) said he would never do that," a reference to Richardson's endorsement of Barrack Obama.

Clinton lost his temper when Dinah told the former president she was sorry to have heard James Carville compare Richardson to Judas.

"It one of the worst political meetings I've ever attended in my life," one superdelegate said.

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A California superdelegate denied today that yesterday's meeting with Bill Clinton was as bad as other delegates have said.

"It was definitely an unpleasant experience," the superdelegate said, "don't get me wrong. But I wouldn't say it was the worst political meeting I've ever attended."

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A spokesman for Bill Richardson said tonight that the New Mexico Governor had not told Clinton "five times to his face" that he would not endorse Obama.

The spokesman also denied rumors that Obama had offered Richardson a cabinet position for his endorsement.

"There were no 30 pieces of silver," the spokesman said.

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A California superdelegate said tonight the meeting with President Clinton she attended yesterday really was as bad as she originally said.

"It was terrible," the superdelegate said. "President Clinton's behavior was just disgraceful. Everyone was looking at their shoes."

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You know what I can't wait for? 30 Rock's return on April 10.

I'm counting the days.

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A source familiar with a conversation between Hillary Clinton and Governor Richardson said tonight that Clinton told Richardson Obama can't win the general election in November.

The source, speaking anonymously, said Clinton told him to his face that Obama "wasn't ready" and "couldn't win the general."

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Hillary Clinton said tonight she never told Bill Richardson that Barack Obama couldn't win in November.

"It was Richardson who said he couldn't win," Clinton said.

Clinton clarified her position by saying that while she didn't know whether Obama could defeat John McCain, she didn't necessarily think he was "unelectable."

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So this new movie, "The Flight of the Red Balloon", with Juliette Binoche, looks fantastic.

I don't know about you, but I can't get enough of Juliette Binoche. I watched those Krzysztof Kieslowski films, like, 3 or 4 times each.

She was so good in those.

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James Carville refused to take back his comparison of Bill Richardson to Judas Iscariot, saying tonight his words were not taken out of context and he had no apologies to offer for his remarks.

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ABC News is reporting tonight that Clinton insiders have said that Bill Richardson's claim that Hillary told him Obama can't win in November is a cover for the embarrassment Richardson feels at having betrayed Clinton by endorsing Obama.

"Five times to his face he promised," Clinton's advisers are reported to have said. "Five times he lied."

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Yadda, yadda, yadda, Bush Administration authorized torture in 2003 memo, blah, blah, blah.

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Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards announced tonight that he is not interested in accepting the position of Vice President in either an Obama or Clinton administration.

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Did you know that the Bangles released an album in 2003? I discovered it today while downloading All Over the Place on iTunes. I had no idea. I wonder if it was any good.

Man I loved that first Bangles album when it came out. I swear, I must have listened to it about 10,000 times.

That seems like so long ago.

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The American people announced today that they are officially sick to death of the presidential primary process and want it to end as soon as humanly possible.

"This was interesting for a while," Dale Withers of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, said, "when there were too many of them to count and they all seemed so promising."

"But I think I speak for all of America when I say I have had enough. Please God, make it stop," Withers said.