29 March, 2008

Carville is getting pissy


I heard the personal jab Carville had on Richardson. He called him Judas. If the Democrats thought this was blue material, you gotta grow some thicker skin.
But people went after Carville becasue talking heads need to pay mooma. His reply to his criticism, Disloyalty That Merits An Insult , is classic Carville. The Ragin' Cajun is entertaining. Politically I may agree with him, but he is worth the price of admission.
Some shots by Carville:

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.)

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."

Heck, I give myself some credit for managing to get the Clinton and Obama campaigns to agree on something -- that neither wanted to be associated with my remarks.

Last time I saw wit that well put together it had the Katrina in front of it.
But the next comment on the petty nature of the Democrats is brutally honest.

Was it a desperate gambit for attention? Was I just trying to prove my point that both Samantha Power's resignation from the Obama campaign for calling Sen. Clinton a monster and the Obama campaign hysterically promoting Geraldine Ferraro's misguided statements were equally silly and superficial?
Then the brutal verbal curb job as seen in American History X right here:
But, even more than that, I know that a former president of the United States who appointed someone to two Senate-confirmed positions is entitled to have his phone calls returned.

An admission of being incorrect: the Richardson endorsement did surprise me. I had him pegged as Hillary's VP.

3 comments:

WomanHonorThyself said...

good grief Obob...I give up on looking for integrity from politicians ...truly..ugh.

Law and Order Teacher said...

At least Carville is honest in his pettiness. Most of the others are convinced that their words should be carved in stone on a statue. Carville realizes that most of political discourse should be conducted in a lavatory at the bus station. Oops, sorry Craig.

Obob said...

I am still a tragic optimist. Heck, I'm a Cubs fan
But, they deserve harsh scrutinity and certain level of resepct at the same time. As long as they earn it.
To paraphrase Tommy J, you're on the public dime, you're to answer to us.

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