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judas and the rat

Carville And Richardson Continue To Slap Each Other With Various Words

Priggish Acadian fur-trader James Carville appeared on Larry King Live last night with his mortal enemy, fat Mexican ex-presidential candidate Bill Richardson, to Assess the Race. Carville had famously called Richardson "Judas Iscariot" after the latter endorsed Barack Obama, because Bill Clinton gave Richardson two or three of his 80,000 stupid jobs in the 1990s and now he won't even support the damn wife's campaign. The two continued fighting each other last night, most notably when Carville makes fun of Richardson's tropical beach vacation. Video after the jump. More »

2:50 PM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Newell
3,752 views, 57 comments

Latest by StoneSoup: Carville adds a quiet dignity to the Hillary campaign. America missed this douchebag like if it woke up one day to find Rhode Island missing. more »

frenemies

Meet The Clintons' 7 Most Despised Former Friends!

The Clintons have been in politics for so long that even their shit list has a shit list. And that exclusive Who's Who of former friends has only grown as this soul-deadening primary season drags its festering carcass ever closer to the finish line (sometime next year, we think?). Let's review the top seven lucky people who won't be getting Christmas cards from Bill and Hillary this year, unless those Christmas cards are stuffed with anthrax. More »

10:35 AM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By saraksmith
6,792 views, 44 comments

Latest by wonky-tonk: @scotcon: As to your first question: "Who wouldn't be if they couldn't be!" As to your secondary-tacit-confirmation(?): ...hmm...(very interesting). (Do you know if Maureen Dowd is an Irish Angel...if only I were a(n) "S-dynamo"...I'd head to NYC or DC...don't tell anyone...but I more »

ha ha, his legacy is ruined

Bill Clinton Goes Crazy With Superdelegates Watching

At this weekend's California Democratic convention, Bill Clinton met privately with some superdelegates from the state. He was charming until someone mentioned Bill Richardson, and then he started yelling at himself, or them, or someone. He was yelling at someone, yes: "The former president then went on a tirade that ran from the media's unfair treatment of Hillary to questions about the fairness of the votes in state caucuses that voted for Obama. It ended with him asking delegates to imagine what the reaction would be if Obama was trailing by just 1 percent and people were telling him to drop out." April Fool's! Bill Clinton is actually dead. [SF Chronicle]

3:01 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Newell
1,963 views, 40 comments

Latest by Baiowulf: Bill Clinton tried to give Hillary a charisma infusion but the machine was jiggered the wrong way and he received a lethal dose of the Swamp Sow's malignant bitchiness. He's been slowly morphing into Slobodan Milosevic over the last 6 more »

cartoon violence

I'm Swell, My Opponent Is A Necrophiliac/Hobo/Graceful Figure Skater

Hey, did you know that it's only March? That's right, you have another seven months of this stupid election to endure. Since it's already gone on for eleventy billion months already, everything of remote substance has already been hashed out and forgotten, so now all we have time for are the wild accusations. And everyone knows wild accusations are more fun in cartoon form! More »

12:40 PM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By jfruh
4,033 views, 26 comments

hair face

Bill Richardson Should Have Grown Dali Mustache Instead

Is Bill Richardson's beard catering to Ethnocentric Special Interests, and if so, why did he not just grow a sombrero instead? And what about that tan? Is that more Hispanic pandering, or is it because he just went on vacation? Remember Al Gore's beard? Man, that was great. George Lucas also has a neck beard. This is a summary of the very sober conversation these professional members of the Fourth Estate had on Fox News yesterday. [Media Matters]

7:02 PM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By saraksmith
974 views, 48 comments

Latest by MCGeest: Bernanke has a beard.. ILLEGAL HICKS RUINING OUR ECONOMY! more »

LOU DOBBS IS A REAL CHARACTER, REAL CLASSY GUY: Well glory be, one of the Media Matters press releases has a funny in it! Here's CNN host Lou Dobbs opening his show on March 21: "Tonight, Senator Obama wins the endorsement of the nation's only Hispanic governor, Bill Richardson. Is Obama pandering to ethnocentric special interests again? We'll have complete coverage." Barack Obama has yet to denounce the Hispanic race, because that would be like denouncing his uncle. [Media Matters]

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dept. of hyperbole

Jesus Christ And Joe McCarthy Battle For 'Most Egregious Rhetorical Cudgel' Honors

Yes, unofficial Clinton advisor James Carville really did suggest Hillary was Jesus. Bill Richardson's endorsement of Barack Obama "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 on Friday, and then an Obama guy said Bill Clinton engaged in "McCarthyite" campaign tactics, and Hitler was sad because he felt left out. [NYT, MSNBC]

11:35 AM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By saraksmith
1,145 views, 47 comments

MARK PENN BEATS RICHARDSON IN SUMO MATCH: And now the traditional Fun Part of the News Day: how did Clinton chief strategist Mark "Bowser" Penn manage to spin away Obama's latest good news (the Richardson endorsement)? We predicted the standard "caucus states don't matter" line, which was close enough to the truth: "The time that he could have been effective has long since passed... I don't think it is a significant endorsement in this environment." For real — what good is an endorsement when Hillary's already won the presidency? [TPM Election Central]

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turn, smile, wave, kiss, lose

Bill Richardson Needs Directions For Living

Hmm, do you catch any trace of a smile on Bill Richardson's face in this photo? Barack clearly doesn't want to shake his hand — he doesn't know what kind of Tijuana hellholes that burly paw has been in. At some point in Richardson's endorsement speech, however, he was supposed to turn towards Obama and smile. We know this because the Obama campaign gave out copies of Richardson's speech to the press, but forgot to delete this stage direction: "[Turn toward Obama and smile]." Richardsonbot, fail. More »

3:05 PM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By Newell
3,179 views, 49 comments

Latest by Mongo Aurelio: Dear namesake @Aurelio@: Yes, I care a lot about what Bill Richardson does. In his state, he treats the undocumented well, at a time it is not cool to do so. And now he's endorsing the only other candidate (Obama) who was more »

me hungry for new jobs

Can Bill Richardson Share Some Experience With Barack Obama?

It's strange, sort of, that New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson would endorse Barack Obama right now. True, Richardson is a psychotically ambitious career-builder who likes to keep his name in the papers. And someone like Richardson only sees an endorsement as a bargaining chip for an appointed position, because he loves nothing more than bragging about his resume. Job, jobs, jobs, look at all the jobs I've had, blah blah, make me President because of my jobs, so then I can get more new jobs. So what job did kindly Obama throw his way, and can Richardson's job experience help undecided voters trust Obama? More »

2:25 PM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By Newell
57,074 views, 78 comments

Latest by null: @marksmant: Comment on Can Bill Richardson Share Some Experience With Barack Obama? Keep hate alive my fellow American. Of course this is the main reason why nearly 4000 Americans have given their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan for more »

dudes backing dudes

Bill Richardson Endorses Barack Obama!

Bill Richardson is such a sexist skirt-chaser that he has decided to endorse the male senator over the female senator who's married to the guy he used to work for. The newly bearded New Mexico Governor and former ambassador to the U.N. under Bill Clinton will be endorsing Barack Obama for president today somewhere in Oregon. [NYT]

8:28 AM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By saraksmith
1,143 views, 48 comments

hairface

Will Make Political Commentaries For Food

Since dropping out of the presidential race, Bill Richardson has joined the Wobblies and hit the road with his bindle and harmonica. See him talking through his fashionable hobo beard, after the jump! More »

11:27 PM on Tue Feb 5 2008
By saraksmith
2,318 views, 20 comments

looking for work

Bill Richardson Finally Gets Attention!

Bill Richardson has held most important government jobs, but America just wasn’t ready for a Mexican citizen to be its president. We’ll get there, with Hope. He still could be a vice presidential selection, however, and now the non-loser candidates are aggressively courting his endorsement. Barack, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Ted Kennedy, perhaps even Franklin Delano Roosevelt somehow — they have all been jamming Richardson’s phone line, most likely offering “back room deals.” Indeed, it’s springtime for Bill Richardson — that career of resume-workshopping has finally gotten him some bites. Well, more like “nibbles.” [The Trail]

4:56 PM on Tue Jan 29 2008
By Newell
638 views, 9 comments

Latest by ianadams: I thought this was pretty cool, though: And he said he likes Obama, telling a story about how Obama saved him during one of last year's Democratic debates: "I had just been asked a question -- I don't remember which one -- more »

daily briefing

Gipper-Esque

Surprisingly, the Palestinians don’t have a very high opinion of Bush. [New York Times]
Bill Richardson, we knew him well. [Washington Post]
Giuliani doesn’t think voters should discount him just because he hasn’t been in the race for weeks. [New York Times]
Dennis wants a recount. He knows something’s up. [AP]
You might mistake this endorsement as a bunch of nostalgic has-beens grasping for relevance, but that would be incorrect, so we’re told.[Washington Times]
Huck swears that he’sa fetus lover. [Politico]

9:54 AM on Fri Jan 11 2008
By interngreg
517 views, 36 comments

Latest by biminitwst: Regan has beens? Who cares?I'm waiting to see which republican former AG Ashcroft is endorsing. There's your winner.As always in politics, just follow the money. more »

shocker of the day

Richardson Not Gonna Be President

Bill Richardson started putting the weight back on recently, which is how everyone knew he was planning on dropping out of the Presidential race. He plans to make that official some time later today. The only real question is behind whom he’ll throw his (massive) support, because it’ll either be a delicious fuck-you to a front runner or a lame attempt to pick the winner so he can get that VP/Secretary of State slot that everyone was pretty sure he was “running” for in the first place. [CQ Politics]

9:14 AM on Thu Jan 10 2008
By megancarpentier
891 views, 59 comments

Latest by Electoral College Dropout: @Electoral College Dropout: I do believe you owe the Jimmy Fund $50. :) more »

mexicans

Bill Richardson's Dual Loyalties on Teevee

Poor Mexico Bill. He lost in a country where he’s not even a citizen. Just goes to show that democracy can be bought. [Photo by Darryl Knudsen]

1:24 PM on Wed Jan 9 2008
By Newell
1,585 views, 38 comments

department of reduced expectations

Hillary Is Very Excited About A Generic Democrat President

Hillary Clinton has a problem. She came in third tonight, but she’s still got to go stand up there with a bunch of corpses from her husband’s administration and act like beating Bill Richardson’s 2% is a great victory. Whatever you say, Hill.

11:52 PM on Thu Jan 3 2008
By KLayne
2,399 views, 46 comments

rumors on the internets

Iowa Sandwich Night

Ron Paul is a pusher. [Huffington Post]
Rudy’s VP pick will be available to take the position. [Think Progress]
Hooray for fair, even coverage. [Michelle Malkin]
Holding out hope that a beautiful phoenix will rise from the cold ashes of a campaign that never was. [Redstate]
There is an Iowan excited about the caucus and who could have guessed that she’s single. [Daily Dish]
Romney just wants everyone to stay home tonight. [The Page]
Richardson throws his caucus supporters to Barrack Obama. But who will be Vice President now? [Political Wire]

5:51 PM on Thu Jan 3 2008
444 views, 5 comments

Latest by ragingmonk: Michelle Malkin? NO!!! DON'T DO IT!!! No page views for the bikini vixen!!! more »

Hillary and Her Old Ladies

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