Clinton Still Irked By Richardson's Move
Ex-President's Face Goes "Redder And Redder" Over Former Cabinet Member Backing Obama
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Former President Bill Clinton campaigns for his wife, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., in Bloomington, Ind., Wednesday, April 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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During a private meeting with California Democrats this past weekend, Clinton grew red-faced as he talked about how he expected Richardson, who was a member of Clinton's Cabinet, to back Hillary Rodham Clinton for the presidential nomination or at least stay neutral, according to several people who attended.
Instead, Richardson endorsed Obama late last month, calling him a "once-in-a-lifetime leader."
"He sort of gets a little redder and redder and redder, but he wasn't off the deep end as I had seen him in the past," said Inola Henry, an uncommitted superdelegate. "It was sort of like, 'Gee, I'm a martyr.' He seemed more hurt than anything."
Clinton used his appearance at the state Democratic Party convention in San Jose to lobby California's 21 uncommitted superdelegates to support his wife.
After posing for a group photograph with the former president, superdelegate Rachel Binah told Clinton she was disappointed that one of his allies, strategist James Carville, had compared Richardson to Judas after he endorsed Obama.
Clinton, according to several people present, distanced himself from Carville's remarks. But he went on to say that he had not expected Richardson to endorse the Illinois senator, especially since the New Mexico governor had invited Clinton to Santa Fe to watch the Super Bowl on Feb. 3.
"He did say he certainly had been led to believe that he was going to get the endorsement," Henry said Wednesday. She was one of about 15 superdelegates - some uncommitted, others backing Clinton - who attended Sunday's meeting with Clinton before he addressed the convention.
Aleita Huguenin, another superdelegate, remembered Clinton saying, "We thought he'd let us know if he did an endorsement." But Huguenin said the comments about Richardson were "a minor blip in the whole meeting."
According to superdelegate Chris Stampolis, Clinton said only that Richardson had promised not to endorse Obama, saying, "'He told me to my face five times he would not do that."'
It was sort of like, 'Gee, I'm a martyr.' He seemed more hurt than anything.
Inola Henry,Uncommitted superdelegate
Pahl Shipley, a spokesman for Richardson, said his boss never promised to endorse Hillary Clinton.
"He never told the president or anybody else, for that matter," Shipley said. "The governor respectfully disagrees with the president."
Richardson, the nation's only Hispanic governor, endorsed Obama on March 21, shortly after the Illinois senator gave a speech about race. It was a blow to the Clintons because of their long association with Richardson, who served as Clinton's energy secretary and ambassador to the United Nations.
Clinton's campaign declined to comment, except to say the former president was in California to promote his wife's candidacy.
"President Clinton discussed the importance of this election with Democratic Party members and how after 46 primaries and caucuses, by virtually every measure, this election remains a very close race," campaign spokesman Luis Vizcaino said in a statement. "President Clinton is incredibly popular in the Golden State, and the convention was a great opportunity for him to speak directly with members of the California Democratic Party."
Bob Mulholland, a spokesman for the state party who attended the private meeting, said Clinton expressed himself passionately but insisted the meeting was productive.
"I left the meeting feeling this was great," Mulholland said. "The guy had time to talk to us about the campaign."
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Whaaaaaahhhh!!!
Zip it, and join your good friends, the Bush''s, on the dock, Bubba!
America has this chance to restore its place in the world as the greatest nation and the world and Barack will help us do it
I''m voting for Sen Clinton because she is best qualified to lead this nation. Obama''s judgement is suspect, attending a racist,anti-white,anti-jew,anti-american church for TWENTY YEARS and then saying he never heard the racist sermons that spewed out of his pastors mouth despite evidence to the contrary. His wife saying she''s never been proud of this country UNTIL her husband ran for president. These are NOT the type of folks I want representing me in the people''s house(WHITE HOUSE).
My guess is no....HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
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Posted by FloydZepp
obama t.u.r.d. polisher
as donnie would say "you cannot polish a t.u.r.d."!
Now how many timeS did Clinton face the whole country and say I DID NOT HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH THAT WOMAN !!!!!!
The hypocrisy of the Clintons really stinks !!
I was about to post the same thing and read your comment.
His indignation is unbelievable.
The negatives can be blamed on the original posts back months ago, that started smearing Hillary in order to get Obama up the ladder.
The Racists comments can be blamed on the Obama people, acting WITH the senators approval, for slandering all people as racists or differed in opinion to their mantra. Now it has grown into a monster that may have no way out of this hateful rhetoric.
The sixist comments are what they have always been, Some men can not handle the challenge by a woman and some women carry too much envy and fear to see the advantages to backing a woman.
The closer Mr. Obama cones to being the nominee, the more blatant the cowardly race fear that they will show.
Hurl all the hate you want, but should Mr. Obama win, I expect all of you who say that you cannot accept a "Black" president, to either leave the country, or commit suicide, then and only then will I give you credit for having the courage of your convictions, and the country will be better for it either way.
So long as people keep adding fuel to the fire - it grows and grows until it burns everything down.
The DIVISION in the democratic party is because of Obama and his supporters. They picked the wrong card to play and will pay for their choices for years to come. They have set back any and all progress made over the past 25 years.
THIS policital blunder will go down in the history books for all our children and grandchildren to read and hopefully learn from. Since the people of this Generation still choose to nurture themselves on HATE.
If you take the Clinton concept to the nth degree we would all be clones of our kindergarten teachers. Times change, people change (including which Clintn is involved) - it looks like someone finally gets the fact that they can exercise conscience versus lock step with the old gaurd.
This entire year has been and continues to be just too mean and viscious for anyone to take seriously.
DIVIDE AND CONQUER?
Not this time. Divide means separate and fall.
The closer Mr. Obama cones to being the nominee, the more blatant the cowardly race fear that they will show.
Hurl all the hate you want, but should Mr. Obama win, I expect all of you who say that you cannot accept a "Black" president, to either leave the country, or commit suicide, then and only then will I give you credit for having the courage of your convictions, and the country will be better for it either way.
Posted by brianbwb at 07:44 AM : Apr 03, 2008
...well said, and great post!
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Posted by barefootboy9 at 08:03 AM : Apr 03, 2008
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First of all the Congress IS going to be democrat... the only question is how big a majority and I haven''t heard ONE of them say any of his ideas do not make sense. Obama has been working with people of all races and all walks of life for a long time and he will continue. I think he''s going to make a great President and will move the nation forward... BIG TIME! Sieg Heil Bush
This entire year has been and continues to be just too mean and viscious for anyone to take seriously.
DIVIDE AND CONQUER?
Not this time. Divide means separate and fall.
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Posted by crtoo at 07:46 AM : Apr 03, 2008
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There is NO division Sparky! There are TWO highly motivated Canidates that want ONE job. Two groups who suppoert their canidate to the max and want to win. The Division you speak of exist only in the minds of the lowly fascist who have NO chance otherwise. Sieg Heil Bush.
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Posted by MCVet at 08:17 AM : Apr 03, 2008
I can almost agree with the first part, however, this last part is again stereotyping.
These past few months have been hurtfull, dirty typical politics from both candidates, and mean. One can be a balance minded person - until they begin reading these posts.
I remember the times of Malcom X, and the Black Panthers. The hate messages and the kill whitey messages, and down with America, resulted in BIG TIME DIVISIONS. some of the hate lingers today.
Most of us, got a wake up call to the realities of that time. The media began showing the rest of America what racism meant. As a young person, I would not have known the half of it if not for a Political Science Teacher (in High School), who point us to other media sources to learn about the injustices in the southern USA.
On the same hand, WHY DO YOU THINK MLK came to rise as the voice for the Black People. Becuase of what the HATE from Malcom X and the Black Panthers brought about. he wanted his voice heard by all people of America but with the facts not the hate and violence.
Some of the progress we have made in terms of race in our country has been genuine, but based on what I''ve seen on these boards, a good bit of it is also superficial. There is still negativity between races and it has been brought to the surface and I''m not sure if that is good or not. Some times you have to step back to go forward, but I can''t help feeling the level of hate and division I have witnessed is setting us back.
If richardson had given his word to support Hillary then this points to his character.
Who would want a person like him on their side?
Obama creates more division by taking from Hillary.
This is a school game.
Instead of building a base of support he goes and takes from Hillary and puts it in her face.
She should be the better player.
richardson proved himself to be a skum politician period.
I personally feel I can see Sen. Obama as a very ambitious, arrogant individual that hides behind others coat tails to do his dirty work. He is not what he says he is. But it works.
This is a very tight race, and it may be that he wins, and it may also be that Clinton wins. We just have to wait and see.
The damage done by these and all voices for and against one or the other, is yet to be seen.
The media has started and fanned fires and where a match was needed to get it going they were the first. But as with fires, hate creates its own energy and no one is large enough to put it down very quickly.
http://www.rense.com/general81/letsinc.htm
He is now going to sue.
It reaches its own flash point where niether candidate can win from the Democratic side.
Time has come to take a deep breath and think really hard before posting more moronic hateful words. Most of AMerica can just sluff off most of the rhetoric MOST of the time. Eventually, as it continues to grow, it gets in our faces to a point where it can not be "sluffed off " any more.
By David Lightman | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON %u2014 Hillary Clinton is stronger than Barack Obama when pitted against John McCain, according to new polls of three major states that tend to swing between Democrats and Republicans in November elections.
A Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday found that, thanks largely to white voters, Clinton leads presumptive Republican nominee McCain in Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania, while Obama trails the Arizona senator in Florida and leads him by narrower margins in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The results:
%u2022 Florida: Clinton 44 percent, McCain 42 percent; McCain 46 percent, Obama 37 percent.
%u2022 Ohio: Clinton 48 percent, McCain 39 percent; Obama 43 percent, McCain 42 percent.
%u2022 Pennsylvania: Clinton 48 percent, McCain 40 percent; Obama 43 percent, McCain 39 percent.
BUT WE NEW THAT %u2013 DEAN PELOSI get you hand out of the cookie jar%u2026
Now how many times did Clinton face the whole country and say I DID NOT HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH THAT WOMAN !!!!!!
The hypocrisy of the Clintons really stinks !!
The hypocrisy of the Clintons really stinks !!
Posted by jockh at 09:00 AM : Apr 03, 2008
Richardson also didn''t make his statements under oath!
1 - Money talks
2 - Hillary is broke
3 - Obama rasies huge sums
4 - Politicians flock to money
5 - Superdelegates are Politicians
6 - This race is OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted by melchg at 09:02 AM : Apr 03, 2008
Why debate someone who sits and echoes everything you say? Kinda pointless, what?
This is because as Gov. Richardson pointed out, former Pres. Clinton thinks he''s entitled to a lifetime of loyalty all because he gave him a job. Gov. Richardson also said the Clinton''s think they are entitled to the Presidency and he is tired of Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton and noted he ran against Sen. Clinton and owe the United States his loyalty, not the Clinton''s!
1 - Money talks
2 - Hillary is broke
3 - Obama rasies huge sums
4 - Politicians flock to money
5 - Superdelegates are Politicians
6 - This race is OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Richardson knew he had a cabinet position with Hillary Clinton, but he just couldn''t resist.
When you don''t dance with one that brung ya, it shows a serious character flaw.
That''s not what Clinton claimed - he claimed Richardson said he would not endorse Obama.
Obama is a naieve, inexperienced candidate - and all the "big guys" that have endorsed him are going to expect something in return if he wins.
We don''t need another figure-head president that is manipulated from behind by the old entrenched politicians.
And here are the Clintons arguing that a man shouldn''t follow an action that he believes is for the betterment of the party and nation....but should play along and be "loyal". How come intelligent Democrats don''t see this for what it is?
Does it make anyone wonder just how many people are supporting Clinton only out of loyalty and NOT because they believe she is the best candidate?
"It ain''t over ''til the fat lady sings."
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Posted by melchg at 09:15 AM : Apr 03, 2008
Trouble with that is, she took the stances months ago, he didn''t even take a stance on anything until December.
He''s always behind...he has to wait till someone else takes a stance before he know what his stance is.
And this gets back to the whole dynasty thing. Why would the Clintons think that because Bill gave him a step onto the National stage that now he owes Hillary.
Good riddance to the Clintons if they are going to act like that.
Bubba''s project eschelon was carried out so that bubba and the missus could keep track of any perceived enemies.
Posted by Oleander
Well, she''s gotta get Clinton''s member out of her mouth before that can happen! ;-)
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