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March 23, 2008
Keeping politics out of religion
James Carville thinks that Bill Richardson's endorsement of Barack Obama is an act of betrayal of the worst order: The reaction of some of Mr. Clinton's allies suggests that might have been a wise decision. "An act of betrayal," said James Carville, an adviser to Mrs. Clinton and a friend of Mr. Clinton.A couple of things stand out. By comparing Richardson to Judas, Carville implies not only that the betrayal was for money, but that Richardson was in a uniquely close and trusted position with Hillary Clinton. I have no idea whether the Obama campaign paid for the endorsement, but I think someone would be making a lot of noise about it if they had. As for Richardson being a close and trusted friend, if that's the case, what was he doing running against her in the primary? That's called being an opponent, right? Unless Carville is suggesting that Richardson was shilling for Hillary and not running a sincere candidate, I see no reason why his endorsement of Obama would be any more a "betrayal" than his act of running as an opponent. Any question of "loyalty" would have already been moot, would it not? Even if Carville is saying that because Richardson had served as Secretary of Energy under Bill Clinton forever binds him not to take a position adverse to Bill Clinton's wife, he already did that. I don't think the endorsement of another candidate even comes close to being an act of disloyalty, much less "Judasism." But to stay with the comparison, let's assume Richardson is Judas. What does that make Hillary? There has already been The Tammy Wynette Hillary, the Martha Stewart Hillary, the Eleanor Roosevelt Hillary, the Dianne Feinstein Hillary, the Barbara Boxer Hillary, Lisa Simpson Hillary, the Diana Prince Hillary, and the Lady Macbeth Hillary. And of course, there's the St. Joan of Arc Hillary:
But the Jesus Hillary? Sorry, but today is Easter, and I won't go there. Some Photoshops would border on the sacrilegious. (Besides, how many Messiahs are allowed in this race?) ADDITIONAL NOTE: I want it noted that I deliberately left the Easter Bunny out of this analysis. HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE! posted by Eric on 03.23.08 at 03:19 PM |
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The Judas comment says a whole lot more about Carville than it does about Richardson.
The first thing I thought when I heard the comment was that the Hillary people think she's Jesus. With ovaries.
No wonder they're so angry about having the Clinton birthright to a third term stolen from them.