conclusion.
Dude
--- In Dems2008@yahoogroups.com, David Goodwin <sabahorse50@...>
wrote:
>
> Richardson was my original choice and I was sorry to see him go.
> As for the two that are left...I am disgusted with my old friends
in television and the way they are reporting. But it's all about the
ratings. Clinton is being portrayed in ways that are plain not true
and I don't see Obama winning in November.
> Just my thoughts.
> Dave
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: worldpeacesoon <berts420@...>
> To: Dems2008@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2008 8:22:47 AM
> Subject: [Dems2008] Loyalty to My Country
>
> Loyalty to My Country
> By Bill Richardson
> Tuesday, April 1, 2008; 10:29 AM
>
> My recent endorsement of Barack Obama for president has been the
subject of much
> discussion and consternation -- particularly among supporters of
Hillary Clinton.
>
> Led by political commentator James Carville, who makes a living by
being confrontational
> and provocative, Clinton supporters have speculated about events
surrounding this
> endorsement and engaged in personal attacks and insults.
>
> While I certainly will not stoop to the low level of Mr. Carville,
I feel compelled to defend
> myself against character assassination and baseless allegations.
>
> Carville has made it very clear that this is a personal attack --
driven by his own sense of
> what constitutes loyalty. It is this kind of political venom that I
anticipated from certain
> Clinton supporters and I campaigned against in my own run for
president.
>
> I repeatedly urged Democrats to stop attacking each other
personally and even offered a
> DNC resolution calling for a positive campaign based on the issues.
I was evenhanded in
> my efforts. In fact, my intervention in a debate during a
particularly heated exchange was
> seen by numerous commentators as an attempt to defend Sen. Clinton
against the barbs
> of Sens. Obama and John Edwards.
>
> As I have pointed out many times, and most pointedly when I
endorsed Sen. Obama, the
> campaign has been too negative, and we Democrats need to calm the
rhetoric and
> personal attacks so we can come together as a party to defeat the
Republicans.
>
> More than anything, to repair the damage done at home and abroad,
we must unite as a
> country. I endorsed Sen. Obama because I believe he has the
judgment, temperament and
> background to bridge our divisions as a nation and make America
strong at home and
> respected in the world again.
>
> This was a difficult, even painful, decision. My affection and
respect for the Clintons run
> deep. I do indeed owe President Clinton for the extraordinary
opportunities he gave me to
> serve him and this country. And nobody worked harder for him or
served him more loyally,
> during some very difficult times, than I did.
>
> Carville and others say that I owe President Clinton's wife my
endorsement because he
> gave me two jobs. Would someone who worked for Carville then owe
his wife, Mary
> Matalin, similar loyalty in her professional pursuits? Do the
people now attacking me recall
> that I ran for president, albeit unsuccessfully, against Sen.
Clinton? Was that also an act of
> disloyalty?
>
> And while I was truly torn for weeks about this decision, and
seriously contemplated
> endorsing Sen. Clinton, I never told anyone, including President
Clinton, that I would do
> so. Those who say I did are misinformed or worse.
>
> As for Mr. Carville's assertions that I did not return President
Clinton's calls: I was on
> vacation in Antigua with my wife for a week and did not receive
notice of any calls from
> the president. I, of course, called Sen. Clinton prior to my
endorsement of Sen. Obama. It
> was a difficult and heated discussion, the details of which I will
not share here.
>
> I do not believe that the truth will keep Carville and others from
attacking me. I can only
> say that we need to move on from the politics of personal insult
and attacks. That era,
> personified by Carville and his ilk, has passed and I believe we
must end the rancor and
> partisanship that has mired Washington in gridlock. In my view,
Sen. Obama represents
> our best hope of replacing division with unity. That is why, out of
loyalty to my country, I
> endorse him for president.
>
> The writer is governor of New Mexico and a former Democratic
candidate for president.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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