SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is endorsing Senator Barack Obama for president.
The Associated Press has learned that Richardson is to appear with Obama on Friday at a campaign event in Portland, Oregon.
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- 125 Comments to 'Richardson Endorses Obama'
a mexican and a black man wanting to overthrow the government by the voting system and turn this country into AFRCA i can understand. But if your white and after hearing the Wright sermon that Obama was a member for 20 years and you still vote for Obama their is something wrong with you.
Well that makes it probably official; seems like Richardson is pissed off that Hillary chose Edwards.
AND Obama thinks he can peel off Hillary’s Latino vote by picking Richardson. But then there was no one useful left after Edwards went with Hillary, was there?
Desperation on the cusp of insanity. Everything ObamaCamp does reeks of Karl Rove; Rove’s smell comes off Obama like stinking sex.
That is one thing that completely disgust me in the Democratic party, there is NO LOYALITY! Bill Richardson would be nothing today, if it was not given a hand by Bill Clinton. That goes for Al Gore and a few more. It’s on the backs of the Clinton’s these people get their opportunity and career advancement. I think it’s time for a third party in the country. Bloomberg Help!
If Hillary Clinton does not get the nomination for the party. I am voting for John McCain.
Who is Barack Obama and his supporter??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viPJ3qwxQn0&watch_response
Obama gave a speech to us typical white people about the race. He disgust me.I guess richardson is joining the movement.Us typical white people need to lend our support to mccain regardless if we are democrat or republican.
You did not think a Mexican was going to endorse a white person when their was a black person who promises to let illegals get drivers license.
The founding fathers warned us about a popular vote being dangerous since it would serve special (black + minorities)interest rather than the interest of the poeple and the country.
yes they only caved into letting a popular count for a presidential election because of the cry baby liberals. Now this is coming back to haunt this country and will destroy the foundation of this country. The only remnants left of what the founding fathers wanted is called the electoral vote.
Electoral vote really decides the president and they can go agains the popular vote if they want to.
when did edwards go with hillary? he refused to announce any endorsement when he was on leno last night. he has continued to praise both hillary and barack and not endorse.
Edwards will probably jump on the band wagon as well.I usually vote democrat but 2004 I voted for Bush.As a typical white person I will vote for MCcain. Is there a tape of obama speaking similar words as pastor wright spoke. Maybe it will surface.
Ali - damn you voted for Bush in 2004???
I would never admit to that
Fat Bastard - WELL SAID MY SISTER OR BROTHER - THE BLACK PANTHERS ALSO ENDORSED OBAMA THIS WEEK BUT I DID NOT SEE THAT REPORTED A LOT EXCEPT FOX DID HAVE IT ON THEIR WEB SITE.
YOU ARE RIGHT, RICHARDSON AND OBAMA BOTH AGREE ON GIVING ILLEGAL DRIVERS LICENSE - RICHARDSON’S ENDORSEMENT DOES NOT MATTER, IT WILL BE LIKE A FART IN THE WIND, GONE IN A HEARTBEAT HOWEVER JEREMIAH WRIGHT AND THE BLACK PANTHERS WILL BE WITH US PERMANENTLY.
The Black Panthers endorsed Obama too this week on his web site but I did not see that reported on CNN or that horrible MSNBC, Fox did report it and Obama’s campaign took it down
The endorsement of the Tainted womanizer Richardson won’t matter but the endorsement of John Murtha of Hillary will matter and I did not hear much about that either.
Richardson threw Hillary under the bus in Iowa too by funneling his votes of 9% to Obama in the Iowa Caucuses, so why is this a surprise? Bill Clinton really jump started Richardson into prominent government positions and yes this is real Character and appreciation from Richardson. Texas and NM have already voted so I don’t see this hurting Hillary or helping
Obama. Although John Edwards did not endorse last night on Leno he made the statement that Hillary was tough and experienced so that leads me to believe he is for her. Richardson has little or no substance nor character and got only 9% of the votes period when he ran, not a very impressive record.
You know what speaks volumes about “typical white people” that you like at a bi-racial man and see only black. That is racism. If you listen he said his grandmother is a typical white person and then he said “we carry with us…” including himself in that group. That is because for us who are bi-racial we consider ourselves able to talk about both groups as we are part of both. You that are white only see what you want and that is the bad and the ugly and you want to classify him in that group so you have a reason to justify picking the pure white person despite what they have in their heart. It shows your ignorance and your racism.
AMAZING…Faux news caught lying once again! One of Rev. Wright’s “infamous” sermons, put into context…i.e. you here more than the inflammatory parts that were picked to get the desired effect! He was actually quoting SOMEONE else!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOdlnzkeoyQ
i used to like richardson, i dont anymore,,,,
Explain to me oh wise and insightful one! How can Obama be held accountable for who endorses him on a website that more than likely he never visits or moderates? Sitting in the pews for 20 years, yes hold him accountable for that! Keep listening to Faux news! Edwards won’t endorse that loser (Hillary), they have diametrically opposed positions. Even Clinton’s puppet (Richardson) jumped ship. It’s over for Clinton. Obama probably will lose the general, but as long as Clinton is not in office, I don’t give a rat’s ass (pun intended).
tough shit
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I will vote for McCain too. The DNC is brainless.
so sick of all this shit, just give the nomination to the poor black dude, he won’t win, then we can go back to hating each other even more than when this all started, thanks alot obama, you fucking liar,
he said he wasn’t gonna run for president in 2008,,and because he has, democrats will lose, oh well, lets just get on with it,
As this whole sordid episode regarding the sermons of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright has played out over the last week, I wanted to understand what he ACTUALLY said in this speech. I’ve been saying all week on CNN that context is important, and I just wanted to know what the heck is going on.
I have now actually listened to the sermon Rev. Wright gave after September 11 titled, “The Day of Jerusalem’s Fall.” It was delivered on Sept. 16, 2001.
ALT TEXT
One of the most controversial statements in this sermon was when he mentioned “chickens coming home to roost.” He was actually quoting Edward Peck, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and deputy director of President Reagan’s terrorism task force, who was speaking on FOX News. That’s what he told the congregation.
He was quoting Peck as saying that America’s foreign policy has put the nation in peril:
“We took this country by terror away from the Sioux, the Apache, Arikara, the Comanche, the Arapaho, the Navajo. Terrorism.
“We took Africans away from their country to build our way of ease and kept them enslaved and living in fear. Terrorism.
“We bombed Grenada and killed innocent civilians, babies, non-military personnel.
“We bombed the black civilian community of Panama with stealth bombers and killed unarmed teenage and toddlers, pregnant mothers and hard working fathers.
“We bombed Qaddafi’s home, and killed his child. Blessed are they who bash your children’s head against the rock.
“We bombed Iraq. We killed unarmed civilians trying to make a living. We bombed a plant in Sudan to pay back for the attack on our embassy, killed hundreds of hard working people, mothers and fathers who left home to go that day not knowing that they’d never get back home.
“We bombed Hiroshima. We bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon and we never batted an eye.
“Kids playing in the playground. Mothers picking up children after school. Civilians, not soldiers, people just trying to make it day by day.
“We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff that we have done overseas is now brought right back into our own front yards. America’s chickens are coming home to roost.
“Violence begets violence. Hatred begets hatred. And terrorism begets terrorism. A white ambassador said that y’all, not a black militant. Not a reverend who preaches about racism. An ambassador whose eyes are wide open and who is trying to get us to wake up and move away from this dangerous precipice upon which we are now poised. The ambassador said the people we have wounded don’t have the military capability we have. But they do have individuals who are willing to die and take thousands with them. And we need to come to grips with that.”
He went on to describe seeing the photos of the aftermath of 9/11 because he was in Newark, N.J., when the planes struck. After turning on the TV and seeing the second plane slam into one of the twin towers, he spoke passionately about what if you never got a chance to say hello to your family again.
“What is the state of your family?” he asked.
And then he told his congregation that he loved them and asked the church to tell each other they loved themselves.
His sermon thesis:
1. This is a time for self-examination of ourselves and our families.
2. This is a time for social transformation (then he went on to say they won’t put me on PBS or national cable for what I’m about to say. Talk about prophetic!)
“We have got to change the way we have been doing things as a society,” he said.
Wright then said we can’t stop messing over people and thinking they can’t touch us. He said we may need to declare war on racism, injustice, and greed, instead of war on other countries.
“Maybe we need to declare war on AIDS. In five minutes the Congress found $40 billion to rebuild New York and the families that died in sudden death, do you think we can find the money to make medicine available for people who are dying a slow death? Maybe we need to declare war on the nation’s healthcare system that leaves the nation’s poor with no health coverage? Maybe we need to declare war on the mishandled educational system and provide quality education for everybody, every citizen, based on their ability to learn, not their ability to pay. This is a time for social transformation.”
3. This is time to tell God thank you for all that he has provided and that he gave him and others another chance to do His will.
By the way, nowhere in this sermon did he said “God damn America.” I’m not sure which sermon that came from.
This doesn’t explain anything away, nor does it absolve Wright of using the N-word, but what it does do is add an accurate perspective to this conversation.
The point that I have always made as a journalist is that our job is to seek the truth, and not the partial truth.
I am also listening to the other sermons delivered by Rev. Wright that have been the subject of controversy.
And let me be clear: Where I believe he was wrong and not justified in what he said based upon the facts, I will say so. But where the facts support his argument, that will also be said.
So stay tuned.
I’m a terribly disappointed for any endorsement to come at this time. It appears to be a band-aid to stop the bleeding. On the other hand, it probably doesn’t mean that much. Obama’s sinking and in freefall and I afraid he’s pretty much done even though he leads. I think people are starting to really look at him now the dust-up with preacher has surfaced. MSM (CNN, MSNBC, etc) didn’t want to discuss this until their hands were forced. Fox seems to be the only station with the willingness to put it out there and will keep it up.
Is Richardson up on the news that Obama surrounds himself with companions who appear to be Anti-American?
1. Bill Aryers
2. Louis Farrakhan
3. Tony Rezko
4. Dr. Aiham Alsammarae
5. Nadhmi Auchi.
6. Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright
7. New Black Panthers
I always thought you were known by the company you keep. Democrats have really blown it - They’re weak now and they will really be weak going into general election. I really want superdelegates to consider their position. It’s all about electability.
Stop trying to nominate the poor white middle aged woman that is losing the race and still is unelectable. Stop fooling yourself and accept the obvious, Obama might not win the general, but Hillary WON’T win the nomination! He joined the race before she did and is now kicking her ass. Vote McCain and be done with it like Cathy!
Keep hope alive. The dems won’t let Hillary steal the election! Keep dreaming.
Add Rev. James Meeks.
As an Independent, there is few things I have never liked about the democratic party. First, democrats fall in love with a nominee candidate quickly without vetting. Barack Obama is a excellent speaker. Via Obama’s resume, his leadership skill have yet to be tested. No disrespect to Senator Obama, but for Bill Richardson to state “once-in-a- lifetime leader”, to date, there is no evidence to validate that statement. Potentially?!
The timing of Bill Richardson endorsement seem to convenient. Barack Obama desperately needs a headline change from the Rev Jeremiah Wright scandal. So out steps, Bill Richardson for more face time, end of the week endorsement. Positive headline change for Barack going into the holiday weekend. Gold points for Bill Richardson to be on Barack Obama’s short list for VP.
While we have the freedom to support who ever we wish. I find it disheartening, for people like Bill Richardson, to be willing to step into the lime-light to endorse Obama. Bill Richardson, Al Gore, and many others, would be no name fame aging government employees, if not for the hand of Bill Clinton. I guess that politics. Maybe, I am to loyal.
Chris - thanks, for the additional name, I’m sure there are more, like someone else has said “stay tuned”. All this stuff is not going away. The toothpaste is out of the tube.
Just a few of HRC’s greatest hits:
1. Peter Paul
2. Whitewater
3. Chinagate
4. Cattlegate
5. Filegate
6. Travelgate
7. Billing-gate
8. The Lincoln Bedroom
9. Castlegate
10.Wan Juang
11.Eric Wynn
12.John Huang
13.Denise/Mark Rich
14.Nannygate
15.Helicoptergate
16.Federal Building campaign phone callgate
17.Donations from convicted drug and weapons dealers
18.Buddhist Templegate
19.Web Hubbell hush moneygate
20.Lippogate
21.Chinese commiegate
22.Norman Hsu
There are many, many more…I just got tired of listing them!
I watched MSDNC last night…Ubermann is such a pile wind, yet it is my guilty pleasure…you must try it even in small doses you get the full impact. They broke away from regular shows for BREAKING NEWS!!!! that last for the rest of the evening…the topic////Obama passport info was looked into 3 times in the past 3 months…a breach of security!!!! (These are the people that want to take over the private records and health care of the nation)…
He hyperventilated on and on .. Codi Rice is responsible…the whitehouse is snooping on Obama…why wasn’t he notified??? What kind of government is this??? How can the Republicans let this happen.It was great. Comic gold! He was in pig heaven, no other show had the scoop…
Turns out the person in charge of the department is a Clinton appointee…hum… But it was believed that firing the contract employess(probably from Mexico or India) was punishment enough. Yes these are the people the DNC want RUNNING YOUR HEALTH CARE.
Now we everyday people, you know, the ones that shopped @ TJ Maxx and Hannaford that had our bank accounts snooped into, the MILLIONS of us,…. no legislation to protect us!!!
People should look closely at a candidate before they put their reputations on the line. But thanks to MSM, no one has been allowed to find out everything about Obama.
This article appeared yesterday on WorldNetDaily,but no one reported on it. Obama’s problems are not over from his association with his church of 20 years. He will be beat in November! And trying to smear Hillary now to cover his own bad judgment should tell Americans he’s just another politician that he claims to hate!
Obama church published
Hamas terror manifesto
Compares charter calling for murder
of Jews to Declaration of Independence
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Posted: March 20, 2008
12:45 pm Eastern
By Aaron Klein
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
JERUSALEM – Sen. Barack Obama’s Chicago church reprinted a manifesto by Hamas that defended terrorism as legitimate resistance, refused to recognize the right of Israel to exist and compared the terror group’s official charter – which calls for the murder of Jews – to America’s Declaration of Independence.
The Hamas piece was published on the “Pastor’s Page” of the Trinity United Church of Christ newsletter reserved for Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., whose anti-American, anti-Israel remarks landed Obama in hot water, prompting the presidential candidate to deliver a major race speech earlier this week.
Hamas, responsible for scores of shootings, suicide bombings and rocket launchings against civilian population centers, is listed as a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department.
The revelation follows a recent WND article quoting Israeli security officials who expressed “concern” about Robert Malley, an adviser to Obama who has advocated negotiations with Hamas and providing international assistance to the terrorist group.
In his July 22, 2007, church newsletter, Wright reprinted an article by Mousa Abu Marzook, identified in the publication as a “deputy of the political bureau of Hamas.” A photo image of the piece was captured and posted today by the business blog BizzyBlog, which first brought attention to it. The Hamas article was first published by the Los Angeles Times, garnering the newspaper much criticism.
According to senior Israeli security officials, Marzook, who resides in Syria alongside Hamas chieftain Khaled Meshaal, is considered the “brains” behind Hamas, designing much of the terror group’s policies and ideology. Israel possesses what it says is a large volume of specific evidence that Marzook has been directly involved in calling for or planning scores of Hamas terrorist offensives, including deadly suicide bombings. He was also accused of attempting to set up a Hamas network in the U.S.
Marzook’s original piece was titled, “Hamas’ stand” but was re-titled “A Fresh View of the Palestinian Struggle” by Obama’s church newsletter. The newsletter also referred to Hamas as the “Islamic Resistance Movement,” and added in its introduction that Marzook was addressing Hamas’ goals for “all of Palestine.”
In the manifesto, Marzook refers to Hamas’ “resistance” – the group’s perpetuation of anti-Israel terrorism targeting civilians – as “legal resistance,” which, he argues, is “explicitly supported by the Fourth Geneva Convention.”
The Convention, which refers to the rights of people living under occupation, does not support suicide bombings or rocket attacks against civilian population centers, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America noted.
Marzook refers to Hamas’ official charter as “an essentially revolutionary document” and compares the violent creed to the Declaration of Independence, which, Marzook states, “simply did not countenance any such status for the 700,000 African slaves at that time.”
Hamas’ charter calls for the murder of Jews. Among its platforms is a statement that the “[resurrection] will not take place until the Muslims fight the Jews and the Muslims kill them, and the rock and the tree will say: ‘Oh Muslim, servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, kill him!’”
In his piece, Marzook says Hamas only targets Israel and denies that Hamas’ war is meant to be waged against the U.S., even though Hamas officials have threatened America, and Hamas’ charter calls for Muslims to “pursue the cause of the Movement (Hamas), all over the globe.”
Trinity Church did not respond to a phone message requesting comment.
Obama’s campaign also did not reply to phone and e-mail requests today for comment.
Obama aide wants talks with terrorists
WND reported in January that Malley, an Obama foreign policy adviser, has penned numerous opinion articles, many of them co-written with a former adviser to the late Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, petitioning for dialogue with Hamas and blasting Israel for policies he says harm the Palestinian cause.
Malley also previously penned a well-circulated New York Review of Books piece largely blaming Israel for the collapse of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations at Camp David in 2000 when Arafat turned down a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and eastern sections of Jerusalem and instead returned to the Middle East to launch an intifada, or terrorist campaign, against the Jewish state.
Malley’s contentions have been strongly refuted by key participants at Camp David, including President Clinton, then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and primary U.S. envoy to the Middle East Dennis Ross, all of whom squarely blamed Arafat’s refusal to make peace for the talks’ failure.
In February 2006, after Hamas won a majority of seats in the Palestinian parliament and amid a U.S. and Israeli attempt to isolate the Hamas-run Palestinian Authority, Malley wrote an op-ed for the Baltimore Sun advocating international aid to the terror group’s newly formed government.
“The Islamists (Hamas) ran on a campaign of effective government and promised to improve Palestinians’ lives; they cannot do that if the international community turns its back,” wrote Malley in a piece entitled, “Making the Best of Hamas’ Victory.”
Malley contended the election of Hamas expressed Palestinian “anger at years of humiliation and loss of self-respect because of Israeli settlement expansion, Arafat’s imprisonment, Israel’s incursions, Western lecturing and, most recently and tellingly, the threat of an aid cutoff in the event of an Islamist success.”
Malley said the U.S. should not “discourage third-party unofficial contacts with [Hamas] in an attempt to moderate it.”
In an op-ed in the Washington Post in January coauthored by Arafat adviser Hussein Agha, Malley – using what could be perceived as anti-Israel language – urged Israel’s negotiating partner, Abbas, to reunite with Hamas.
“A renewed national compact and the return of Hamas to the political fold would upset Israel’s strategy of perpetuating Palestinian geographic and political division,” wrote Malley.
He further petitioned Israel to hold talks with Hamas.
“An arrangement between Israel and Hamas could advance both sides’ interests,” Malley wrote.
In numerous other op-eds, Malley advocated a policy of engagement with Hamas.
Chris - thanks for your input
Lacie,
You are top notch girlfirend. Call your newspaper and Fox see if you can send them this stuff…
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You are absolutely right!
This looks like the meeting place of racists, obama haters and people who can’t read. I find it ironic that the people who hate on obama and his church and dems are responding to the fact that the wright’s 911 sermon that is so awful was quoting a Reagan appointee. I think he was even a WHITE MAN. so wassup?
My sentiments exactly. These people for the most part believe it is “Clinton’s turn” to be President and they hate Obama because he is kicking her ass. Most of these are the same people that put all of their faith in Larry Sinclair to destroy Obama. I come here purely for entertainment, because you will surely not gain any insightful or meaningful information. They simply want Hillary as President and Obama won’t do, that is there angle no matter how they spin it. Have fun with them, they are nothing to take seriously as I am sure Americans as a whole aren’t this stupid!
Meeting of the Obama haters??? Aw shucks honey we were just getting started…you could mosey on over to Daily Kos or Huffington Post, and have a great time , if hand holding is what you need. I being a white person, learned today that I had “fear bred into me” according to Mr. O’bama. Who Knew???.. but then I guess that is what makes me typical…
I read Drudge this am, it turns out Clinton, Obama and McCain all had their passport info viewed by federal employees….could get to be some real fun now…but O”Bama must be so hurt that it had nothing to do with skin color, since he thinks everything does.
And here in lies the problem.
People think that black people OWE the Clintons their vote. People think every democrat OWES the Clintons something. The Clintons have done everything and have done no wrong wrong. Hillary thought this too and was ready to crown herself Queen of the USA. She thought she was owed the position of POTUS. Until Barack came along and showed her she was going to have a fight on her hands.
Nobody owes anybody anything. If they don’t agree with Hillary Clinton and her politics than they don’t have to support her. Loyalty is what got us George Bush for two terms
John , it would be great if you could demonstrate alittle more curiousity and alittle less…venom.
I am not supporting Hill/Bill…but honey O’Bama is so over..
Well said my friend.
These people would have never voted for him anyway, it just makes them feel better to have a “Wright” reason not to.
“Honey” it’s March. To think you know what is going to happen, keep on thinking. This is far from over.
It now turns out that McCain and Hillary have also had their passport files breached. What are the odds that Olbermann will spend an hour ranting about that?
Mya,
Thats how I feel. I feel these are people that would have never voted for him in the first place. Because if you really were voting for someone it would take more then the spinners at Fox News (of all places) and their biased reporting to suddenly enlighten you and change your mind. You would also take the time to take in all the things your candidate has said and his explainations and compare them all to the reasons (plural) that you are voting for him and then make a decision. Nothing Reverand Wright has said has made suddenly turn on Obama. If Wright would have been White and said Black People are ruining their own future by relying on victimhood instead of taking all the special opportunities afforded to them, like AA and Special scholarships and what not. I wouldn’t take offense to that either. I’m an American and the USofKKK doesn’ t offend me because I know where people like Wright get that from or why they feel that way. The only thing I don’t like about Wright and those like him is that they don’t see any progress. They are stuck in the past or something. So their only message in dispair and not hope.