Judas Iscariot?  

And happy Easter to you, too, Mr. Carville.

For those who missed the New York Times article regarding the Clinton adviser's response to Bill Richardson's endorsement of Obama: 

“Mr. Richardson’s endorsement 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,” Mr. Carville said, referring to Holy Week.

James Carville's Clinton-At-Any-Cost attitude is really beginning to get a little tiresome.  His Richardson comparison even tops his Howard Dean  comment after the Dem congressonal sweep in 2006:

“I would describe his leadership as Rumsfeldian in its competence.”

Dean=Rumsfeld.  Ri-i-i-i-ight….  Carville should spend more time as a talking head on CNN. 

Well, here's an interesting observation on the Clintonistas from a diary at OpEd News: 

When all else fails, go negative and the Clintons are masters at such dark arts having practically fornicated in the gutter with some of the lowest sleazeballs in American politics, think James Carville and Dick Morris and now of course the grossly overpaid Karl Rove wannabe Mark Penn.

My mistake.  I was thiinking of Carville as a Rove wannabe, too.  I stand corrected.  He's just as evil, but not nearly as intelligent.  

Meanwhile, the Clinton campaign can best be described as a “with us or against us” effort. Combine this with HRCs history of closed door meetings, and you get something that looks a lot like a Bush administration.

So, on this Easter day, what do you make of Carville's Judas comment?

Below the fold:  an interesting picture of Carville's wife, Bush adviser up to 2003, from Huffington Post.

                   Evil Queen Maleficent:

Mary Matalin, possible future head of the RNC.

The case is made on the front of the Times Argus that Vermonters are changing commuting and driving habits due the high cost of gas.Amazing that it has taken such a steady climb to almost $4.00 a gallon prices for a noticable effect .Commuting and driving habits that alter under the stress of high gas prices may stay changed if the transition to public transit can be made smooth .Use of public transportation between Montpelier and Burlington is up substantially ,29% since last July .Hopefully the inter-city and regional buses can handle a sudden windfall of passengers as gas costs rise,I have no idea what the capacity may be or what the demand could become .

Even though funding is hard if not impossible to come by given the current economic state ,some forward thinking policy people should step up and at least reiterate the need for maintaining and improving a reliable public transportation system (Trains?) State wide. An overburdened public transit system might cause people to return to their cars even at high gas costs.

Times Argus …

according to VermontGasPrices.com, Vermonters paid an average of $3.26 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. That’s up a dime over last month, and 46 cents over last year. On this date five years ago, it cost less than half what it does today to fill a tank.

Public transit numbers up

“We’ve seen a dramatic increase in our numbers,” says Ellen Atkinson, community outreach director for Marble Valley Regional Transit District. “What’s really interesting is that people are making that leap – they’re willing to leave their house 20 minutes early and wait for the bus so they don’t have to drive their cars.”

Marble Valley, a Rutland County public-transit service, has seen ridership on various bus routes increase from 12 percent to 35 percent in the last year. The trend is visible elsewhere – the Chittenden County Transit Authority has experienced a 29 percent increase in riders on the Montpelier-Burlington route since last July.

Rising gas prices, Atkinson says, have compelled people to forgo the comfort and convenience of their own vehicles for the savings of a bus ticket.

“For Vermonters to be thinking along those lines is pretty amazing,” she says.

crossposted @ www.vermontbloggernaut.blogspot.com

I’ll tell you why, what’s the single most greatest thing Jim Douglas has done attaining the governorship?   (Cue crickets chirping)  Anything?  Anyone?  That’s right, Douglas’s greatest accomplishment thus far has been to continually fly under the radar and avoid any real issues.

Talk, now this is something that Douglas is good at!  Talk about affordability, talk about lowering taxes.  Has he helped make any of it happen?  He talks and talks, and finds a whole host of reasons to blame his inability to do something on everybody else.

How about the people he surrounds himself with?  Cronies.  So far three of his appointments to the Fish and Wildlife board have had to resign for breaking fish and game laws, some example to set.  Then there’s Lunderville, the Governors campaign manager turned Secretary of Transportation.  How about the Secretary of Agriculture, former WCAX reporter Anson Tebbits?

Our current governor has made a profession of sitting on the fence, while shooting down either side.  He won’t come swinging on any real issues of substance because he’s afraid he might alienate voters.  The problem in this day and age, is Vermont needs a governor who stands up for us.  Douglas however, chooses to sit behind his desk.

We need a governor who’s not afraid to make themself unpopular.  Someone who will take on real issues of substance and reach out to help working Vermonters.  That will never be Jim Douglas!  He spends to much time being afraid of his own shadow to ever be an effective governor.