Mar 24
James Carville (of James Carville and Mary Matalin, the scariest political couple of all time), told the NYT on Friday (GOOD Friday) that Bill Richardson’s endorsement of Obama was an “act of betrayal” and compared him to Judas.
Since I was educated by Catholic schools, let me give you a little background. Judas was the apostle who betrayed Jesus for money. This is not a fair comparison since Richardson’s not doing this for money, he’s doing this to be Secretary of State.
“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,” Carville said.
I’ll tell you what was really offensive about Richardson’s endorsement. That goatee. Yuck.
Traditionally on Good Friday, Catholics are expected to fast, attend the Stations of the Cross, and confess their sins. They are also not allowed to eat meat. As far as I know, you can still drink as long as you feel really guilty and bad about yourself.
This year, Easter Sunday fell the day before my father’s birthday so, being the thoughtful daughter that I am, I baked him a cake. Now, for those of you who know the limitations of my culinary skills, this is probably an entertaining concept. I made a daffodil cake, a mixture of white and yellow cakes COMPLETELY FROM SCRATCH.
I think this may well be the first cake I have ever made without the benefit of Duncan Hines. I had to separate the egg whites from the yolks, and I managed to do this with very few shells going in the bowl. My father’s favorite cake was always the daffodil cake which meant that I was never very excited about his birthday because it meant no ice cream cake from Baskin-Robbins.
I took a picture of the cake to document the fact that I actually baked something. Despite its lopsidedness, I finally feel like a real woman.
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The cake looks delicious.
I have a question about Judas. Now, being the avid fan of Jesus Christ Superstar may have rendered me biased, but I really feel like Judas gets a bad rap. Wasn’t it reportedly the plan all along for Jesus to be sacrificed a la Abraham’s near sacrifice of Isaac? So wasn’t Judas the one who really set the wheels in motion as the WHOLE basis of the religion? Hello? John 3:16? How else would people hold up those special posters at sporting events if not for Judas?
Plus, Carl Anderson (RIP) was a fabulous Judas. Best musical ever…
Re: 1. Wallflower Jr.
Carl Anderson is dead!? WTF? And all these years I thought that maybe, just maybe I’d get to play opposite of him as JC… This sucks. Man, what a voice.
And, speaking of JC Superstar, I’ve always had issues with a dude sining “I don’t know how to love him” about JC. Am I homophobic because that sounds like gay innuendo to me? I mean couldn’t they have just saved that song/line for Mary Magdalen? Is this line of questioning blasphemous? Will I be forced to listen to the AWFUL British version of JC Superstar while I’m burning in hell?
You even put it on a cake pedestal. I’m very impressed! You take the cake!
I love to cook, but I hate to bake. All that precise measuring makes me crazy.
And I don’t care what the ultimate surrogate says. I will always think he’s funny.
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Re: 1. Wallflower Jr.
Godspell was better.
Re: 2. LegeBoy
Isn’t the Church itself one big gay innuendo?
“I’ll tell you what was really offensive about Richardson’s endorsement. That goatee. Yuck.”
I interpreted it as a beard. Not to split hairs. Regardless, yuck.
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That wasn’t Bill Richardson. It was veteran SNL cast member and token “chubby guy” Horatio Sanz.
Seriously. Check it out.
-Put
the mere fact that these 2 are married should tell you everything you need to know about the ‘political parties’….it’s ALL BULLSHIT…they are the INCUMBANTS.
Cosnpiracy? ….fuggin’ A .
throw the bums out….and Mary M can eat , make that , kiss my grits.
/i TRIED to keep it clean, but …….
// Carville is a case to be made for the use of torture…..he sure as shit tortures me every time he oens his mouth.
///AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton….
Watch out for the sniper fire, Sinbad.
So being Catholic makes you an authority figure AND a bakestress?????
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If Hillary somehow manages to
stealwin the nomination, I wouldn’t stand to close to Gov. Richardson as the whiplash effect of him flopping back to Hillary might take out a few innocent bystanders.http://urbangrounds.com
Damn. That would be stand too close to Gov. Richardson.
You’d think I learned to spell at Berkeley.
Re: 4. Pink Lady
I love Godspell too, although I don’t think it holds up as well today. Plus, watching the dad from Alias as Jesus is a little weird. Pre-e-e-pare ye the way of the Lord. The soundtrack of my early childhood–that album got a lot of play at my house.
Re: 2. LegeBoy
I don’t really get the homoeroticism of Judas singing that. I think he and M. Mag. are just struggling to reconcile the man with the Man.
Re: 12. Robbie
I just want to know how you did that strike through trick.
Re: 15. treehugger
Yeah, and the italics.
I have never heard of a daffodil cake. Does that require sparkling butter?
A betrayal like Judas?
Does that mean Hillary’s crucified campaign will be resurrected in three days? Until the stone is rolled away and I see the nail prints, consider me a doubting Thomas.
I’ll bet Robbie uses cut and paste to do his tricks.
MacArthur’s Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don’t think that I can take it
‘Cause it took so long to bake it
And I’ll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!
Oh, no
No, no
Oh no!!
Looks like a giant frosted twinkie.
Re: 20. whiskeydent
Not one of the better of Waylon’s recordings.
Re: 14. Wallflower Jr.
No, I get that, totally. But I think they took it to a Whole. Udda. Lev-el.
Re: 9. The Other Guy
So she should be punished because the American people for some reason elected a second Bush? Would you feel the same way if it was Bush-Clinton-Gore-Clinton?
Is strike through just done with html?
yes or noI guess thats a yes then
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yeah. Just the magic of html.
Try [strike]text[/strike] (replace the brackets with angle brackets instead.
Use [em]text[/em] for italics.
Re: 23. Jimbo
I guess if she is entitled to be president then a loss would be considered punishment.
The American people didn’t elect Bush, the Supreme Court did. Still, Bill gave it away. He’s very generous.
Re: 22. treehugger
Yeah, Hank didn’t do ‘em that-a-way, but the original Richard Harris version is the barometer against which all other bad songs are measured. Stupid song, sung sh*tty.
Best Judas ever…. Harvey Keitel in Last Temptation. Richardson’s got nothin on him.
Re: 9. The Other Guy
didn’t I just say that?
/ok,……sort of…..
//PL….short dress an long jacket ..by …CAKE…..
pattern setting in….