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Wednesday, November 15, 2006 12:00 AM

Carville: Dean's leadership "Rumsfeldian"

James Carville tells reporters that were it not for Howard Dean's incompetence, Democrats would have 20 more House seats.

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Wednesday, November 15, 2006 02:02 PM

Wow.

The circular firing squad didn't take long this time, did it?

On whose behalf is Carville working?

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 02:02 PM

Remind me again. . .

When the last time Carville had anything to do, personally, with a Democratic electoral victory?

Which voters have ever voted for him?

Which offices he has ever held?

How many Democrats his ideas and/or support have helped get elected lately?

Why we should listen to a man who wants a southern loser -- as in, Ford lost his race -- to be in charge of winning?

Why anyone who cares about the Democratic party should give a flying f**k what this know-nothing, do-nothing, married-to-the-enemy blowhard thinks?

Riddle me that, Mr. Brainiac Carville.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 02:04 PM

Carville for Carville

This man's time has passed and he knows it. He's trying to reinvigorate his mostly faded importance and the only way he knows how is to attack others. Carville would be a disaster for the Democrats. He's far too narrowly focused to have either the best interest of the party or the nation in mind. Carville is out for Carville and that's all.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 02:11 PM

Carville/Dean

"In other news, the Boston Red Sox fired manager Terry Francona for beating the Yankees in 7 games rather than 4."

What a loser. Does Carville have any concept of the unmitigated success of Dean's 50-state strategy? Or the fact that his big man Ford "perfect campaign" to the hard right was the only nail biter that didn't result in a Democratic Senate pickup? Anyway, this went right to my bile ducts, reading this. Perhaps Carville is secretly trying to keep the base motivated after a big win.

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Wednesday, November 15, 2006 02:31 PM

Carville's Leadership Non-Existent

Every time this bumpkin is invited on to the Today Show or Good Morning America to present the "Democratic point of view" I just cringe. The man is barely coherent, much less articulate. Compare his appearances to those rare occasions when they'd invite Howard Dean on and the difference was like night and day.

Maybe the fact that the networks seem to have annointed Carville as some kind of official spokesman for the Democratic party has gone to his shiny pointy head. How else to explain where he even gets off bad-mouthing Howard Dean much less making it his mission in life to replace him with Harold Ford. (Maybe Carville's in a snit because Dean consistently made him look like the jerk that he is.) In any event, it's time for Mr. Bumpkin to slink off into the sunset with his lovely wife Cruella DeVille.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 02:39 PM

Please concentrate on Ford for a moment...

Ford lost his election. It appears that he tried too hard to be conservative and Jesus-loving, rather than confronting his Republican.

That all-but-Republican approach did not work. Do we want this smarmy stuff at the head of the Democratic Party?

Who beside Carville says Ford is so good? I still need convincing.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 02:40 PM

I propose a debate!

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 02:47 PM

This is why

I send money to Dean's organization Democracy for America and not to the Democratic party. I don't want the Carvelle-ites to have a penny of it.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 02:49 PM

How Do We Fire Carville?

What can we do to fire this so-called "spokesman" for the Democratic party? Maybe we could e-mail the media outlets that imagine he speaks for us and correct their mistake?

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 02:56 PM

Ice Cream

Mr. Carville needs to go back to selling Ice Cream, he obviously knows nothing about politics, or about leadership for that matter.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 03:08 PM

Sour Grapes? or just "Low-hanging Fruit?"

I used to like Carville for his entertaining and irreverent style.

But no more... there is no excuse for exhibiting such poor sportsmanship after a major win in which someone with whom you disagree (but is on the same team) did more than you did to create a winning environment.

It takes a lot for someone to be a worse winner than loser, and it's pretty unappetizing, as well.

We all just have to keep on speaking up and saying that he does not reflect the sensibilities of the majority of us who votes were being counted.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 03:13 PM

Bowers Breaks it Down

Chris Bowers makes mincemeat of Carville's bullshit:

http://mydd.com/story/2006/11/15/162925/71

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 03:15 PM

Time to Move On

The shelf life for James Carville and his wife is over and everyone knows it. For several years now, whenever I see them on Meet the Press, I know what they're going to say before they say it. If that doesn't indicate it's time to call it a day, then I can't help you.

If he doesn't have the good sense to take this behind closed doors then I don't trust him moving forward. It's been an exhausting and frustrating six years and we need to solve some monumental problems.

And if he's so f***ing smart, why didn't we get more Democrats elected in 2004?

Jesus, even his involvement in the remake of All the Kings Men appears to have not worked for that project, either.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 03:20 PM

History repeats itself...

Watching Rumsfeld resign the other day and listening to his resignation speech from the Oval Office as he put himself on the same pedestal as Winston Churchill, I made some vague comment to my wife along the lines of: "That sonofabitch hypocrite wouldn't deserve to lick Churchill's shoes if he were alive. If anyone is a real Churchill these days, it's Dean".

Churchill was turfed by the voters of Britain shortly after WWII, during which period he had pretty much saved Great Britain and the hopes of Nazi-occupied Europe through sheer obstinacy, courage, and cunning. Dean could have given up on his country and party after the Democratic Primaries of 2004 but persisted in seeking the DNC leadership through sheer obstinacy, knowing that the Democratic Party path had to change or the government of this country would be GOP-led for the next generation. He could have followed the traditional Democratic Party gameplan of playing lackluster catch-up, and we would now be going through the fourth quarter of the game with no quarterback, no defense, no offense, no coach, and no hope. A corrupt GOP congress would still be firmly entrenched and the American public would still be believing the Democrats to be the same old "wishy-washy flip-floppers" that they had been led to believe they were by a right-wing biassed media. His courage in veering from traditionalism to give the voting American public a true alternative to the neocons plan of self-destruction is a lesson to everyone everywhere: Stand up for what you believe, not what you want others to believe about what you stand for. His cunning in pushing for the 50-state initiative and a variety of other strategies designed to culminate in the results of Nov 7th clearly prove that Dean has the heart, the guts, and the brains to lead the DNC and continue to fight the good fight. He makes the best "Churchill" we could hope for if we want to win this war to rebuild our nation. And Carville doesn't deserve to lick his shoes.

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