Tag: James Carville

James Carville thinks we may have riots in the streets

He told Don Imus that he’s worried that extended unemployment may cause civil unrest, which is merely a euphemism for riots in the streets.

James Carville is the Democrat political strategist who coined the phrase “It’s the economy, stupid.”

When he gets that Cajun accent going we only understand about half of what he says. But we understood every word when he told Don Imus that he’s worried that extended unemployment may cause civil unrest, which is merely a euphemism for riots in the streets. And that, he says, may have a destabilizing effect on American politics.

Of course, it might be wise to keep in mind that when Carville speaks of destabilization of American politics, he means Democrats may get voted out of office.

“It is going to be very difficult,” Carville said. “But the country, if that is what we are doing, this is gruesome on people. This unemployment rate for this long is humanitarian crisis of the first magnitude. This financial crisis, people have studied this by the way, they know that the things take this long to work their way through. The aftermath of these things — kind of an academic book that is dry entitled ‘This Time is Different.’ What it concluded it is not different this time. They studied it, the aftermath of the financial crisis. What we are going through is imminently predictable. But this is a terrible thing that has happened to people’s lives. I think the president at one level understands that, you know. But he is limited in what he can do. So we’ll just have to see. But it’s going to be hard. If 54,000 jobs is the new norm – this is going to be very, very tough. Some people say it just might be one more thing. We don’t know.”

But Carville said the consequences aren’t limited to politics alone. He warned of heighten risk of civil unrest with the bleak economic picture.

“You know, look – this is a humanitarian — you know, you’re smart enough to see this,” Carville said. “People, you know, if it continues, we’re going to start to see civil unrest in this country. I hate to that, but I think it’s [eminently] possible.”

Translation: Riot all you want when Republicans are in office. But hell’s bells, people, don’t do it when a Democrat is sitting in the Oval Office.

H/T: Daily Caller

Mary Matalin criticizes Obama for oil drilling moratorium. Oh, wait, that’s her husband.

James Carville, of all people, is fed up with the Obama administration. Sounding as if he’s channeling his inner Mary Matalin, Carville said, “The federal government let us down…they’re killing the economy here.

James Carville, of all people, is fed up with the Obama administration.

Sounding as if he’s channeling his inner Mary Matalin, Carville said, “The federal government let us down…they’re killing the economy here…the federal government is about to kill us with their levies and their regulatory taxes.”

So after spending what passes as the best years of his life getting the Democrat agenda shoved through, Mr. Carville is now seeing the whole picture from the “receiving end”.

One word of advice, James:

There are some petroleum-based products that might help with your current position. Oh, and welcome to the common citizenry.

James Carville goes ragin’ Cajun, attacks Obama over Gulf oil spill

Carville, the famously outspoken Louisianian who was a chief political aide to Bill and Hillary Clinton, told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Thursday that the administration’s response to the spill has been “lackadaisical” and that Obama was “naive” to trust BP to manage the massive clean-up effort.

The latest Rasmussen poll shows Obama with just 44% approval. Democrat strategist James Carville appears to be part of the remaining 56%. He had some very harsh things to say about Obama’s Katrina.

The Huffington Post reports the Louisiana lowdown:

Carville, the famously outspoken Louisianian who was a chief political aide to Bill and Hillary Clinton, told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Thursday that the administration’s response to the spill has been “lackadaisical” and that Obama was “naive” to trust BP to manage the massive clean-up effort.

“I think they actually believe that BP has some kind of a good motivation here,” he said. “They’re naive! BP is trying to save money, save everything they can… They won’t tell us anything, and oddly enough, the government seems to be going along with it! Somebody has got to, like shake them and say, ‘These people don’t wish you well! They’re going to take you down!'”

For once, we understood every word Carville said. But we somehow doubt that anyone in the White House understood it.

Source: Huffington Post

Help pay off Hillary’s campaign debt, win tickets to American Idol (you can’t make this stuff up)

This space now available. C'mon, Hillary, this could be the most valuable advertising space in Washington, DC.
This space now available. C'mon, Hillary, this could be the most valuable advertising space in Washington, DC.

Hillary’s still buried in debt from her failed presidential run. She needs to pay Bill back for the millions of dollars he loaned to her campaign. So James Carville sent this remarkably cheesy email to Hillary’s supporters.

The bottom line is simple: Send Hillary $5 and you could win one of three fabulous prizes. What kind of prizes? Well, Carville describes them as “truly once in a lifetime.” Decide for yourself:

  • A day with President Clinton in New York. (Visit the Harlem office he himself rarely visits. Learn his pick up technique in a downtown Manhattan bar. Listen to him tell stories of his days in the oral office.)
  • Lunch with James Carville and Paul Begala. (Yes, the ever modest Carville actually described having lunch with him as “a once in a lifetime” prize. Our guess would be that he has lunch every day.)
  • Tickets to the finale of American Idol. (The gay guy is really terrific and will undoubtedly win).

Unbelievable. Bill Clinton has made hundreds of millions of dollars since he left office and his wife is begging you for $5 donations. But we think they could easily offer some additional prizes. Such as:

  • A session with Hillary’s personal Botox specialist.
  • 90-seconds in the Lincoln Bedroom (pro-rated from the standard $100,000 per night)
  • Six months worth of advertising space on Paul Begala’s forehead (perfect for today’s cash-strapped business looking for a creative way to advertise)

Click thumbnail to enlarge Carville's pathetic email
Click thumbnail to enlarge Carville's pathetic email

C’mon, James, show a little creativity here. The money will come rolling in.

Now, don’t tell anyone over at the Hillary campaign website, but one of our staff here is on the Hillary Clinton Campaign mailing list and received one of these emails yesterday. We’d done image capture of it and you can see it by clicking on the thumbnail on the left here.

Source: WilshireAndWashington.com via Time

Rahm Emanuel makes daily, secret calls to media pals

Rahm uses his secure phone to call his media buddies
Rahm Emanuel cleverly uses his secure phone to make secret calls to his media pals

As the sun comes up each morning, Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s chief of staff, calls his pals in the media – CNN’s James Carville and Paul Begala, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, and pollster Stan Greenberg.

That was no problem last month, but Emanuel is now President Obama’s Chief of Staff, and the calls have now taken on an air of conspiracy. Where’s the shock and outrage and the suggestion that Emanuel is coordinating media coverage?

From our perspective, two things surprise us about this story.

First, that no one has objected to this “cozy” relationship between the president’s chief of staff and members of the media.

And second, that Emanuel has four friends.

I HATE THE MEDIA ™
Verified by MonsterInsights