James Carville "I Certainly Hope He Doesn't Succeed"' March 11, 2009 by Mark Whittington
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1555110/james_carville_i_certainly_hope_he.html?cat=9 Wanted George W. Bush to Fail Just Before 9/11 Some years ago, James Carville, one of the architects of Bill Clinton's 1992 electoral victory, was holding forth, along with pollster Stanley Greenberg, to a group of Washington reporters. James Carville said something that is now considered treasonous. "I certainly hope he doesn't succeed," James Carville is quoted as saying, referring to then President George W. Bush. Greenberg, who had polled for President Bill Clinton, echoed the sentiment. The timing, though, was somewhat inopportune, as everyone was to find out just a few minutesJames Carville "I Certainly Hope He Doesn't Succeed" later. James Carville made his remarks on the morning of September 11th, 2001. Just a few minutes later, news of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon reached the conference where James Carville and Stan Greenberg were speaking. Ever nimble, James Carville announced, "Disregard everything we just said! This changes everything!" As Emily Latilla of Saturday Night Live fame might have said, "Never mind!" James Carville's remarks were drowned out by subsequent events, plus a compliant media unwilling to embarrass a well known Democratic strategist. The same treatment was not forthcoming for Rush Limbaugh, who has been excoriated for expressing the wish that President Barack Obama should fail. The campaign depicting Rush Limbaugh as a traitor has been orchestrated by, among other people, James Carville. The revelation of James Carville's somewhat ill timed remarks, along with the recent report of a Fox News poll that suggested that in 2006 the majority of Democrats wanted President Bush to fail, indicates that Obama administration operatives piling onto Rush Limbaugh are tossing stones in a glass house. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
