CNN: James Carville Takes On Karl Rove At NYC Debate

[jefferson_dem]

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[babylonsister]

1. Thanks. I'd love to see the whole thing. They all looked a tad

uncomfortable.

[Raine1967]

5. So do I.

Way too many red herrings there. (not to mention Strawmen)

What was Rove referring to regarding what Carville said on the morning of 911?

Yes, I want to see the whole thing. Kkkarl parsed his statements regarding Powell being a Republican. I know that he said he would pick Rush over Colin -- video people... there is video.

[Grins]

9. I believe Rove was referring to this (lie)

On the big day, Sept. 11, 2001, at a breakfast between reporters and Democrats, Carville said of Bush: “I certainly hope he doesn’t succeed.”

The Reich-wing then went all Gonzo and used this as a response to the uproar over Limbaugh saying he wants Obama to fail. (No. They really did.)

Unfortunately (a word often used when describing Rethuglicans), what Rove and the Repukes conveniently leave out, is that minutes later, as news of the terrorist attacks reached the hotel conference room, Carville announced: “Disregard everything we just said! This changes everything!”

For context, here’s the full quote; Carville, asked if Bush was politically vulnerable, replied:

“People basically like (Bush) as a person and they want him to succeed, but they have some pretty serious doubts that have not crept in but are sort of there. You have almost half the country saying he is in over his head. Over half the country saying he is for the powerful. And as much as I would like for it or wish for it, they are not going to pull away completely from him months into his administration.

“I don’t care if people like him or not, just so they don’t vote for him and his party. That is all I care about. I hope he doesn’t succeed, but I am a partisan democrat. But the average person wants him to succeed. It is his country, his life or their lives. So he has that going for him. There is a lot that is going to happen between now and next November. It is not that people don’t like him. It is not that people don’t want him to succeed but it is also not that he doesn’t have some serious underlying problems.”

[liberal N proud]

2. Do you consider Powell a good republican... LOL

I consider him a republican. :rofl: glossed over the good part. :rofl:

[Necon-Be-Gone]

3. Rove....

He should be in prison, not on Charlie Rose.

[Postman]

4. Wait a fuggin minute....

Rove says the country should be proud that they voted in an African American as President (of which none of his type of people had anything to do with) and yet people didn't like George Bush because "he spoke with an accent"......GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE.

Talk about non-sequitors.....

[LostinRed]

7. I was going to post a similar comment

Does Rove seriously believe people don't like Bush because he has a fake Texan accent? Bush is from New England. What an ass.

[underpants]

6. From 30 years of rule to playing victim

The main problem is that he is the one that left the Republicans as victims

I have to admit that I have not heard what Carville said in the morning of 9/11 that must be something Rove has convinced himself of.

[tomm2thumbs]

8. It was Bush's accent that caused America to hate him - not the fact he was an idiot

Interesting - and yet so stupid it make Rove look truly like a freak. Oh wait, he is a freak.