DEAN's DNC Response To Carville

[kpete]

DNC RESPONSE TO CARVILLE:
Howard Dean spokeswoman Karen Finney emails the following in response to James Carville's comments below:


After the Republicans have admitted to a thumping, why is it that the only one complaining on the Democratic side is James Carville, who today in addition to trashing Howard Dean, praised the RNC, the outfit that brought us the racist ad that defeated Harold Ford, James' supposed candidate for Chair?

Perhaps he's not aware that under Dean in this midterm election the DNC has raised record cash --- all hard dollars -- including three times as much from major donors, eight times as much online and made a $30 million investment in the '06 cycle, three times as much as the DNC put into the last midterm. Not to mention we made an $8m overhaul of our voter file which was successfully used in 47 states and through the 50 state strategy invested in states like Pennsylvania, Kansas, Indiana and Montana where we had critical victories on Tuesday.


--Ryan Lizza

http://www.tnr.com/blog/theplank?pid=56587

[lakeguy]

1. carville is an idiot! i wish we could vote his dumb ass off

the air.

[QuestionAll...]

7. I used to like Carville spitting wit, but he's dirt without hair to me now.

there ought to be some kind of other laws passed besides torture laws. like... Conflict of Interest thingies?

fuck you, jimmy.

[fishwax]

29. boy, no kidding. I remember when he used to be a fighter

"We're right, they're wrong," and all that. But by the end of the Clinton administration he'd been an insider for too long.

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. Put him on "Dancing with the Stars" He'd be right up there with tucker.

:evilgrin:

[Gabi Hayes]

2. his real response, right HERE:

[clmbohdem]

14. haaaaaaaa!

[Ringo84]

3. Re:

Don't be so bipartisanship that you give in to your enemies, Carville. The GOP doesn't deserve praise for anything.
Ringo

[cali]

6. This is not about bipartisianship

it's about getting rid of Dean and getting in a Hillary lapdog.

[Thickasabrick]

10. I was thinking the same thing but I didn't want to get flamed by the

Clinton fans....glad you pointed it out. My biggest concern is....did Hillary prompt this?

[American Jesus]

28. It's standard DLC operating procedure.

It's not just Carville. It's everyone from Al From's desk on down. Every DLC mouthpiece has tried to make this election victory all about their illusion of "centrism" (read CORPORATISM) and to strip all credit from Howard Dean, and the 50 state strategy which he talked about openly on the 2004 campaign, and has now implemented successfully, with a congressional landslide so big that even Diebold couldn't stop it. (and dozens of documented incidents suggest that they tried)

The DLC and their partners AIPAC want to dominate this party's agenda. They despise the fact that candidates won this election who specifically spoke out against things like the Patriot Act, so-called "free" trade initiatives, and the PNAC created foreign policy insanity including the Iraq quagmire.

[Thickasabrick]

32. Wow...there is still so much about my own party that I didn't know.

I'm hoping Dean can withstand the assault and hang in there. So many people are behind him.

[formercia]

35. The DLC supported the failed policy of PNAC

thus, it has no right to set the agenda, having been on the losing side of the election:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Leadership_Council

--snip--

The 2003 Invasion of Iraq

The DLC gave strong support for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Prior to the war, Will Marshall co-signed a letter to President Bush from the Project for the New American Century endorsing military action against Saddam Hussein. Despite the DLC's centrist pretenses, the organization spared no criticism of anti-war voices. During the 2004 Primary campaign the DLC attacked Presidential candidate Howard Dean as an out-of-touch liberal, because of his anti-war stance. The DLC has dismissed other war critics such as filmmaker Michael Moore as "Anti-American" and members of the "loony left"<3>. Even as domestic support for the Iraq War plummeted in 2004 and 2005, Marshall called upon Democrats to balance their criticism of Bush's handling of the Iraq War with praise for the President's achievements and cautioned "Democrats need to be choosier about the political company they keep, distancing themselves from the pacifist and anti-American fringe."

--snip--

[melody]

37. exactly n/t

[tularetom]

4. Not that it deserves a response

but I'm glad he did. Furthermore Harold Ford in my opinion would be a disaster in any party post. No personality no sense of humor. Not inspiring as a speaker. Definitely not ready for prime time. Carville is a never was that has managed to self promote his way into the corporate media. If I never have to see his cutesy poo hick act again it'll be too soon for me.

[Rainscents]

8. Plus...

Ford is toooooooo religious and against too many liberal idea ( freedom of choice "abortion" of any sorts, etc...) Nay, he is NOT for me.

[aquart]

5. Nothing like solid facts.

[MissWaverly]

11. hope Carville becomes head of the RNC

sounds like he's trying for the job.

:-)

[truedelphi]

24. Good one! n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

12. Carville can suck an egg.

"I can't believe I used to like that prick."

[niallmac]

13. Carville is giving Dean the same treatment repugs gave to Clinton.

Got no use for Carville now and that has always been the case for his wife.

[tabatha]

15. wish we could

send something to dean, like the flowers for helen thomas.....

[madfloridian]

17. He will be 58 next Friday....send 20.08 to the DNC.

Some of us plan to call it in so we can tell them why.

[Pastiche423]

33. mad, what do you mean by calling it in?

[TheCowsCameHome]

16. He's married to Matalin, so there's a clue..............

[in_cog_ni_to]

18. Great reply....hope Carville chokes on his words.

What an ass. Mary must be really chewin' his ass at home and He's taking it out on Dean.

[many a good man]

19. Shut up and lie down, Carville.

Dean just made you and your kind a relic of the past, to be gawked at by future generations.

[RedEarth]

20. KR

[LeftCoast]

21. When was the last time Carville helped win an election?

This guy seems more out of touch every day.

[David Zephyr]

22. Carville, thy name is shit.

100% shit.

[fearnobush]

23. By Default of his wife - GOP, Carville must go.

Plain and simple. He cannot be trusted in any internal party affairs. Dean was always right.

[texpatriot2004]

25. Well said nm

[LittleClarkie]

26. Well said, Governor

You tell em.

[Straight Shooter]

27. He blabbed his fat mouth and screwed Kerry's position not to concede.

Now his fat mouth is in overdrive again, trying to get rid of one of the best things that ever happened to the Democratic Party.

Carville, stuff a sock in it. But be sure to put a darning egg in the sock first.

[fishwax]

30. Shouldn't Carville be playing theme parks and state fairs by now?

He's a has been. When was the last time he won an election? Or said anything relevant, for that matter.

[midnight]

31. Thanks Dr. Dean for healing this illness the Dems have

been suffering with. You keep on doing what your doing.

[SoCalDem]

34. And, Dean is not "sleeping with the enemy"

:evilgrin:

[mvd]

36. Geez, why did Carville open his mouth

He can praise Emanuel if he wants, but he should give Dean credit - and now he's BASHING Dean? Shameful when we should be united.

Is Matalin rubbing off on Carville?

[WindRavenX]

38. Carville needs to piss off

I was critical of Dean early on, but I am 100% behind him from now on, as he seems to have created a winning formula.

[goclark]

39. After what Woodward said about him telling his WIFE

about the voting situation in the 2004 Stealing of the Presidency, I am finished with this turncoat.

Finished.

Of all the stinging statements in the book, to think that he told what was happening in the Kerry Camp is beyond dirt to me.

Kick him out of the party, don't trust him another minute.