James Carville has been one of the Democrat point-men questioning the patriotism of Rush Limbaugh (and, by extension, all conservatives and Republicans) for his statement that he hopes Barack Obama fails. Consider his comment here, from February 25, 20…

Hmm, doesnt sound quite as bombastic as Rush’s comments when you actually read the whole thing.

How is the perceived level of bombast relevant?

People basically like this president 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.

Hmm, doesnt sound quite as bombastic as Rush’s comments when you actually read the whole thing.

(that said, I still think both Limbaugh and Carville are useless)

“Unlike Mr. Limbaugh,” he added, who “kept insisting that he wanted the president to fail at a time of war.”

Quoted from the recently link article on Fox News.

Is this guy really this dumb? Limbaugh repeatedly kicks his ass and he comes back for more of a beating. It’s like he enjoys it when he embarrasses himself. I just dont get it.

What function does Carville fulfill?

What good does he do for the country?

What is his reason for existence?

Has Obama ever said anything substantial (of course this eliminates every one of his Seinfeldian oratories, i.e. speeches about nothing) that convinces anyone here that he really has any genuine affection at all for the United States? Ever? Anything?

His aim is to quite clearly to destroy everything about America that makes her the greatest nation the world has ever seen; everything that makes her so unique and so f***ing successful.

Placed in this context–the proper context–to advocate for Obama’s success is basically treason.

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(Subsidiary question: Did Carville really instantly change his mind or, rather, did he instantly realize that it was no longer politically safe to wish aloud for the president’s failure?)

1st thing that came mind

Anyway, good work as always, Bill–& I hope Carville & his ilk FAIL!

Carville was just on CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. Boy did he squirm. He doesn’t remember what he said minutes before 9/11 but he does remember telling reporters after the planes hit to forget whatever he did say. Hilarious!

technopeasant on March 11, 2009 at 5:47 PM

Here’s a report on his appearance…

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/11/carville-lashes-limbaugh/

This has been dissected enough and it’s playing right into the hands of the left to continue twisting in the wind over this. I’m done with it.

To tell you the truth, I think there’s a subtle racism charge in all the “Limbaugh wants Obama to fail!!!” crap. “Limbaugh wants Obama to fail because Obama is black!!!!!!!!!” THAT’S what’s being said without being said.

Limbaugh is stupid. Carville is stupid. That doesnt seem to be registering with you.

orange on March 11, 2009 at 5:33 PM

No, no, no. You’re looking at it wrong. Limbaugh is merely saying what is natural for one sympathetic with the party out of power. Carville and the Democrats in and out of the MSM are hypocritical.

But because it’s a Democrat he’s allowed to get away with it by saying he doesn’t remember what he said but he does remember telling reporters to forget whatever he did say.

Limbaugh is stupid. Carville is stupid. That doesnt seem to be registering with you.

orange on March 11, 2009 at 5:33 PM

You are in the wrong place to try and take Rush out of context.

To many loyal listeners that HEAR the whole message.

orange on March 11, 2009 at 5:22 PM

The point here is that Carville did the same thing Limbaugh did.

And then criticized Limbaugh for doing it. And helped whip up this media frenzy over it. That doesn’t seem to be registering with you.

We all agree Carville is stupid.

“We” must not include the media and the Democratic Party.

Jim Treacher on March 11, 2009 at 5:30 PM

I hate to be too “nuanced,” but the other key difference is that Rush is a radio show host, not a political operative for the GOP. Carville is a “Democratic strategist” who happens to appear on tv. Of the two, I’d say Carville is much closer to being a leader of his political party than is Rush. (In fact, I actually don’t even know for a fact that Rush is a registered Republican. I just know that he said he didn’t contribute to the RNC.)