It's Pathetic...Carville allows Matlin to run roughshod over him!!

[glarius]

Mary Matlin, is a typical mean-spirited right wing Republican and she walks all over James Carville....It's sad the way he displays his fear of her and doesn't speak up in any forceful way against her...IMO

[spooky3]

1. I agree. I can't stand watching them together.

So I don't do it anymore.

I don't want him to attack her. I want him to respond to her lame accusations with good arguments backed up by data to show how silly her arguments are. Truth is on his side and he needs to put her on the defensive rather than looking down at the table and mumbling some irrelevant comment.

[glarius]

3. Exactly!

She makes untrue statements as if they are facts and he just lets them lie there!

[PaDUer]

6. Not surprised

since she and others are already working on the re-selection of the thug boy...

[mikehiggins]

2. Isn't there a word for that?

A guy who lets the woman in his life walk all over him?

Yeah, there is, but it is so patently offensive in this PC era that even I won't use it, even here on DU.

But we all know.

[bitchkitty]

10. Just use p-whipped.

It is not uncommon for some men.

[Muddleoftheroad]

11. There's a better word

Love.

Some couples don't allow work to spoil their relationship.

More power to them both.

[Skittles]

15. LOVE?

OMG, PLEASE. Whatever is going on there it sure ain't love. I've never seen even the resemblence of an affectionate look.

[Muddleoftheroad]

17. How the hell do you know?

They are still together, that beats half the damn population.

[Skittles]

18. well, how do YOU know?

a great deal of people are married or stay married simply because they cannot stand their own company: they are afraid of being ALONE.

[Muddleoftheroad]

19. I don't pretend to judge, but they are adults

As such, they make their own decisions. They have decided to stay together.

That's enough for me.

[glarius]

20. Doesn't change the fact that he allows her to spew lies and doesn't

seem to have the courage to contradict her on TV which is what my original post is about!!!

[Muddleoftheroad]

21. That's his choice

It's his marriage.

Many couples draw boundaries about what they will or will not accept.

[glarius]

22. The point is...he's a spokesperson for Democrats and he allows a

spokesperson for Republicans to put him down....That's bad for your cause, don't you agree?

[Muddleoftheroad]

28. In other circumstances yes

In this one, I apply marital rules. As such, it's his life, not mine. If I were in love with her, I'd be pretty tolerant as well.

[glarius]

29. I'm all for them having a happy marriage....I'm saying he should NOT

appear on TV with her as a spokesperson for the Democrats in opposition to her because he is DOING HARM TO YOUR CAUSE....I think that makes sense....He's still able to be on with other right wingers...It looks like a novelty act the networks love, but it's not beneficial to Democrats....IMO

[Muddleoftheroad]

30. I think he gets paid for doing that

I can't really see him giving that gig up.

The couple representing both sides of an issue is a big sell for TV. That makes him tough to replace.

[mitchum]

25. How about a phrase...honor among whores?

[primavera]

31. Love is supposed to be a two way street

If love is, in fact, what is staying James from responding to his wife's attacks, why isn't it dissuading her from making them in the first place? Does she not love her husband? Oh yeah, that's right - she's a Repuke, I keep forgetting: they have no manners or sense of decency. Once again, I can't help but wonder why anyone would ever be involved with - much less marry - a Republican.

[spooky3]

35. oops, you said it better than I did, but I just now saw your post.

[spooky3]

34. then she must not love him.

Because she certainly doesn't treat him or his views the same way.

[bitchkitty]

40. Well, I guess sometimes they do

call it love (you're the sentimental type, that's sweet), but in that respect, you would probably call it bondage and discipline.

He's p-whipped, baby.

[Skittles]

14. just say whipped

because it works both ways

[Undecided Okie]

41. I agree, but if that's what floats his boat,,,,

He might be meek at home, but he sure does talk on TV.

[BiggJawn]

45. I'll use it, then.

Hell, I've only been warned ONCE this week...

"PUSSY-WHIPPED!"

I'll bet theirs is one of those "Conveinience Marriages".

[patricia92243]

4. I used to enjoy hearing Carville - he is so hen-pecked now that it is

almost embarressing to watch.

I guess in any relationship there is always the one that does the most loving and therefore toes the line of the other person. I guess he just wants to keep peace in his family - which I can't blame him for. But, it has lost us a good, interesting speaker - oh well - such is life - sigh

[zanana]

5. I thought they had separated?

I heard about six months back that they had broken up.

[chaumont58]

24. I've had posts deleted for expressing my feelings against Carville

That he has chosen to be marry, and remain married to someone with values expressed by Mary Matalin shows a huge character deficeit to me. I think Carville(and Begala) have become part of the beltway whore establishment, and they value their membership more than other accomplishment.
Carville expressed the convention wisdom regarding Dean, in that he says Dean should have went along with the idea that we are safer now the Saddam has been captured. He also said Dean insulted Clinton. If he meant Dean's comment about the era of big government, one has to walk in the snow all night to find an insult in that statement. If I were to need someone to tell me how to think regarding the capture of Saddam(and I don't), I would take the word of genuine god damn American hero, John Glenn, over a bald headed suckup from Louisiana.

[UTUSN]

7. & He Dissed GORE on LENO the Other Night

About GORE endorsing DEAN, CARVILLE said (something like), It was handled clumsily, with the no-call to LIEB and all, things like that tend to happen with him-----"but he's a good man."

[Blue_Roses]

8. I am watching right now

and I too am disappointed that he doesn't stand up to her more. I guess he's afraid that he will get out of control with her if he really tries to defend his stance and he doesn't want to do that on national tv. Who knows?

I wish he would have confronted more of Tom DeLay's lies.

[Kahuna]

9. I didn't see it that way. I thought James was great.

:shrug:

[tigereye]

13. I think that his ideas are great

and I also think it is amazing that they are married and stay married. I don't think of him as hen-pecked... they are both very strong personalities and I think that they play up the political divide for the cameras even more than is true in reality. So politics does make for strange bedfellows. I wonder if it is the degree of passion about the subject that attracts them to each other? And I have heard that they do argue all the time.

[glarius]

16. They may argue all the time (in private) but he allows her to override him

on almost every subject, on TV....Which is where it does damage!

[Skittles]

12. that is the secret of their marriage

she is a dominatrix and James just loves a stiletto heel digging in his chest.

[mitchum]

23. He always does that (and I can't stand him for it)

He and the missus are basically two little kids who play a very well-paying game of capture the flag- "You win for awhile, then I'll win for awhile" Their mismatched life together is supposed to be "funny" or "charming" in a lameass sitcom kind of way. A pox on both of them because their "work" has real world consequences for the rest of us.

[JPace]

26. Marriage is whatever two people decide it is....

it may look lopsided to outsiders,
it may look dysfunctional to outsiders,
it may look like something they would not want.

But it works for them.

An added note: someone once said wisely that..
"If Mama ain't happy...ain't nobody happy!

[glarius]

27. I'm not judging their marriage in this post...my point is that he is

damaging the Democrats by allowing her to say whatever she wants to and he is not refuting her....If he can't stand up to her on TV, before the American public, then he shouldn't be on TV as a Democratic spokesperson with her....That's all I'm saying....

[spooky3]

36. Right. They should instead pair her with Begala or Franken or

anyone else who is able to articulate Democratic positions if James is unable to do it with her.

[kentuck]

32. When she called Dean "incoherent" and James did not respond....

I was thinking the same thing. How could anyone permit an opponent of George W Bush to be labeled as "incoherent" when we have the most incoherent leader ever in the history of this nation? It was screaming for a response.

[grannylib]

44. That's hilarious, a Bush supporter calling out Dean on 'incoherencies'

and 'inconsistencies...' that is really a hoot, considering Chimpy's incoherence, inconsistency and outright lies....

[stickdog]

33. He wants to walk the snake tonight. (nt)

[buycitgo]

37. you DO realize that it's just about dinner time, yes?

and those who state that this couple represents the ultimate in media whoredom, to the very GREAT detriment of
progressive' causes (hate to use the "d" word anymore, it's so depressing), you couldn't be more correct.

that bit about Dean being incoherent, and Carville not responding is beyon pathetic.

talk about a fat pitch, just waiting to be hit onto Waveland Ave........christ on a triscuit.

he's just about gone.

for those that want to see just how bad it's gotten, he's on Tim Russert, alone, on CNBC, at 6PM Eastern

it's his reward for rolling over for wifey on the show most people watch.....gets a chance to pimp his new book on a show NObody watches

you'll see

[kentuck]

38. That's the deal they have between them.....

He takes time off to write a book and she takes time off so he can go hawk it. I think they have a grand little scheme going and they're not real concerned about who wins the presidency...

[demgrrrll]

39. I would agree with that in part. I think it isn't personal, it's business

where politics are concerned. I watched the K street episode
where they were at dinner and talking about the beginning
of their relationship and why they are together, Matalin mentioned that he had told her that she reminded him of his mother. So there is a connection of some sort going on and the truth of the matter is that the only 2 people who know what a realtionship is about are the 2 people that are in the relationship. Some people can detach from business vs. personal in relationships. I am too sensitive, I'd be pissed all the time, but that's me.

[Loonman]

42. Kinda like how elected Dems bow and scrape before Bush

Tom Daschle is deeply saddened.

[arwalden]

43. Whipped.

[JPace]

46. This couple represents the bigger picture in what is going on

between the two parties. The repugs are aggressive,
goal oriented, media attention grabbers, rude,
in your face, win at all costs fighters.

The Dems are hesitant, passive, unconfident, easily
intimidated, unsure, over accommodating, over
tolerant, over polite, and responders vs aggressors.
Most of our politicians suck and that is why we lose.

Just look at Tom Daschle who cannot even raise his
voice......I'd like to get him to a voice teacher
who might teach him how to YELL!

By the way this is why Dean is winning...he is
aggressive and has captured the passions of
constituents who are sick of all the passivity.
I was a Kerry supporter but I am switching!

[dennis4868]

47. Agree....

Clinton lies about a personal matter = impeached and the media loves it!

Bush lies about the reasons for war, outed a CIA agent and never funds programs he promises the people of this country = FREE RIDE from the Dems and the so-called "liberal" media!

The Dems and the mainstreem media shoud be ashamed of themselves. They are the reasons thousands of innocent iraqis and almost 500 of our soldiers have died! The blood is on their hands.....