Revealed: What James Carville Really Said On 9/11 About Wanting Bush To Fail

[Wetzelbill]

Revealed: What James Carville Really Said On 9/11 About Wanting Bush To Fail

For much of yesterday, the conservative blogosphere was alive with outrage about a Fox News story reporting that James Carville — a key architect of the Dems’ Rush Limbaugh strategy — had himself said on the morning of 9/11 that he hoped President Bush would fail.

The story was also picked up in stern tones by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. Conservative critics spent the day yesterday saying it proved Carville had said the same thing Limbaugh has been getting pilloried by Dems for saying about President Obama.

But I’ve now obtained a transcript of what Carville really said, based on audio of the event. And while Carville did say that he hoped Bush “doesn’t succeed,” the transcript shows that there’s a world of difference between the formulations used by Carville and Limbaugh. It shows clearly that Carville was only saying that he hoped Bush would fail politically, not substantively, as Limbaugh hopes of Obama.

Fox News’ Bill Sammon reported Carville’s comments this way:

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, just minutes before learning of the terrorist attacks on America, Democratic strategist James Carville was hoping for President Bush to fail, telling a group of Washington reporters: “I certainly hope he doesn’t succeed.”

That’s the only relevant line from Carville Sammon quoted. Carville’s comments were made at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast on the morning of 9/11, before the attacks.

The Monitor’s Dave Cook, who runs the breakfasts, has audio of the event, and he transcribed the relevant comments and emailed them to me. Carville was asked if Bush was politically vulnerable. Carville replied:


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[Enrique]

1. it's completely different what they said

Carville, as much as a lot of us don't like him, was speaking thoughtfully and responsibly about his attitude toward Bush.

Rush on the other hand was practicing his destructive shtick.

[theoldman]

2. I did not want Bush to succeed in any of his bad policies.

I did want him to succeed in his good policies. Unfortunately, most of his policies were bad and virtually none were good. Try making a list of the things that were good for the average American. Your list will be very short.

[suston96]

3. Whatta big surprise - opposing politicians want each other to "fail"? Come on, people! nt