Traitor Carville - White House "out of bounds" on speech scheduling

[JudyInTheHeartland]

Disgusting.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/62473.html

Democratic strategist James Carville on Thursday called the White House “out of bounds” for requesting that the president address Congress during the same night as next week’s Republican presidential debate.

“I do think this is a really big debate and I think the White House was out of bounds…in trying to schedule a speech during a debate,” Carville said on “Good Morning America”.

[tularetom]

1. this twerp was relevant, um...

well, never.

[Enrique]

2. since when did Carville care about bounds?

i thought his schtick was a crazy Cajun that didn't play by the rules.

[Hart2008]

19. Carville is the former Hart adviser who told Newsweek in '87 that Hart "can't keep his pants on."

That after Bill Clinton flunked an interview to be Hart's V.P. in '88.

Carville had worked for Hart's '84 campaign.

[EffieBlack]

3. When was the last time anyone hired or paid Carville to give political advice?

[blm]

7. Karl Rove...2004.

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[doc03]

4. It was kind of stupid, they should have known what would happen

and all they did was reinforce the growing perception that Obama is a weak ineffective president.

[daa]

8. Especially since he switched to go up against the NFL nt

[polmaven]

20. He is NOT...

repeat NOT going "up against the NFL"....He will be all finished before the game starts.....!

[daa]

27. I forgot there is no pre game show. I am sure Kid Rock,

Lady Antebellum and Maroon 5 will have more viewers than Obama.

[polmaven]

29. He will be speaking at 7:00.

NBC coverage begins at 7:30.

[win_in_06]

22. Green Bay vs New Orleans.

The past two Super Bowl winners. Tough competition.

[Pirate Smile]

5. Carville's been horrible since the nomination fight in '08.

Especially horrible during the oil spill.

[JohnnyLib2]

6. Don't know about "out of bounds," but I certainly wonder about the staff work on this.

If the first date was a calculated risk, ???
If the first date was done without considering all factors, ??

Whatever happened, most commentators on Thursday night will include date-flap. Shot to own foot.

Ol' James may be on to something this time IMO.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

9. See, *this* is why Democrats lose. Had Bill Clinton done the same thing, best believe

it would have been Carville who approved it.

He has NEVER gotten over the primaries. He needs to just shut up and sit the fuck down!

[dionysus]

26. lay off poor james. it's hard beign a washed up has-been.

[daa]

10. Nice try, he gave Obama some free advice that Obama

disregarded at his peril, "It;s the economy stupid". True then, true now. Shoot the messenger doesn't change the facts.

[ProSense]

11. Change the slogan

from: "It's the economy, stupid!"

...to: "It's the date of the speech, stupid!

[Major Hogwash]

12. The crypt keeper went out of bounds when he married Mary Matalin.

Spun clear out into the Twilight Zone.

[Supersedeas]

23. two of a kind--a paid mouthpiece

[TwilightGardener]

13. "A really big debate"? Since when? Since when is a sitting President

supposed to take the opposition party's nominating process under consideration when setting its agenda? Fuck off, serpenthead, you were never really a Democrat, just an opportunist.

[Magister Ludi]

14. PUMA piece of shit

[Logical]

15. He is right......

If you pick the debate night then STICK TO IT!

[CakeGrrl]

16. "A really big debate" says Mr. PUMA

Yes, do carry the GOP water against a sitting Dem President, Mr. Matalin.

:rofl:

[TwilightGardener]

17. Why would a DEMOCRAT consider one of umpteen freak debates "really big"--

big for whom? Why is Carville attaching such importance to this?

[CakeGrrl]

18. There is NO excuse for it, other than

his Cheney-loving GOP wife holding his cojones in a jar.

[win_in_06]

21. Out of bounds? No. ill-advised? Yes.

This showdown/beatdown should have never been played out on a national stage. Poorly handled by WH staff.

[Honeycombe8]

24. He's right. It was a W.H. flub to request that day/time. It's the first BIG GOP debate...

with their star Perry involved. The House has a majority of GOP...they are ALL going to watch the debate.

It's not O's fault, really. There are staffers that handle the scheduling. Staffers that apparently live in a bubble and don't know what's going on. Except for sports. I'm SURE the W.H. is aware of every major sporting event.

But the Repubicans have egg on their face, too. I heard that Boehner didn't return the Prez's call for hours. That's unheard of and extremely disrespectful to a sitting President. And to ask the Prez to reschedule sounds petty and political, when jobs are what's on the citizens' minds.

Both parties flubbed. As usual. They're all nuts up there.

[dionysus]

25. thank you gollum, i mean Mr Matalin.

:eyes:

[Mr Deltoid]

28. Drama

[Imajika]

30. It was stupid to schedule the speech at the same time as the GOP debate...

...and then for the White House to claim they didn't know and it was just a coincidence stretched the truth so much that no one in the press believed it.

I wouldn't say it's out of bounds, if such a strategy was effective I'd support it. Problem was, it came off looking amateurish and a clumsy attempt to be too clever by half.