It's Carville.

Just wondering, do you know how to use Google to look stuff up?  Not like you're not already sitting at it when you post. 

• Tea parties vs the million man march - Researcher
  • Like James Carvell (sp?) said, most of the people there - Hmmm
    • What does it tell you, - Mythbuster
      • That Republicans who preach the most to everyone - else can't spell?
      • I knew nothing about it at all until that very day - Hmmm
        • I rest my case. - Mythbuster
          • Guess overall just not that newsworthy. NM - Hmm
            • Said the ostrich with its head in the sand. - ctmt
            • Nah, just that 'vast left-wing conspiracy' thing - Mythbuster
    • It's Carville. - Researcher
      • Knew such smart people here could just get by with (sp?) and guess what? - Hmmm
        • I think you missed the mark again - Mythbuster
          • Meant what I put - Hmmm
        • Hey, I gave you a pass on - Researcher
          • Doing spell checking on others can get you thrown off - Hmmm
    • Yeah, those horrible signs - Researcher
    • I will give you this.... - Trigger Happy
    • Horrible signs were stating - TRUE FACTS. No message
      • This is what a hate mongers looks like - Unbelievable
        • Really? Which were the hate-monging signs - and please - be specific.
        • Strange, I did not see any of them - MTfromLA
      • Truth? You're delusional if those think those hateful . . . - sm
        • you don't follow politics/economic very closely then - no-aid drinker
        • But it was okay to portray George Bush as Hitler? - Zville MT
          • I saw the same thing with Obama, comparison to Hitler - Hmm
        • 'Rob from the rich, - Just an observer
  • Good point, good post. Thanks. - nm

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Flashback: Carville Wanted Bush to Fail

The press never reported that Democratic strategist James Carville said he wanted President Bush to fail before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But a feeding frenzy ensued when radio host Rush Limbaugh recently said he wanted President Obama to fail.

By Bill Sammon

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

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."

Carville was joined by Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg, who seemed encouraged by a survey he had just completed that revealed public misgivings about the newly minted president.

"We rush into these focus groups with these doubts that people have about him, and I’m wanting them to turn against him," Greenberg admitted.

The pollster added with a chuckle of disbelief: "They don’t want him to fail. I mean, they think it matters if the president of the United States fails."

Minutes later, as news of the terrorist attacks reached the hotel conference room where the Democrats were having breakfast with the reporters, Carville announced: "Disregard everything we just said! This changes everything!"

The press followed Carville’s orders, never reporting his or Greenberg’s desire for Bush to fail. The omission was understandable at first, as reporters were consumed with chronicling the new war on terror. But months and even years later, the mainstream media chose to never resurrect those controversial sentiments, voiced by the Democratic Party’s top strategists, that Bush should fail.

That omission stands in stark contrast to the feeding frenzy that ensued when radio host Rush Limbaugh recently said he wanted President Obama to fail. The press devoted wall-to-wall coverage to the remark, suggesting that Limbaugh and, by extension, conservative Republicans, were unpatriotic.