Political Quotes

James Carville: “He's lying. Ok, he's lying, lying, lying. The statute says that if they show gross negligence that it could be up to…”

On the recordJune 27, 2010
He's lying. Ok, he's lying, lying, lying. The statute says that if they show gross negligence that it could be up to $4,000 a barrel fine.
Said by
James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

James Carville accuses BP's Doug Suttles of lying about the relevance of the flow rate of oil in the Gulf disaster.

Share

More from James Carville

Sep 3, 2026

Why do they need to be for anything?

huffpost.com
Aug 28, 2026

Don’t meet with them. Don’t have anything to do with them! Say: Any business we have, it’s going to be conducted with you under oath.

huffpost.com
Sep 3, 2026

And my advice to Democrats is don’t — just do nothing, stand there.

huffpost.com
Aug 28, 2026

We need to drag his ass before a committee and find out about what backdoor-dealing whorehouse shit he’s got going on with [U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East] Steve Witkoff and everybody else. We’re not going to be nice to you.

huffpost.com

Other voices in this conversation