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James Carville

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James Carville is a prominent American political consultant and commentator, best known for his role as the lead strategist for Bill Clinton's successful 1992 presidential campaign. A member of the Democratic Party, Carville has been influential in shaping modern campaign strategies and is recognized for his ability to connect with voters. He was born on March 25, 1944, in Louisiana, where he has remained a significant figure in both state and national politics. Carville is also known for his engaging personality and sharp wit, often appearing in media to discuss political issues and strategies.

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Dec 14, 2021

I celebrate the rise of children out of poverty. I celebrate the wonderful year we have had in job creation this year. I celebrate the vaccine distributions, the therapeutics.

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Dec 9, 2021

Well, first of all, love your country, and I`m sure most all of them do. And then communicate directly in simple plain English. And when you do something good, take credit for it. And when they do something bad, blame them for it.

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Dec 9, 2021

Right. Well, Matt Gaetz will probably be in a penitentiary about the election comes around.

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Dec 9, 2021

The Democratic coaches, wow, yeah, they human battle? No, you know, and they just, they now were -- we got less than a year ago between these off year elections.

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Dec 9, 2021

They got to hit hard when anytime that Jim Jordan opens his mouth, he should go into well of the House and read all of the Ohio State athletes that said, he knew that they will be molested by a wrestling coach.

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Nov 28, 2021

What Congressman Omar should do is I'm working day and night with President Biden trying to get vaccines distributed, jobs created solving supply chain issues, and let them dwell in their own stupidity.

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Nov 28, 2021

Look, as we've got a problem, we've got a lot of crazy people in this country. And a lot of them vote. And we've got to work really hard.

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Nov 28, 2021

When you use storm with the Capitol, you beating up policeman you're trying to stop a constitutionally required procedure in the Congress United States yet that's not good at all.

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Nov 23, 2021

You get out and talk about it. If the President gets out, he`s got some really skilled cabinet people, all right. Governor Jennifer at Energy, Governor Gina at Commerce, Mayor Andrew at Infrastructure, anybody that has ever run for…

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Nov 23, 2021

They better be. We better hang together. We`ll surely hang separately, as Benjamin Franklin said.

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Nov 23, 2021

It`s the economy, stupid.

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Nov 9, 2021

It`s the pandemic, stupid.

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Nov 4, 2021

What`s wrong was just stupid wokeness, all right. Don`t just look at Virginia, New Jersey. Look at Long Island, look at Buffalo, look at Minneapolis, even look at Seattle, Washington. I mean, just defund the police, Luna status (ph) take…

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Oct 31, 2021

I'm very concerned. It's a very important race, I really want to win it bad. If we lose, I'll be profoundly disappointed.

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Oct 31, 2021

I think every Democratic donor ought to say, you know, you give $25.00, tell him, I'll give $50.00, but I'll give it after this has passed.

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Oct 20, 2021

I think that Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney are not fooling around here. I think Bannon, I hope I`m proven right, and Merrick Garland, you know, better get off the dime here.

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Oct 12, 2021

Quit this idiotic protesting and hounding them. And tell President Biden, get them in a room. Get the speaker in there. Get the majority leader. Let’s hammer something out.

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Oct 12, 2021

Democrats in Congress are asked to do very popular things, all right? This -- it doesn’t take much courage to negotiate prescription drug prices. It doesn’t take much courage to raise taxes on the wealthy. It doesn’t take much courage to…

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Oct 12, 2021

The best time to plant an oak tree was 25 years ago. Second best time is right now. Start selling. Sell. It’s popular. You’re selling popular stuff.

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Oct 12, 2021

This is the greatest boost we have had. This is -- these are not sound, effective, good policies. These are the best policies you have ever seen in your life.

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Oct 7, 2021

What these Republicans doing on debt ceiling is, first of all, is it any constitutional and second, it`s horribly unpatriotic.

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Oct 7, 2021

Well, first thing on the first question, OK, we have 50 votes, we got to get out 50. And then the Vice President, that`s the world we live in.

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Sep 16, 2021

Well, the real implications is I don’t think as of now, we’re not looking at a 2010, 2014 kind of year, I mean the turnout, the analysts are going to it but that’s what both of Democrats are really scared of, is that we have a distorted…

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Sep 16, 2021

If the Democrats lose that, it will be a horrible night for the Democratic Party.

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Sep 16, 2021

Well, they don’t have a majority in the legislature. We don’t have a majority in the Senate and the House. Look at that nonsense is going on in Arizona. And these Republican legislators are doing exactly what Republican voters in…

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