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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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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 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 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 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

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 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

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 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

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

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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

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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Sep 15, 2021

If you wanted to get things done, you got to talk the language to people talk, not the language that they're talking faculty lounge in some totally expensive college.

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Sep 15, 2021

I said, woke people tell me, they're tired of being woke. It's just too hard. People want to get along with each other.

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Aug 25, 2021

I think we had a good shot the Senate race. I think (INAUDIBLE) is an incredibly good candidate who’d run terrible campaigns down now.

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Aug 25, 2021

There’s no good way to lose a war. We lost this war. We lost it a long time before Joe Biden became president. All he’s doing is getting us out of that.

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Jul 23, 2021

It`s been available for seven months, seven months after the Republican doctors finally say, hey, we need to take it.

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Jul 22, 2021

Speaker Pelosi is just a lot smarter and a lot tougher than Kevin McCarthy.

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Jul 22, 2021

Remember, McCarthy that pathetic glob of protoplasm. He was panicked out of his mind on January to six, calling the president begging for help and everything else. Then he refuses to have the bipartisan committee.

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Jul 22, 2021

I think that Speaker Pelosi is going to want that committee to look into that and find out if there’s culpability, because somebody was driving his getaway car.

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