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Carville: This Convention Has No Message

August 26, 2008 12:21 AM

On CNN this evening, Clintonista James Carville voiced his displeasure with tonight's proceedings as having no theme, no message.

"James Carville seems the least satisfied Democrat in here right now," noted CNN's Anderson Cooper. "What's going on James?"

"Well if this party has a message it has done a hell of a job of hiding it tonight I promise you that," Carville said.

"How do you mean?" asked the anchor. "You haven't heard about Iraq? You haven't heard about John McCain?"

"...George W. Bush, you haven't heard any of this," said Carville. "I mean we are a country that's borderline recession, 85% 80% wrong track country, people, health care, energy, I haven't heard anything about gas prices, I mean maybe we are going to look better Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday but right now like I say we are playing hide the message pretty good."

"David Gergen said this a short time ago, that in the first two hours what is the message?" said Cooper.

"And you know what? David didn't get to where he was in life because he's stupid  He was exactly right. I look at this and I am about to jump out of my chair...There's no message coming out of here, there is no sense that the party has a sense of urgency, and we've only got four nights this is 25% of the whole thing."

Watch it here.

- jpt

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Serpent Boy, James must have gotten that message from Mary. lmao
Give me my Gumbo!

Obama bin Biden '08 !

Posted by: claspur | Aug 27, 2008 10:02:03 AM

Looks like the far left has managed to sieze control of the party. Thats not good for future elections.

Most American's do not agree with the plank advocated by the far left. Be it gay marriage, lack of a national defense, illegal alien amnesty, more social programs, refusal to drill for our own oil, etc...

Thats how Republicans will stay in power using the far left's positions against them with the mainstream voter.

Posted by: Tony | Aug 27, 2008 5:36:06 AM

As Howard Dean would say, YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAH!

Posted by: Ken | Aug 26, 2008 8:38:38 PM

My buddy just heard about Ayers for the first time yesterday (as per recent Obama ad) AND IS DISCUSTED!! I know he was on the fence before, But definitely NOBAMA NOW. The Obama campaign was stupid to bring up Ayers again - I had not forgotten , but I appreciate the reminder!!

Posted by: Manitu | Aug 26, 2008 7:54:55 PM

I believe Carville or aka Snake Head, has a valid point, other than the teary speech given by the ultra lib, aka the man who avoided a major jail sentence, the Blowviator Ted kennedy, M. obama sounded like a stepford trainee and Queen Pelosi was still in la la land.

Posted by: ONTIME | Aug 26, 2008 7:27:17 PM

Mrs. Obama's speech, where she said we could create the kind of world we want..paraphrasing...did me in!

I don't want more Presidents that give more thought, more time, and more of our jobs and tax dollars to foreign countries.

Give me a President that puts this Country first, puts our economy first, ditches the WTO, and keeps our tax dollars here, with one exception if a foreign country is hit with a earth quake, flood, etc.

With issues like illegal immigration, more & more visa workers, giving our jobs away, and the Dems blocking votes of drilling for our own oil.......I may just write in a vote this year, for the first time in my life.

Posted by: Barbara | Aug 26, 2008 6:40:53 PM

I don't belong to any party
All politicains have skeletons
All of them take bribes.
The Clintons are one of the most power ambitious people I have ever seen in American politics- Don't like them BUT
Hillary is smart and has more ##### than her hubby-and although she is all about power- she doesn't have Hamas, Hezbullha, and who knows what other giving doanations to her.
Obama is a trojan horse- dangerous and the public has picked up on it- he is losing support by the hour.

McCain- is well the same policies as Bush -but personality with so much more under his belt. He stayed behind in as a POW with the rest of his troop even though he was freed! This says millions about a man- and this election I am voting for him.

Posted by: Tired of the nonsense | Aug 26, 2008 6:13:12 PM

I am a Rep this year and proud of it, my candidate did not sit in a racist pew for 20 years, did not have political friends that are being hailed as criminals, has a wife that cares deeply not only for America but the worlds poorest and most war torn people in the world, has sat in congress for 25 years and has experience on how to run our country versus a man that has spent so little time in serving the country and more time running for offices to boost his own agendas, my candidate believes in country first and all its people, Obama selects who he is for and tells it that way. In this election the American people should see a hugh difference in the way politics are played and since we are an educated people, know that to vote with intelligence is to vote for McCain. He is experience, integrity, honesty and loyality for America.

Posted by: Marty in Iowa | Aug 26, 2008 5:35:11 PM

We are a capitalist society and that is what has made the United States the greatest country the earth has ever seen. Unfortunately most people don't see what Democrats are really trying to do. They are socialists and or Marxists. They are for big government. They prey on the poor and or the ignorant. They need you to need them; they want you to rely on the government. They tax the hell out of the tax payers and they give the poor a little something for nothing, the rest they keep for themselves. Mind you they don't give the poor enough to change their lives; they give them just enough to make it. Just enough so that the beneficiaries of this redistribution stay right where they're at, right where the Democrats want them, where the Democrats need them to be to garner another vote. Democrats aren't really trying to help people, let alone poor people. They just exploit them for their own greed and gluttony for power.

People would feel a whole lot better about themselves if they did for themselves. We should be paying no more than 10 or 15% of our income to our government, nothing more. I don't need government to run my life nor do I want them to and you shouldn't either. And I sure in hell don't want them running our health care system. (Privatization is what has made this country so great) People need to stop acting like victims and get off their lazy asses! They would feel better about themselves through their accomplishments.

I can't believe I give half my check to the government! I can't believe that I have to give them MY money so that they can give it to whom they feel deserves it! I can't believe that I have to give MY money to people who have made careless and or foolish decisions throughout their lives! I can't believe that I have to give MY money to people that are too lazy to get off their ass and work! I can't believe that I have to give MY money to Illegals!!!! And I can't believe I'm called a racist for opposing this!!!I can't believe we as Americans put up with this!!!! Where has accountability gone to in this country?!?! Why are we rewarding laziness, crime and immorality?!?! Have we gone mad?????? Where is the logic behind this?????

Has anyone else noticed that we are getting more and more liberal as time goes by? Do you really think it is a coincidence that as this happens, morality in this country keeps dropping to lower standards?

Think about this...Our country was founded on moral, godly values. What party's core values most closely resemble our fore fathers beliefs?

I can't believe people would vote for someone because they are too lazy to provide for themselves or because it suits there life style regardless of morality.

It is a shame that Americans are so selfish that we see no wrong doing and are actually eager to take 50% from good, legal productive citizens. Democrats in turn redistibute it to the people that contribute nothing to society. Go figure.

Posted by: Don Schiffgens | Aug 26, 2008 5:27:18 PM

Remember what happens when your allegiance and desire is more for the strength and power of your Political Party than for your Country, you end up with Nazi Germany. If the Democrats continue with this format and attitude, then we are all doomed if they gain back power of both houses and the Presidency.

Posted by: Ann | Aug 26, 2008 5:17:25 PM

Just remember Michelle Obama won't be taking her kids to any government run heathcare clinic. Its time for a real grassroots candidate !

Posted by: Pat | Aug 26, 2008 4:38:47 PM

blah blah blah..Iraq...blah blah blah...Martin Luther King...blah blah blah...Put a man on the moon...blah blah blah i'm black but I achieved anyway. These people have 5 million in the bank. They aren't middle class! And people are defending the poor and protecting this country...people like firefighters? no,people like policemen? no,people like nurses and doctors?no, People like Hillary Clinton! Policitical hyperbole and claptrap all of it, This type of feel good look at my family and my cute wife crap is why i'm staying home on election night.

Posted by: Pat | Aug 26, 2008 4:30:51 PM

The DNC needs to point out specifics and their message with DETAILS!!!. If all they will run on is we are not Bush they will loose again like Kerry did. They need to win the moderate voters and so far they loosing them. One last point, how can you run a Change platform (which, again no details just words) when you are surrounding your self with the old guard.

Posted by: Mike | Aug 26, 2008 4:11:49 PM

Carville's wife has probably been promised a job in a McCain administration -- He's doing his part to keep the Democrats dysfunctional, and raise her job prospects.

Posted by: Iris | Aug 26, 2008 4:08:54 PM

If Hillary praises Obaman tonight, I will never has a skeck of respect for her again. They both have very different views on everything, now she has sided with evil, that wan'ts to take our country down. Obams is a disaster getting ready to happen. We have to put a stop to it.The changes Obama has in mind are nothing like the the people are expecting.We will be doomed.
If Hillary would get up and tell the truth,that would blow Obama out of the water, now I look at her as being a liar, like Obama. She will not stand a chance in 1012, American's have had all they can take with being lied to.

Posted by: Missy | Aug 26, 2008 3:27:42 PM

plenty of message coming from the Dems:
we have no clue ...
but change people change

Posted by: hartley | Aug 26, 2008 3:26:40 PM

The Dems look like a bunch of young kids who are trying to figure out a way to start a broken down old rusty vehicle sitting in a field somewhere. They have no clue how to fix the thing, but they'll make the most of the situation while they're there. They have absolutely no solutions to any problems, have no moral compass anymore as a party, have nothing but racial division, class envy etc left. They've always been the masters at dividing people and keeping people divided and angry, so it's hilarious to see them all divided and angry at themselves now, trying to figure out how to right the sinking ship.

Posted by: B.A. Madison | Aug 26, 2008 3:20:24 PM

Carville is full of himself and sour grapes. At least he managed to get in 2-3 minutes of fame during the convention.

Posted by: kat | Aug 26, 2008 3:09:19 PM

Carville knows what he's talking about.

And he has the shoes to prove it!

Nuf said.

Posted by: Stray Yellar Dawg | Aug 26, 2008 3:01:18 PM

The characteristically angry, "Hate America", Michelle Obama experienced a Hollywood makeover that will beguile the "willing dupes" in the electorate. But, her previous well-publicized radical associations; and, her multiple attempts to trash our Nation, will betray her scripted persona. It was a foregone conclusion that the Obama handlers would have Michelle with a smile-cast to cover-up her normally angry countenance, and chain-locked to the teleprompter with their carefully scripted commentary so as to obscure the prospective 1st lady's deeply angry disposition towards America. What a tragic example for our children; what a disastrous blow to societal cohesion at home; what a disconcerting message to our friends and allies; and, what a comforting message to our fanatical opponents abroad; to see a woman who has expressed her beliefs that: "our souls are broken in this nation"; "blacks must join in solidarity to combat a white oppressor"; "we're a country that is just downright mean."; "We're a nation of cynics, sloths, and complacents."; "America is guided by fear, and getting worse all the time."; and, laments that she will face, "further integration and/or assimilation into a white culture and social structure"; to have a potential opportunity to secure the White House itself as the platform for her hate-filled dictum. And, of note to practicing Christians in our society, is Michelle's pledge that: "Barack will be tireless in keeping legal the practice of partial birth abortions". All of this from a woman who has benefited enormously from affirmative actions which she conveniently neglected to mention in the convention speech! Along with her husband's long-term subversive associations, his immersion in seditious anti-American diatribe; and, his recent proclamation: "I don't want that (referring to America in its current form) for my little girls.", has indeed revealed the Obamas as the real-life Manchurian Couple. Greg Neubeck

Posted by: Greg Neubeck | Aug 26, 2008 2:44:33 PM

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