James Carville Quotes

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James Carville

Profession : Lawyer

Birth : October 25, 1944

The thing I love about politics and sports is that there is an end goal - winning - and there are indeed winners and losers.

James Carville

Conservatives literally view it as a kind of a weakness to talk to people other than their own. Nothing would bore me more than to sit around talking and listening to a bunch of liberals all day.

James Carville

If you want to believe that the government's coming for our guns or that being gay is a choice and a sin or that ObamaCare signals the end of civilization or that cutting taxes for rich people is the path to a better America, that's your choice. I'm never going to believe in any of that.

James Carville

Back when I went to Louisiana State University a million years ago, we got the Baton Rouge paper. But if you wanted to read 'The New York Times' or 'The Wall Street Journal,' you had to go to the reading room of the student union, and you got the edition several days after it had been published, and you had to read it on a wooden stick.

James Carville

With the all-volunteer military, we, as a society, have become disconnected from our armed forces. And our military, like almost everything else in our country, has been outsourced.

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Over the course of history, governments, political regimes, and leaders have done some stupid things despite all arguments to the contrary, at times even against their own self-interest.

James Carville

As with mosquitoes, horseflies, and most bloodsucking parasites, Kenneth Starr was spawned in stagnant water.

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It is literally painful to watch Rick Perry as a candidate.

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The case could be made that Rick Perry is the worst debater to ever run for president.

James Carville

Mitt Romney is to presidential campaigns as the Delta House grade point average was to Faber College - the worst in history.

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It is undeniably the duty of the opposition party to field a credible slate of candidates for the nation's highest office.

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Romney is an accomodationist technocrat who is an ideological pretzel of a man.

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I like being on the side of healthcare consumer.

James Carville

When one has retired from the ranks of American domestic political consulting, as I have, you are not really allowed to just quit. You become emeritus, of counsel, senior status, and God knows what.

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My favorite Saturday, outside any Saturday that Louisiana State University plays football, is the Kentucky Derby.

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I have always respected how Bobby Bowden would go out and challenge any opponent, and he produced some legendary games against the University of Miami and Notre Dame.

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I have always loved the college atmosphere - sometimes too much, which is why I spent so long at LSU.

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During my time as a political strategist, one of the most vexing problems was figuring out why so many people vote against their perceived interests.

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Democrats, myself included, tend to respect and value expertise and find that people who have established a record of accuracy and developed a model that's proven to be beneficial over time should be people accorded great deference when they opine on a topic that they have demonstrated past mastery over.

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What has always made the Clintons great politicians and better people is their unyielding commitment to expanding the middle class for everyone.

James Carville