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Carville predicts scandals to overshadow Democrats, Obama
Republican Liberty Caucus ^ | 1/3/09 | Historicus and Publicola

Posted on 01/03/2009 1:37:59 PM PST by obamaisandrogynous

Democratic political guru James Carville predicts the Democratic Party — currently disgraced by the venal behavior of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — will suffer a series of embarrassing scandals in 2009.

Carville, who ran Bill Clinton’s successful presidential campaign in 1992, said the reason is based on simple math: More Democrats in elected office increases the likelihood of scandal.

“I firmly believe that there are streaks, and that political scandals happen in clusters,” Carville said, in a posting on CNN.com.

There are several burgeoning scandals right now in Democratic circles:

* Blagojevich is accused by federal prosecutors of conspiring to sell Barack Hussein Obama Jr.’s former Senate seat to the highest bidder.

* Former low-rated talk show host Al Franken is being accused of stealing an election — with the help of Obama’s ACORN organization — in Minnesota.

* Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) is alleged to have not paid his taxes.

* Former Rep. Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s White House chief of staff, is accused of shenanigans regarding his property taxes in Chicago.

* Obama himself was alleged in the U.K. press to have had an ongoing affair, which, just like the John Edwards scandal, has not yet been covered by the U.S. media.

(Excerpt) Read more at rlcil.org ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; bho2008; bhoscandals; blago; carville; democrats; emanuel; obama; obamatransitionfile; predictions; rahm; scandal; verabaker
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Carville is an expert on Democratic scandals -- from all his years in the Clinton Hot Tub, oops, White House.
1 posted on 01/03/2009 1:37:59 PM PST by obamaisandrogynous
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To: obamaisandrogynous

“Change” = Replace one party’s crooks with the other party’s crooks in Washington.


2 posted on 01/03/2009 1:39:39 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (For more information on America's "new direction" read The Road to Serfdom. by Friedrich A. Hayek.)
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To: obamaisandrogynous

Just reported today that Harry Reid was caught on the Blago wiretaps...


3 posted on 01/03/2009 1:40:13 PM PST by jimbo123
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To: obamaisandrogynous

Hope Barry’s Birth certificate issue is the biggest.


4 posted on 01/03/2009 1:41:53 PM PST by wolfcreek (I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
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To: obamaisandrogynous

Good tactics. Now when we find out that Obama is a lying foreigner, that he took or offered bribes in choosing his replacement, and the other “surprises”, Carville can dismiss it as “old news”.


5 posted on 01/03/2009 1:41:59 PM PST by MathDoc (Don't blame me, I voted for Governor Palin and the wrinkly white-haired guy)
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James Carville predicts the Democratic Party — currently disgraced by the venal behavior of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — will suffer a series of embarrassing scandals in 2009.

I predict that if you jump off the roof of your house, you will hit the ground

6 posted on 01/03/2009 1:43:23 PM PST by Poison Pill (Help, I've voted Republican and I can't get up!)
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To: obamaisandrogynous

Too bad the MSM will give everyone of them a pass too.


7 posted on 01/03/2009 1:45:22 PM PST by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: obamaisandrogynous
I do declare, the rats are certainly abandoning the Democrat ship - or at least putting it on the rocks.

I have decided that we should all wear black and go into mourning on Inaguration day...like Katie Couric did when Bush was re-elected. Drape our doors with black swags, etc.

American freedoms are dying and socialism is winning. Obama and his ilk will squeeze every freedom away that they can, under the guise of the government doing good for/knowing what's best for all the people - and the sheeple who don't recognize socialism will think they are getting a great deal. And - Since the young generation has no idea, and hasn't been taught in schools about what they are loosing, nothing seems important about this loss of freedoms to them. Kinda like the loss of a relative they never knew for them, isn't it? They just think the "change" is great and the loss is no big deal.

8 posted on 01/03/2009 1:48:04 PM PST by CitizenM ("An excuse is worse than an lie, because an excuse is a lie hidden." Pope John Paul, II)
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To: obamaisandrogynous

There would be alot more scandals uncovered if the Media, also known as friends of the democrats, would do their job.


9 posted on 01/03/2009 1:48:20 PM PST by BlueAngel
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They left out the trial of that Dems freezer cash!


10 posted on 01/03/2009 1:48:20 PM PST by icwhatudo
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To: obamaisandrogynous

In order to turn a crime into a scandal, though, you need the media, and I would not count on them doing anything more than covering up for the Dems.


11 posted on 01/03/2009 1:48:52 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: obamaisandrogynous

Doesn’t look good for the Dems when one of their biggest cheerleaders is making predictions like these.


12 posted on 01/03/2009 1:49:37 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Some people like cupcakes better. I, for one, care less for them.)
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To: obamaisandrogynous
Former Rep. Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s White House chief of staff, is accused of shenanigans regarding his property taxes in Chicago.

An explanation of Emanuel's property tax shenanigans, in which he avoided property taxes on his home by declaring it an office of his charity, is here.

13 posted on 01/03/2009 1:52:57 PM PST by reaganaut1
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

Well he may be a liberal but he’s not stupid. He knows the kind of people that backed Obama, and he also knows that the “YES WE CAN” prayer is going to sound increasingly dumb when people no longer have Bu$hitler to blame for everything.


14 posted on 01/03/2009 1:53:16 PM PST by ksm1
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To: obamaisandrogynous

WOW...a rocket scientist!


15 posted on 01/03/2009 1:53:25 PM PST by blueyon (Every one will have their 15 mins under the bus)
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To: MathDoc

Question is.......Obama’s affair with a man or woman?


16 posted on 01/03/2009 1:54:09 PM PST by Carley
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To: obamaisandrogynous
the reason is based on simple math: More Democrats in elected office increases the likelihood of scandal. Correction, Jimmy me boy. It's because they are Democrats.
17 posted on 01/03/2009 1:54:36 PM PST by Robwin
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To: obamaisandrogynous
Obama himself was alleged in the U.K. press to have had an ongoing affair

With a man, woman or goat?

18 posted on 01/03/2009 1:56:15 PM PST by razorback-bert (Save the planet...it is the only known one with beer!)
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To: Carley

***Question is.......Obama’s affair with a man or woman?***

LOL

Of course the rats will congratulate him either way.


19 posted on 01/03/2009 1:56:34 PM PST by Mrs.Z ("...you're a Democrat. You're expected to complain and offer no solutions." Denny Crane)
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To: ksm1
Well he may be a liberal but he’s not stupid. He knows the kind of people that backed Obama, and he also knows that the “YES WE CAN” prayer is going to sound increasingly dumb when people no longer have Bu$hitler to blame for everything.

Ohhhh I think they are planning for the Bu$hitler to be taking most of the blame during the next four yeas for zer0bama not being able to live up to his Messianic promises made during his "HOPE and CHANGE" 2006-2008 preaching tour.
20 posted on 01/03/2009 1:56:51 PM PST by Cheerio (Barack Hussein 0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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