Carville Fires Back at Limbaugh Over Who Wants Which President to Fail - Presidential Politics | Political News - FOXNews.com
James Carville fired back at radio host Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday, who earlier in the day had taken the Democratic strategist to task for saying of President Bush in 2001, "I certainly hope he doesn't succeed."
Carville told CNN that unlike Limbaugh, who recently said he wants President Obama to fail, Carville retracted his own missive -- uttered to a group of reporters on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 -- just minutes later, when he learned of the terrorist attacks on America.
"Thank God that I had the good sense to realize that the United States was at war and that changed everything, Carville said. "Once I found out that the country was at war, I said: Whatever I said, disregard it; it's inoperative."
"Unlike Mr. Limbaugh," he added, who "kept insisting that he wanted the president to fail at a time of war."
Carville was responding to Limbaugh's statement earlier Wednesday in an exclusive FOX News report on Carville's 2001 comments.
"The difference between Carville and his ilk and me is that I care about what happens to my country," Limbaugh said. "I am not saying what I say for political advantage. I oppose actions, such as Obama's socialist agenda, that hurt my country.
"I deal in principles, not polls," Limbaugh added. "Carville and people like him live and breathe political exploitation. This is all a game to them. It's not a game to me. I am concerned about the well-being and survival of our nation. When has Carville ever advocated anything that would benefit the country at the expense of his party?"
FOX News revealed Carville's controversial 2001 remark in a story that pointed out the mainstream media's failure to report the statement. By contrast, the press gave major coverage to Limbaugh's expressed hope that Obama fail. The influential conservative has emphasized that he wants Obama's liberal policies to fail, not the president himself.
Click here for the original report on Carville's remark.
At his 2001 breakfast with reporters, Carville was joined by Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg, who delighted in a survey he had just completed that revealed public misgivings about the newly minted president.
"We rush into these focus groups with these doubts that people have about him, and I'm wanting them to turn against him," Greenberg admitted.
The pollster added with a chuckle of disbelief: "They don't want him to fail. I mean, they think it matters if the president of the United States fails."
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