Carville claims Limbaugh needs history lesson
Tue, 02/03/2009 - 1:11am
James Carville, Commentary: A history lesson for Rush Limbaugh, from CNN:
Why surely it seems like just yesterday that Al Gore won the national popular vote in 2000 (and arguably won the popular vote in Florida too).
No, James, Gore did not win the recount in Florida. The results were published in major papers. Carville said at the time that one day the votes would be counted and they would show Gore won. At least Carville was half right, the votes were counted.
Limbaugh must have called for the incoming Bush administration to allocate ideas based on the proportion of election returns. I'm sure President Bush and the Republicans in Congress graciously accepted their 49.5 percent share of everything. (Note: We would be much better off right now had this actually happened.)
Actually James, you must have missed some other stories in the papers. The Republicans voluntarily gave the Democrats 50% control in the Senate despite having the tie breaking vote. And they further allowed the Democrat minority to stifle judicial appointments with cloture votes in violation of Senate rules. He also invited Democrat participation in writing legislation (Kennedy NCLB Act), and you saw what that cooperation yielded.
With 50 percent of the federal government during President Bush's term, Democrats might have reduced the deficit (a truly Clintonista idea)....
I don't see how, Democrats constantly complained that Bush "cut" programs; Democrats wanted more spending.
Wall Street might have been more heavily regulated...
Funny, Wall Street deregulation came from Clinton, and it was Democrats who insisted FMFM not be restrained by safety or capital requirement considerations which led to the current problems.
Heck, had Democrats been able to control 50 percent of the government from 2000 to 2004, we wouldn't have even gone into Iraq in the first place.
I think you better re-check that vote Carville. I'm afraid your grasp of history is seriously wanting. Obviously, it is you who badly needs a history lesson, not Rush Limbaugh.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/01/carville.rush.limbaugh/index.html
Why surely it seems like just yesterday that Al Gore won the national popular vote in 2000 (and arguably won the popular vote in Florida too).
No, James, Gore did not win the recount in Florida. The results were published in major papers. Carville said at the time that one day the votes would be counted and they would show Gore won. At least Carville was half right, the votes were counted.
Limbaugh must have called for the incoming Bush administration to allocate ideas based on the proportion of election returns. I'm sure President Bush and the Republicans in Congress graciously accepted their 49.5 percent share of everything. (Note: We would be much better off right now had this actually happened.)
Actually James, you must have missed some other stories in the papers. The Republicans voluntarily gave the Democrats 50% control in the Senate despite having the tie breaking vote. And they further allowed the Democrat minority to stifle judicial appointments with cloture votes in violation of Senate rules. He also invited Democrat participation in writing legislation (Kennedy NCLB Act), and you saw what that cooperation yielded.
With 50 percent of the federal government during President Bush's term, Democrats might have reduced the deficit (a truly Clintonista idea)....
I don't see how, Democrats constantly complained that Bush "cut" programs; Democrats wanted more spending.
Wall Street might have been more heavily regulated...
Funny, Wall Street deregulation came from Clinton, and it was Democrats who insisted FMFM not be restrained by safety or capital requirement considerations which led to the current problems.
Heck, had Democrats been able to control 50 percent of the government from 2000 to 2004, we wouldn't have even gone into Iraq in the first place.
I think you better re-check that vote Carville. I'm afraid your grasp of history is seriously wanting. Obviously, it is you who badly needs a history lesson, not Rush Limbaugh.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/01/carville.rush.limbaugh/index.html
