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Tom of Temecula

(1,632 posts) Sat Jun 29, 2024, 09:10 PM Jun 29

Carville Responds to Biden Campaign Using His Name to Fundraise After He Predicted President Will Drop Out of Race

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President Joe Biden’s campaign trolled James Carville on Saturday after the Democratic strategist predicted Biden will not be on the ballot in November. The president made a poor showing in Thursday’s presidential debate with Donald Trump, with Biden tripping over his words several times while also declaring, “We finally beat Medicare.” Biden’s performance was so bad, that liberal cable news pundits suggested he be replaced. The New York Times even called for him to drop out.

In a report published by Axios on Saturday, Carville predicted Biden will not be on the Democratic ticket. “I never thought this was a nifty idea,” he said. “He doesn’t have advisers. He has employees.” Paraphrasing a famous economist, he added, “That which can’t continue… won’t.”

The Biden campaign responded by texting supporters with a note purporting to be from Carville. “Hi, it’s James Carville,” it began. “I need you and Democrats everywhere to make a contribution to the Biden-Harris campaign ASAP. Help them defeat Donald Trump.” The text included a link to a fundraising webpage.

Tyler Pager of the Washington Post reached out to Carville about the message to ask for his reaction. “Of all the glitches they made, I guess this is pretty minor. It didn’t bother me as much as the debate,” he said. “It’s kind of weird to see your name go out to half a million people.”

Link to tweet

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/carville-responds-to-biden-campaign-using-his-name-to-fundraise-after-he-predicted-president-will-drop-out-of-race/

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Carville Responds to Biden Campaign Using His Name to Fundraise After He Predicted President Will Drop Out of Race (Original Post) Tom of Temecula Jun 29 OP

Stop embarrassing yourself Carville, you should know better. Your JohnSJ Jun 29 #1

Yep, he should know "it's unity of Dems, stupid." brush Jun 29 #2

I trust Lawrence O'Donnell assessment of the situation, and JohnSJ Jun 29 #3

Carville just wants attention, he has been irrelevant for a while Sasquatchliving Jun 29 #4

Stop embarrassing yourself Carville...haven't you eaten enough crow where Biden is concerned? Demsrule86 Jun 29 #5

Carville just wants attention, he has been irrelevant for a while Sasquatchliving Jun 29 #6

Carville became irrelevant after 1992. LiberalFighter Jun 29 #7

Carville didn't "predict the President will drop out of the race." lapucelle Jun 30 #8

... lapucelle Jun 30 #9

He also predicted that Trump wouldn't turn up for the debate. Mr. Sparkle Jun 30 #10

It appears that Carville forgot that he gave the Biden campaign permission to use his name for fundraising. lapucelle Jun 30 #11

It's so weird that Mediaite managed to quote the WaPo piece when Carville called the text a "glitch", lapucelle Jun 30 #12

JohnSJ

(94,630 posts)

1. Stop embarrassing yourself Carville, you should know better. Your

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Sat Jun 29, 2024, 09:21 PM

Jun 29

ego is getting in the way Carville.

An open Convention would be suicidal, and all you are doing Carville is creating division.

From all indications the DEMOCRATS have no problem with Biden on the ballot.

brush

(56,174 posts)

2. Yep, he should know "it's unity of Dems, stupid."

Reply to JohnSJ (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 29, 2024, 09:26 PM

Jun 29

JohnSJ

(94,630 posts)

3. I trust Lawrence O'Donnell assessment of the situation, and

Reply to brush (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 29, 2024, 09:32 PM

Jun 29

am really getting tiresome from some, who I assume are doing it with good intentions, but not realizing the situation and what they are doing

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1321&pid=23622

The primaries are essentially over, and Carville should get off is high horse and either get on the train or get out of the way

Sasquatchliving

(8 posts)

4. Carville just wants attention, he has been irrelevant for a while

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Sat Jun 29, 2024, 09:36 PM

Jun 29

Demsrule86

(70,541 posts)

5. Stop embarrassing yourself Carville...haven't you eaten enough crow where Biden is concerned?

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Sat Jun 29, 2024, 09:36 PM

Jun 29

Sasquatchliving

(8 posts)

6. Carville just wants attention, he has been irrelevant for a while

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Sat Jun 29, 2024, 09:40 PM

Jun 29

LiberalFighter

(53,036 posts)

7. Carville became irrelevant after 1992.

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Sat Jun 29, 2024, 09:52 PM

Jun 29

Thirty two years ago.

lapucelle

(19,494 posts)

8. Carville didn't "predict the President will drop out of the race."

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Sun Jun 30, 2024, 10:01 AM

Jun 30

There's no quote in the Axios piece to that effect. And what's with the weird title? What's the "Biden Oligarchy" referenced in the Axios gossip column?

Behind the Curtain: Biden oligarchy will decide fate

James Carville — the "Ragin' Cajun" who masterminded Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign in 1992, and now is a frequent TV pundit — will be 80 in October. He told us that if he appeared like Biden did during the debate, he'd want to be pulled off the tube.

"I never thought this was a nifty idea," Carville said of Biden's run. He said there are few people the president really listens to: "He doesn't have advisers. He has employees."

When we pressed Carville on whether he thinks Biden will be off the ticket by Election Day, he said he thinks so. He invoked a famous quote by the late economist Herb Stein, which Carville paraphrased as: "That which can't continue … won't.

https://www.axios.com/2024/06/29/biden-debate-replace-advisers

lapucelle

(19,494 posts)

9. ...

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Sun Jun 30, 2024, 10:02 AM

Jun 30

Link to tweet

Mr. Sparkle

(3,050 posts)

10. He also predicted that Trump wouldn't turn up for the debate.

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Sun Jun 30, 2024, 10:13 AM

Jun 30

lapucelle

(19,494 posts)

11. It appears that Carville forgot that he gave the Biden campaign permission to use his name for fundraising.

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Sun Jun 30, 2024, 10:22 AM

Jun 30

From the WaPo story referenced in the Mediaite link:

Lauren Hitt, a Biden campaign spokesperson, said in a statement that Carville’s team “signed off on a robust fundraising package for our campaign including today’s message, and we’re grateful for everything he does to ensure that Joe Biden is re-elected to a second term.”

But Carville told The Post that he checked with his team, and they had no knowledge of it. The fundraising text, he said, “didn’t bother me as much as the debate.”

“Of all the glitches they made, I guess this is pretty minor,” he said. But he added: “It’s kind of weird to see your name go out to half a million people.”

Later Saturday night, the Biden campaign provided an email showing a representative for Carville approved the fundraising missives earlier this month.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/29/james-carville-text-biden-fundraiser/

lapucelle

(19,494 posts)

12. It's so weird that Mediaite managed to quote the WaPo piece when Carville called the text a "glitch",

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Sun Jun 30, 2024, 10:31 AM

Jun 30

but totally forgot to quote WaPo when it said its reporters were shown the email authorizing the use of Carville's name for fundraising.

I guess tertiary source Mediaite didn't think readers would go to secondary sources WaPo and Axios to see what primary source Carville actually did and said.

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