James Carville: Trump Got Out When He Realized ‘He Was Making A Fool Of Himself’

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by Matt Schneider | 9:00 am, May 17th, 2011

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Democratic political strategist James Carville stopped by GMA this morning and told George Stephanopoulos that he found it amazing Arnold Schwarzenegger would have entered politics and subjected himself to the scrutiny knowing he had fathered a love child. Moving from “tragedy to comedy,” Carville then addressed Donald Trump.

Stephanopoulos wondered “was everyone punked by Donald Trump?” Yet unlike some who believe most journalists should be ashamed for taking Trump seriously, Carville was quick to give the press high marks:

“I think the press actually did a good job – and particularly Good Morning America – about getting Trump out there. This guy got out because he realized, rather late, that he was making a fool of himself. And that’s what the political system does.”

With Mike Huckabee and Trump gone, Carville sees a populist void left open in the Republican field that maybe only Congresswoman Michele Bachmann could fill. Yet what Carville seemed to enjoy most was that clearly the best Republican candidate was not going to run, saying about former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, “on paper I’ve never seen a stronger candidate but he’s obviously got the legacy issue.”

Watch the clip from ABC below:

Donald Trump, George Stephanopoulos, GMA, James Carville, Michele Bachmann

The Lantern of Truth

Mary Matalin must have a strong stomach .
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Now if only Obama would recognize he is making a fool out of himself.
Barack Must Go

Just look at this left wing jackass has been. Actually having the Viagra driven balls to even speak about Donald Trump is so telling of the state of the democrat party (s) so over today.
skyfet

Too late, he is now seen as a joke.
skyfet

The Lantern of Truth said:
Mary Matalin must have a strong stomach .

If yours isn’t stong, then you might need to lose some weight my friend.
The Lantern of Truth

skyfet said:
If yours isn’t stong, then you might need to lose some weight my friend.

skyfet !

Look !

A mouse !

Chase it ! Catch it !

Ahhhhhh
The Lantern of Truth

skyfet said:
Too late, he is now seen as a joke.

Many jokers go to hollow stump , only to fall into world of gribble ! Ahhhhhhh
THE REAL ROYAL KING

James got that right.

He’s also right about Jebbers. Jebbers could have been the strongest Republican candidate in a generation, but the W stain is deep and stubborn. We elected the wrong Bush (Actually, we didn’t elect him, did we?), and the right Bush is not available.
Probably NOT wrong

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
James got that right.

He’s also right about Jebbers. Jebbers could have been the strongest Republican candidate in a generation, but the W stain is deep and stubborn. We elected the wrong Bush (Actually, we didn’t elect him, did we?), and the right Bush is not available.

YOU NEED PROFESSIONAL HELP !!!
Please, before you hurt innocent bystanders!
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@dandmb50 – When’s Carville gonna get out, he makes a fool of himself everyday.

Daniel .. Toronto, CANADA
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mtjade4

gordonbloyershow said:
Now if only Obama would recognize he is making a fool out of himself.

I agree. I’ll bet Obama feels like a complete fool taking out Bin Laden!
Probably NOT wrong

James Carville!
Talking about prople making “fools’ of themselves.!
Good Lord!
I forgot who, but I heard someone ask once
“Can you believe a guy that squints as much as James
Carville, has his own glasses on”?
The Lantern of Truth

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
We elected the wrong Bush

Robert-OTheKingVanRoyalReal says . We could have had AlGore and MassageGate ! Phony GlobalWarmingGate ! UseMorePowerThanThirtyHomesByMyselfInAMonthGate ! Amen .
notsofast

skyfet said:
Too late, he is now seen as a joke.

Like you, son.
notsofast

The Lantern of Truth said:
Mary Matalin must have a strong stomach .

She also must have lost her eyesight years before she met James.
THE REAL ROYAL KING

The Lantern of Truth said:
Robert-OTheKingVanRoyalReal says . We could have had AlGore and MassageGate ! Phony GlobalWarmingGate ! UseMorePowerThanThirtyHomesByMyselfInAMonthGate ! Amen .

I hate to tell you this, if we had elected Gore (the winner of the popular vote), we wouldn’t have elected a Bush. You see, Gore is a Gore, Bush is a Bush.
THE REAL ROYAL KING

notsofast said:
She also must have lost her eyesight years before she met James.

I didn’t think she lost her vision until her tragically botched cosmetic surgery that made her look remarkably like Jiang Qing. Why she used Greta O’Van Susteren’s plastic surgeon, I cannot begin to imagine.
valkyrie101

Trump has no problem making a fool of himself, especially if money is involved.
notsofast

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
I hate to tell you this, if we had elected Gore (the winner of the popular vote), we wouldn’t have elected a Bush.

Yeah, son, but that would have been unconstitutional!
notsofast

valkyrie101 said:
Trump has no problem making a fool of himself, especially if money is involved.

LOL

He broke Barry, son. He made him reveal his real BC which you libs said :1. didn’t exist, 2. couldn’t be released.

And he did that in 3 weeks!
notsofast

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
. Why she used Greta O’Van Susteren’s plastic surgeon, I cannot begin to imagine.

You need not only a plastic surgeon but also a neurosurgeon, son.
Barack Must Go

The Lantern of Truth said:
Mary Matalin must have a strong stomach .

She’s no ‘ Looker ‘ herself.

I picture their home life to be like somthing along the lines of that ” Deliverance ” movie “.
skyfet

notsofast said:
Like you, son.

You don’t want to mess with me, SON.
writer

James often closes his eyes and does an impression of an egg.
Probably NOT wrong

skyfet said:
You don’t want to mess with me, SON.

Oh, Shit!
skyfet is one of them
“Keyboard Kommandos!
sky, Take a Break occasionally… really
notsofast

skyfet said:
You don’t want to mess with me, SON.

Son, I have destroyed yo so many times it’s not funny.

You are as significant as a fart in a hurricane.
THE REAL ROYAL KING

notsofast said:
Yeah, son, but that would have been unconstitutional!

No, it’s not. In our odd system, it is perfectly permissible for the popular vote winner to be denied office. Not the first time it has happened.
Dem4Ever

mtjade4 said:
I agree. I’ll bet Obama feels like a complete fool taking out Bin Laden!

I think Obama probably is feeling pretty proud of himself for the Bin Laden killing. It’s how he handled it afterwards that’s got him feeling like a fool.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Peter-Hebb/1483004033 Peter Hebb

The only problem with Carville’s analysis is that it presupposes Trump would recognize that he was making a fool of himself. From past performance, I would highly question such a level of self-awareness from Trump.
http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

mtjade4 said:
I agree. I’ll bet Obama feels like a complete fool taking out Bin Laden!

If he had not been visiting those 58 states he might have got him faster. Maybe he thought bin Laden was clinging to his gun and Bible? Obama wanted to make sure bin Laden had signed up for ObamaCare before he killed him.
skyfet

notsofast said:
Son, I have destroyed yo so many times it’s not funny.

You are as significant as a fart in a hurricane.

‘Yo’ is that how you say it in the Barn?
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

gordonbloyershow said:
Maybe he thought bin Laden was clinging to his gun and Bible?

It’s off-topic for this post, but the actual quote excerpt could’ve described bin Laden;

it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations

As for the concept of Jeb Bush, his name has been floated around (often by Democrats) and not only does he have a resume, but he could also make play on the “it takes a Bush” idea. If only he wasn’t the third member of his immediate family in less than three decades and was more palatable to the Tea Party wing.
notsofast

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
No, it’s not. In our odd system, it is perfectly permissible for the popular vote winner to be denied office. Not the first time it has happened.

Son, my poor son, it would have been unconstitutional to award the election to Gore based on the popular vote without his winning in the electoral college.
notsofast

skyfet said:
skyfet says:
May 17, 2011 at 12:24 pm skyfet(Quote)

No, son, it’s how I say it in English.
skyfet

notsofast said:
No, son, it’s how I say it in English.

Nah, its a failure.
notsofast

skyfet said:
Nah, its a failure.

Yes, son, yours.
felixw

Who was the bigger fool…

Trump, who got more free publicity in the last two months than any person on the planet

or

The liberal-tilting media, who devoted more coverage to Trump than to any other news story this year, engaging in a crazed feeding frenzy to score negligible gotcha points on an easy target. In other words, more of the usual. Even Osama bin Laden’s removal didn’t get half the stories on Mediaite as the Trump circus.

Yes, someone does look pretty foolish here, I will agree that far with Mr. Carville….