I’ve got mixed feelings about James Carville, aka the Ragin Cajun. It’s hard to forgive him for helping elect one of the worst governors Kentucky has ever had (althought that title is being seriously challenged by our current one). But the guy’s good at his job, even when the job is getting sleazeballs elected. Here’s a recent example of his wit:<\/p>\n
\nYou know, back in 2000 a Republican friend of mine warned me that if
\nI voted for Al Gore and he won, the stock market would tank, we’d lose
\nmillions of jobs, and our military would be totally overstretched. You know
\nwhat? I did vote for Al Gore, he did win, and I’ll be damned if all those things
\ndidn’t come true<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n
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