Tag Archives: James Carville

Devoting the whole NBC Nightly News bulletin to Tim Russert’s passing was worst than beaming out porn.

Posted on June 14, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

John Cole: Let’s Get Something Straight By: John Cole June 13, 2008 at 6:35 pm I liked Tim Russert, even though I thought his BS gotcha nonsense was thorough idiocy and not helping the debate at all. He was a … Continue reading →

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Humans make inaccurate predictions, sometimes. So what?

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

James Carville crashing a whole, raw egg on his bold crane, during a Meet The Press session, in November 2004, just after the US presidential elections, to punish himself for his “John Kerry will win with 52%” prediction: President-elect Harry … Continue reading →

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Leading political indicators

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Alex Forshaw

American politics does not suffer from a shortage of polls. Zogby. Gallup. Rasmussen. SurveyUSA. Mason-Dixon. Polimetrix… In an information-glutted world, what matters is not the supply of sources, but the ability to glean trustworthy information from the larger swath of … Continue reading →

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Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy vs. Hillary Clinton

Posted on February 14, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Tom Fitton: 7. What did you instruct James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to say in order to discredit and defame Gennifer Flowers, a woman with whom your husband had an affair? (Evidence suggests they smeared her at your behest.) Did … Continue reading →

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