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   From: blue@sky.org   
      
   On 17 Dec 2003 18:20:17 -0800, bozo_and_krusty@yahoo.com (BOZO KRUSTY)   
   wrote:   
      
   >Carville: Gore Looks Like 'a Corpse'   
   >   
   >   
   >Former Clinton war room capo James Carville is trashing ex-Vice   
   >President Al Gore's decision this week to endorse Howard Dean, saying   
   >that Gore looked like "a corpse" at Tuesday's announcement ceremony in   
   >Harlem.   
   >   
   >"It was the perfect picture of a doctor and a corpse standing there,"   
   >Carville told radio host Don Imus Thursday morning.   
   >   
   >The Clinton hit man also derided Dean's decision to bring Gore to   
   >Harlem in a bid to appeal to African-Americans, saying Gore could   
   >never compete with his old boss.   
   >   
   >"I don't think Al Gore should even get in the same ring with Bill   
   >Clinton when it comes to trying to impress black voters," Carville   
   >advised.   
   >   
   >The Democratic strategist openly boasted that the Vermont Democrat's   
   >presidential bid was doomed, recounting a conversation he had with one   
   >top Dean aide.   
   >   
   >"I told Steve McMahon, the media guy for Dean, who was on 'Crossfire':   
   >You have one of the three most influential presidential campaigns of   
   >my lifetime. That's the good news. The bad news is the other two are   
   >McGovern and Goldwater."   
   >   
   >Carville predicted that Gore would run for president himself in 2008,   
   >but wouldn't stand a chance against Hillary Clinton. "It would be a   
   >titanic struggle but it would be more of a personal struggle as   
   >opposed to an   
   >ideological struggle," he explained.   
   >   
   >"My sense is, if it came down to that, it wouldn't be very close," he   
   >told Imus.   
      
      
   Given Carville's virtual idolatry of Gore on CNN's 'Crossfire' in past   
   years, this is certainly a major change.  What next? Trashing Clinton?   
      
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