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| | '''James Carville''' was the campaign manager for [[Bill Clinton]] in 1992 and later Presidential Adviser. | | '''James Carville''' was the campaign manager for [[Bill Clinton]] in 1992 and later Presidential Adviser. |
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| − | In 1998 James Carville publicly convinced pornographer Larry Flynt to offer a $1 million reward money for stories that could be used to blackmail Washington politicians. | + | In 1998, Larry Flynt took out an ad in the Washington Post to offer a $1 million reward money for scandalous stories that could be used to smear leading Republican Congressmen as they prepared to impeach President [[Bill Clinton]]. James Carville, then a top political advisor to President Clinton, refused to repudiate Flynt's offer:<ref>Robert J. Caldwell, "Scorched Earth; Clinton's allies trigger the `Doomsday Machine' against his enemies The San Diego Union-Tribune, G-4 (Jan. 17, 1999)</ref> |
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| | + | :Jim Nicholson, chairman of the Republican National Committee, said last week that 'when General James Carville declared war on the president's enemies, Private Flynt enlisted.' ... Judicial Watch also uncovered, after a lengthy court fight, Carville's 40,000-page archive of "opposition research," which included investigative information about Ken Starr, former FBI agent Gary Aldrich and other Clinton critics. ... On Dec. 20 [1998], James Carville, who is unfailingly obedient to Clinton, was a guest on NBC's "Meet the Press." Pressed by host interviewer Tim Russert to disavow Flynt and his sleazy tactics, Carville bobbed, weaved and dodged. Finally, Russert asked Carville this: "Well, if Larry Flynt says he's the James Carville, will you say to Larry Flynt this morning, `knock it off, no more?' " Carville's answer: "No." |
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| | ==Further reading== | | ==Further reading== |
| | * http://www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg011399.html | | * http://www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg011399.html |
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| | + | == Reference == |
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| | {{DEFAULTSORT: Carville, James}} | | {{DEFAULTSORT: Carville, James}} |
| | [[Category:political people]] | | [[Category:political people]] |