James Carville Quotes
Tom Delay is a bag man for cigarette companies.
James Carville, Presidential Campaign Strategist (Democrat), NBC Meet the Press, September 27, 1998
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Norquist, Abramoff, and Congressman Tom Delay had created a shakedown scheme to extract money for Republicans from lobbyists and to punish any who donated to Democrats. Although Norquist wanted 50 more, Abramoff was convicted and sentenced to jail in one of the biggest political scandals in modern times. Delay also was indicted.
Virginia at the time had very lax political ethical laws and regulations for politicians and in that year, both the Republican Governor and the Republican Attorney General had accepted large gifts from businessmen of the state which in other states would have been considered as bribes and be illegal. The rules in Virginia were so lax, that expensive gifts were given to members of politician’s family. In one case that year, a businessman paid for the Governor’s daughter’s expensive wedding. With both houses of the state legislature also in Republican hands, there was no oversight or investigations. It was only though the efforts of the press that the facts emerged. Although in 2013 it was Republicans who were corrupt, the same lax rules had prevailed for years and when the Democrats were in power the Democrats made no effort to tighten the ethics laws and rules. Corruption and denial of its existence characterized Virginia at that time. In 2013, the Republican speaker of the House actually had the temerity to state that since Virginia politicians were so honest, ethical rules and laws were not needed. See {633807}.
As a candidate for the Republican Presidential Nomination, Trump was very forthright about the fact that when he was a business tycoon, he gave money to many politicians not for any ideological reasons but he considered the money an investment which paid off handsomely. Almost all large campaign donors believe that they are making an investment and most have continued to be satisfied with the results so they continue to donate. See {583282} as an example of Trump's candid view.
Chester James Carville Jr. is an American political consultant who has strategized for candidates for public office in the United States, and in 23 nations abroad. He is also a media personality with expertise in U.S. elections who continues to appear frequently on cable news programs, in podcasts, and in his public speeches.
