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Monday, July 06, 2009

Posted by: Olivia Offner at 9:41 AM

James Carville, a Democratic strategist who ran Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign, is advising Afghan president Hamid Karzai's challenger, former Afghan finance minister Ashraf Ghani. Ghani received a PhD from Columbia University and worked at the World Bank.

Carville says he did not discuss the Afghan elections with former president Clinton or Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and that his role as adviser to Ghani should not be read as U.S. approval for a new Afghan leader. Carville, who has worked on campaigns in 18 countries, said:

I don’t think anybody would veto me doing this. I’ve worked in Israel when Bill Clinton was president. It’s what I do.

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Don't Tread On Me writes:	Monday, July, 06, 2009 10:16 AM
Ghani's PhD from Columbia
Enough said.
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NeoConScum writes:	Monday, July, 06, 2009 10:20 AM
Dear Freaky Boy James...
Duuuude, does Mr. Ghani know what those immortal words, "Trust me, Bubba," mean when falling from your drooling, crazed chops? Oh, gooooood. Now, Jim Bob, are you clear on what pulling some cheap chit on Mr.Ghani in your Carvillian way can bring you? Ya know, like Room Temperature, Dude? CooL.
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Col Bat Guano writes:	Monday, July, 06, 2009 10:31 AM
Carville?
Considering the serpent's track record, Karzai probably said "Cool!"
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Reset writes:	Monday, July, 06, 2009 10:59 AM
Not only from Columbia..
.. He worked for the insanely corrupt World Bank. Carville probably squealed with girlish glee when he found someone just as corrupt as his master Obama.
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Eugene writes:	Monday, July, 06, 2009 11:09 AM
Maybe Carville can get...
Ghani a special envoy to Haiti gig if this doesn't work out.
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vladimir estragon writes:	Monday, July, 06, 2009 11:37 AM
Dog bites man
Are you guys aware of how many lobbyists are paid by foreign governments? Ghani's just an individual running for office. This story isn't a story.
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An Instinctive Gesture of Reciprocal Liking writes:	Monday, July, 06, 2009 11:38 AM
DTOM's 8th-grade education
Enough said.
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Homer writes:	Monday, July, 06, 2009 2:12 PM
Will they make Carville
wear a burqua? It likely would be an improvement.
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DIAMOND Z writes:	Monday, July, 06, 2009 3:53 PM
WONDER ,HOW MUCH MONEY THIS DUDE
WILL PAY CARVILLE???JAMES ALWAYS LOOKS LIKE A MAD BUMBLE BEE!LOL! JAMES,C. ONE OF THE WIERD LIBERALS OF OUR TIME!
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