Carville and Kelly
James Carville, appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press"
yesterday, took a few seconds off from bashing independent
counsel Kenneth Starr in order to denounce journalist Michael
Kelly. A look at Mr. Kelly's column in this week's National
Journal explains why.
"There is no more reliable indicator of the degree to which
President Clinton believes himself threatened by whatever
scandal(s) is (are) currently besetting him than the relative
madness of James Carville," Mr. Kelly said. "In times of more
or less peace and propriety, Carville appears very nearly sane.
But when threat looms, Carville howls, and the volume of his
howls is precisely calibrated to the imminence and immensity of
the danger. As the hysteric in the TV studio, he is the political
equivalent of a howler monkey in a jungle tree. By the sound of
his screeching, you can tell how close the hunter is."
The columnist added: "On Wednesday, on ABC's 'Good
Morning America,' Carville gave an exhibition, the likes of
which, for sheer barking, frothing, hindquarter-biting rabidity,
hasn't been seen since the lamented passing of Ross Perot from
the national scene." |
