# James Carville and Mary Matalin--interesting marriage

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-carville-and-mary-matalin-interesting-marriage/510936>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 21, 2009, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-carville-and-mary-matalin-interesting-marriage/510936 "2009-09-21T12:53:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-carville-and-mary-matalin-interesting-marriage/510936/21 "2009-09-24T20:41:53Z")

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> [@MissGypsy](#):
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> I’m so liberal that I’m borderline Socialist. My husband is a conservative Republican. Our dinner table discussions are lively, to say the least, but we have agreed to disagree, and to respect the other’s viewpoint. And we both keep a good sense of humor about our political arguments.

Similar deal with my husband and me. I’m about as liberal as they come, while my husband is extemely conservative (he gets all his news from Fox and his opinions from Bill O’Reilly). I think he’s a nut job, and he thinks I’m a liberal (“liberal” being the absolute worst thing he can think of to call someone).

Then there’s the religion thing. We’re on opposite ends of that continuum also.

We mostly just talk about the weather.

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**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-carville-and-mary-matalin-interesting-marriage/510936/22 "2009-09-24T21:03:44Z")

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> [@leander](#):
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> I would have said the exact opposite. 😉
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> Seriously, he used to be considered one of the shrewdest minds in politics. (Key words “used to be”)

Underneath his serpent-like features and the clownish behavior he displays on Meet The Press, James Carville hides a serious talent for political strategy. He used to be a driving force in Democratic politics back in the 90’s, particularly during the 1992 Clinton campaign.

Mary Matalin reminds me of Cher from “The Sonny & Cher Show” back in the 70s. She sits quietly and watches while Carville rants and flails wildly, and then delivers a zinger his way. Together, they’re the best comedy team in politics these days.

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