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James Carville tells Dems to ''play possum'' as nationwide protests rage against Trump

2025-02-19

[NYPOST] Democratic strategist James Carville suggested the tide is turning in the country and advised Democrats

...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy, white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects...
to ''play possum'' while it does.
Good advice, that.
Carville appeared on MSNBC's ''The Beat with Ari Melber'' where the two discussed protests taking place throughout the nation against President Trump and his mass firings of federal employees.

Heartened by these demonstrations, Carville said the best thing for Democrats to do in response is ''nothing.''

''So the question is, how should Democratic politicians respond to this? And what I think they should do is what we call in rural America play possum. Just let it go,'' Carville said.

He continued, ''Don't get in the way of it. Or as we like to say, don't just stand there, do nothing. Let this germinate. We don't need to get in front of it. This freight train is moving. Let's just get out of the way. And then we're going to have time. In the immortal words of Dalton in 'Roadhouse,' 'Be nice until it's time not to be nice.' And that time is coming shortly.''

Being not nice would be unwise, given how many former Democrats voted for The Donald and their local Republican candidates last November. Unless the Democratic Party masochistically wants to lose even more than they did in the last round.

Posted by:Fred

#9 Lots of nice protest photos at The Atlantic.

Most of the photos are narrowly shot to hide how small the crowds are — a few hundred to a few thousand at best, it seems to me. And most of the crowds appear to be entirely white — not exactly a broad slice of America.

Preciesly the opposite of the crowds they used to whip up, back when USAID was handing out money freely and racism was a word to cow the normies with.

Posted by: trailing wife 2025-02-19 21:32

#8 So I went to Bobby's link and saw a bunch of Democrat apparatchiks carrying signs with some of the most inane slogans anybody can imagine.

Hands off my right

Or

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace again.

Or

Defend Democracy

Or

Beware the Hair

OK, those are very nice sentiments. But, specifically, what are they protesting? Do they think Trump loves power more than Obama? How can they quantify such a thing? I don't get it.

And don't get me started again on foreign flags. Nothing triggers me more than foreigners coming into this country and trying to tell us what to do.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2025-02-19 12:06

#7 By "play possum", does he mean hang by their tails and eat bugs and worms?

Posted by: SteveS 2025-02-19 11:37

#6 Two protests are not nationwide you idiots. I think that is best for you to sit down and shut the fuck up. Every time the left opens its mouth the public remembers what a bunch of radical morons you all are.

Posted by: DarthVader 2025-02-19 10:41

#5 Fortunately, the screaming Left will not comply. When has the Left (not to be confused with classical liberals) ever voluntarily given up power?

Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-02-19 10:13

#4 Lots of nice protest photos at The Atlantic. Austin has a nice big crowd. LA has a bunch of foreign flags. #13 Harrisburg PA not so impressive.

Posted by: Bobby 2025-02-19 09:11

#3
??? "...nationwide protests rage against Trump."

It seems Mr. Carville might have developed Camera Attention Deficit Disorder or may be Dementia?

Hell if anything, It's Mass Support for Trump's MAGA agenda by many on BOTH sides...

Yes !!!
Some more quietly than others, but still factual polls show support.

Posted by: NN2N1 2025-02-19 08:13

Posted by: Skidmark 2025-02-19 04:59

#1 The Zizians would do that- pretend to be dead until the scary bad guys went away.

Posted by: Glolutch Tingle1702 2025-02-19 00:12

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