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Carville: Democrats should ‘play possum’ for now: ‘This freight train is moving’
The Hill ^ | 02/18/2025 | by Lauren Irwin

Posted on 02/18/2025 6:28:47 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Democratic strategist James Carville argued that political actors in his party should “play possum” right now, as grassroots organizing pops up across the country, noting that the “freight train is moving.”

Carville joined MSNBC’s “The Beat” on Monday, where host Ari Melber asked him to weigh into the nationwide protests against the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

“This is happening all around the country. So, the question is, how should Democratic politicians respond to this? And I think they should do is, what we call in rural America, play possum. Just let it go. Don’t get in the way of it, or as we like to say, don’t just stand there, do nothing,” Carville said. “Let this germinate.”

Carville said Democrats don’t need to get in front of the American people because they are already demonstrating on their own.

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KEYWORDS: carville; corporalcueball; democrats; freight; moving; play; possum; train
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Carville being an idiot again
1 posted on 02/18/2025 6:28:47 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He likes hearing himself talk and lazy reporters don’t have to lift a finger to report this as news and take another day off from actual journalism.


2 posted on 02/18/2025 6:30:28 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Carville being an idiot again”

As a party, do you REALLY want to be the ones out there holding signs and demonstrating AGAINST rooting out fraud and corruption?


3 posted on 02/18/2025 6:32:50 AM PST by uranium penguin
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hey, DUMBASS...they are PROTESTING IN THE STREETS!


4 posted on 02/18/2025 6:33:02 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Their "grass roots" consist of illegal aliens, government employees and those feeding off the NGO trough.

Over 60% of the American people are in favor of booting out illegals and cutting the size of government.

5 posted on 02/18/2025 6:33:16 AM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Carville and Matalin a pair of grifters is there ever was one.


6 posted on 02/18/2025 6:34:07 AM PST by anton
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The whole problem with the Demon party is that they are angry psychos who cannot act rationally. They’ve ALWAYS got to attack.


7 posted on 02/18/2025 6:35:29 AM PST by TalBlack (Their god is government. Prepare for a religious war.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Keep your heads down or we will (politically) chop them off.


8 posted on 02/18/2025 6:36:02 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Nitzy: New and Improved! Now with only 66% anti-semitic posts!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yep, he continues to be an idiot. He did see what was coming but he’s far too optimistic on the protests making a difference. The majority of people see them as brain dead malcontents.


9 posted on 02/18/2025 6:36:58 AM PST by Dave911
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I like them better when they play H.Y.E.N.A.s howling at the moon and chomping on their hand painted, misspelled signs.


10 posted on 02/18/2025 6:37:23 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (The U.S. Government was never meant to be a jobs program.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Carville is a ‘RAT 🐁 🐁🐁 🐁 AND a SNAKE 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍


11 posted on 02/18/2025 6:37:35 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: anton; All

The fact those two are married shows what an absolute scam Washington, D.C.

FAKE opposition Republicans.

Isn’t a former Republican Chairman on MSNBC now denouncing DOGE? He’s on the take.

They’re ALL on the take.

Look for the names to come out who profiteered off of this system.

Audit first.

Indict second.

ALL of them need to go.

If millions pocketed dead grannies Social Security check - federal fraud - no more voting in federal elections.

We can clean house in Congress and knock out a couple million Dem voters from this.


12 posted on 02/18/2025 6:38:06 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: ChicagoConservative27

>> And I think they should do is, what we call in rural America, play possum.

Oh please. Carville is a coon-ass... he kills and eats possum poseurs.

And MAGA should do the same to DemonRat possum-poseurs!

NO MERCY


13 posted on 02/18/2025 6:38:12 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: SaveFerris

Along with evil, wicked, intelligent, sly, and cunning.


14 posted on 02/18/2025 6:39:41 AM PST by sport
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The lying ass media is jumping on it.


15 posted on 02/18/2025 6:40:16 AM PST by 38special (I should've said something earlier )
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To: Ann Archy

Here in raleigh they had hundreds protesting yesterday. During covid we had thousands protesting the lockdowns!


16 posted on 02/18/2025 6:40:53 AM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than saving to WORK like the rest of !US:-))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The protests are as fake as the Fed books. Same old rent a mob protesters the unions put together every time they need a protest.


17 posted on 02/18/2025 6:40:59 AM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: uranium penguin
As a party, do you REALLY want to be the ones out there holding signs and demonstrating AGAINST rooting out fraud and corruption?

All 15 of them were out there yesterday in my town holding signs in sub-zero weather and stoking the engine of the freight train. 🚂🚃🚃🚃

18 posted on 02/18/2025 6:41:30 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. Psalm 33:12)
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To: uranium penguin

‘Possums don’t choose to “play ‘possum.” It’s a neurological response to serious stress. It’s a last resort, in an effort to not be killed. It doesn’t always work. The Democrats could wake up dead.


19 posted on 02/18/2025 6:45:44 AM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: stars & stripes forever

I will say.. as a strategist, I AGREE with him.

Rooting out corruption and downsizing gov is massively popular with people.

Being against that and holding demonstrations, is BAD optics. and drives people away from the party.

It is far better to, if not “get on board” and be part of the solution.
To stand back, let it all play out and then start slamming for going too far, hurting old ladies and diabled children by cutting the health care or checks, etc..


20 posted on 02/18/2025 6:48:04 AM PST by uranium penguin
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