the audacity of acting like this is an actual strategy when the strategy is "do nothing" - ThreadSky

cait.bsky.social • 29 days ago

the audacity of acting like this is an actual strategy when the strategy is "do nothing"

Spoke to several Hill sources this morning and it's more or less my understanding that Dem leaders don't want members interrupting Republicans while they're setting their own hair on fire. Trump is going to tag them with the fallout either way. The phrase I keep hearing is "keep your powder dry."

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billferris.bsky.social•29 days ago

I say this a lot, but never trust a strategy that's indistinguishable from the path of least resistance

andyschimpf.bsky.social•29 days ago

They are just a bunch of duds, my word

cdca.bsky.social•28 days ago

*being herded into gas chamber* Heh, never interrupt your opponent while he's making a mistake.

lennon-s.bsky.social•29 days ago

To what end are they "keeping their powder dry"? To win the midterms and govern over the ashes?

solarsmith.bsky.social•29 days ago

powder so dry and untouched it's become unusable

maximoverdrive.bsky.social•29 days ago

2025 Democratic Party

braindamagedcat.bsky.social•29 days ago

people seriously defending this as bigbrain strategy is such solid evidence for democrat fandom and americanism more widely being a kind of brain damage. open outright fascists in office talking about how they will take over and dismantle the government and morons are still trying appeasement

mutable.bsky.social•29 days ago

There's a movie where an experienced Shakesperean actor tells an inexperienced one that when you forget your lines, the best thing to do is say, "Crouch we here a while, and lurk." This reminds me of that.

devin-eleven.bsky.social•29 days ago

Everyone knows we have a republican problem. But at this point it seems obvious that we also have a democrat problem. Democrats will not even fight in the face of nazis tearing everything down. That creeps me out too.

hijodegagos.bsky.social•29 days ago

Just wait. Any day now Trump is gonna do something *really* bad and then the GOP will see reason.

teensith.bsky.social•29 days ago

they do realize that the cabinet/republicans imploding would implode a good chunk of the country?

vonhonkington.bsky.social•29 days ago

I've been hearing the Democrats talk about keeping their powder dry for twenty years. What is the purpose of the powder?

cait.bsky.social•29 days ago

"set their own hair on fire" they are also setting the rest of the country on fire

joevonhoff.bsky.social•29 days ago

yeah but the Dem reps are going to be fine (or at least think they will be). As long as our alleged representatives don't have to deal with the fallout, they won't do anything about it. Selfish assholes.

delrex.bsky.social•29 days ago

Keeping their powder dry so they can be dignified in the bunker and smugly say "at least we kept our powder dry" as the execution squad is getting ready to line them up.

rexlibris.bsky.social•29 days ago

Do they think they are expending political capital when they oppose Trump? From my perspective it would seem that defying him would actually earn them more.

shuchancellor.online•29 days ago

Doesn't pay as good

tykebrahe.bsky.social•29 days ago

But for when? Trump supporters get their news from Fox , so probably genuinely believe Trump is doing a great job

revolvoe.bsky.social•29 days ago

"this is fine" dog but it says "keep your powder dry" with a smug grin

thompsonize.bsky.social•29 days ago

“keep your powder dry” these people literally think in the past

autochthonia.bsky.social•29 days ago

"We are going to stand still, fold our arms, and do nothing in the most resistance-themed, color-coordinated, display of weakness anyone has ever seen!"

-Chuck Schumer or Hakeem Jefferies, probably.

wandererbyname.bsky.social•28 days ago

So cowardly to openly not advocate for your constituents when that is literally item number ONE in their job description.

Primary them all out - they do not deserve the honor of representing others

moldybasil.bsky.social•29 days ago

It's "maybe this problem will fix itself if I avoid my phone and sleep for 18 hours a day" as policy

moldybasil.bsky.social•29 days ago

Which, I mean, glass houses and all, but still

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