The issue with people like Schumer and Carville is that they refuse to accept that politics is not the same as it was 20 years ago. They refuse to accept they are the remnants of a system that doesn’t exist anymore. - ThreadSky

santiagomayer.com • 2 days ago

The issue with people like Schumer and Carville is that they refuse to accept that politics is not the same as it was 20 years ago.

They refuse to accept they are the remnants of a system that doesn’t exist anymore.

Comments

santiagomayer.com•2 days ago

Every time they outline their strategy it’s based on something that happened while I was in elementary school or before that. They simply cannot process that the game has changed.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/magazine/chuck-schumer-interview.html

wearethetruth.bsky.social•2 days ago

they don't get it.

sagcap1222.bsky.social•2 days ago

The only constant in life is change.

Your point is valid.

buster-99.bsky.social•2 days ago

LOL. And yet you have this two time bankruptcy filer as a Senior Advisor. 👇 The dude had over one million in debt wiped away, much of it debt owed to other citizens. Congrats on your selection, BTW, nice strategy you've going going there!

Let me know when you've won something kid.

dfalc67.bsky.social•2 days ago

Aren't they all senior advisors?

buster-99.bsky.social•2 days ago

Point is Fred Wellman shouldn’t be hired to advise anyone of anything either as a Junior or Senior advisor, he’s a grifter that lied on both of his Bankruptcy filings filed under penalty of perjury.

noligarchs.bsky.social•2 days ago

He's a nazi sympathizer.

bluefrommagioh.bsky.social•2 days ago

I couldn't agree with you more, and I was in elementary school before Nixon's crimes! We are being governed by my gen fossils. Time to put an end to the Schumer shitshow era.

holdencaulfield-jr.bsky.social•2 days ago

And when you announce your strategy you give your opponent the tools to work around it .
Time for Chuck to retire

ladolcevitaone.bsky.social•2 days ago

Every House Democrat should have an impeachment motion in their pocket ready to go if there is ever an absence that gives them a simple majority. Why not delay someone??? 🤔

fleuryofwords.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is wishcasting not strategy.

joedferg.bsky.social•2 days ago

Many of the repugnants drive teslas. It has been reported that a simple small hole (say 9mm in diameter) through the battery can cause an unquenchable flame. That might hold them up a bit.

pjmacwriter.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm done with Schumer. He's my Senator.

raginpagan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Dominionist.

kenjansen.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly

keporkak.bsky.social•2 days ago

👍👌🙏

dandelion1183.bsky.social•2 days ago

I guess the gym reference was meant to assure us of his fitness? He needs to go.

oat-fiber.bsky.social•2 days ago

Schumer and Carville are hoping leprechauns and tooth fairies will save the day. That’s how ridiculous they sound.

mysterydasein.bsky.social•1 day ago

They may be out of touch and too old, but in this case they are right. Shutting down the government to make a courageous gesture would backfire.

jdr1992.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fascists only understand courageous gestures. Schumer is complicit in fascism now, and there is no excuse for him. He is working for the regime now. He is part of MAGA.

mysterydasein.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fascists understand courageous gestures? Can you give me one example of that? Hitler was not undone by courageous gestures.

jdr1992.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hitler got into power because of people like Schumer who capitulate.
It was courageous gestures done across Europe that won the war. It was the UK not surrendering, it was the Danes evacuating 90% of their Jewish neighbors, it was the French destroying the rail yards, and more.

mysterydasein.bsky.social•1 day ago

Those aren’t courageous gestures. Those were actions on the ground.

realmajorpita.bsky.social•2 days ago

I like James, but they are wrong. Small gestures (paddle fans) is small and BS. The leadership needed was given away. Schumer did that. New proactive leadership is needed now. Midterms will be too late.

mutt58.bsky.social•2 days ago

Agreed we now need to stop bringing whiffle ball bats to knife fights.

minerva1.bsky.social•2 days ago

These are delusions we can no longer afford.

annmarie10.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah, but isn’t Chuck’s flip phone so charming?

artemiststudios.bsky.social•2 days ago

Dinosaurs… I’d rather hear from AOC

tonus1.bsky.social•2 days ago

Carville wasn't right 20 years ago.

jillian-kate714.bsky.social•2 days ago

Dreams of the 90s...

kirkmurphy.bsky.social•2 days ago

If the fossil @democrats.org would just believe hard enough, the #ComityFairy will reassemble her Gingrich-dismembered corpse and illuminate @housedemocrats.bsky.social & @democrats.senate.gov's holy quest quest to disinter the Reagan Democrats to vote in the next election.

zippytwo.bsky.social•2 days ago

And many democrat constituents defend this strategy to this day. They also cannot accept that the old two party system is gone. MAGA has completely overtaken the Republican party and we cannot fight back with the old playbook. It's like Chris Murphy says, we might have one year.

ashley-cat13.bsky.social•2 days ago

VOTE. THEM. OUT. 🗳️

4gabriel.bsky.social•2 days ago

I think that they are down for this -no one is that stupid

jperks54.bsky.social•2 days ago

So very true, unfortunately the old yt guys still control the party financially so we are doomed.

careynesmithmd.bsky.social•2 days ago

As a person in my late 50’s, I don’t believe this. I think he knows EXACTLY what he is doing and that the old system doesn’t exist. He is making money on agreeing with 🍊 and SELLING tickets to his book signings. He knows. He doesn’t care.

kimmrogers.bsky.social•2 days ago

Amen! 💙

merrill2n.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly. And they’re why we are in this mess!

rdendurance.bsky.social•2 days ago

Like today’s warfare which a summation of combined arms, today’s political skirmishes are the same. Yet you have Schumer who uses a flip phone leading the charge.

rdendurance.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly!!

vir2ualvibes.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump is the wrong man to have in charge during a shutdown. It's easier to sue him, call for an investigation, and contain him while the government is funded than it is to have him run roughshod over everyone and everything with no guardrails. There is a plan, and I expect a pleasant surprise.

ericmarts.bsky.social•2 days ago

Like an NFL coach running the same playbook from 1992

leftwingnutjob.bsky.social•2 days ago

Politics isn’t the same as it was 50 days ago we need young brilliant minds who are dedicated public servants not going a book tours in the middle of a coup

twothewoods.bsky.social•2 days ago

Agree! Time to retire the ‘deadwood’!

dagrone.bsky.social•2 days ago

Dino perspectives

consensus-reality.bsky.social•2 days ago

Excellent perspective, every generation has the right to shape the world they live in, for themselves and their children.Older generations must step aside, and let them lead. You can’t govern from the afterlife, even-though many are already serving in the assisted living wing of Congress.Term limits

jegath.bsky.social•2 days ago

😡😡😡

theoldprof.bsky.social•2 days ago

Perfect analysis of America's current dilemma.

karenmhj.bsky.social•2 days ago

Axelrod & Rahm Emanuel, too.

craigisonline.bsky.social•2 days ago

He's willing to let people suffer and die on the ~off~ chance that they may come around and stop being disgusting

ampd.bsky.social•2 days ago

They’re delusional. During his first term the GOP was lockstep in advancing their agenda. And rebuke of Trump was performative.

hisdarkmajesty.bsky.social•2 days ago

Boom.

joiseydoc.bsky.social•2 days ago

It was the same with Biden. If it hadn’t been we may have closed a few more doors on these rampaging scofflaws.

kurtweldon.bsky.social•2 days ago

20 years? Gingrich torched that system in 1995.

gila-1.bsky.social•2 days ago

And for all its faults, I want that system back.

karinemery.bsky.social•2 days ago

I feel like its their fault we've been losing since Clinton lost the congress all those years ago.

cranberryhorn.bsky.social•2 days ago

A system that they let slide as politicians became willing to lie and cheat. A system that needed strict guardrails and jail time.

piratesandpoets.bsky.social•2 days ago

Does this old White Nationalist really believe his own bullshit? No one with a functioning brain believes it.

citizenalpha.bsky.social•2 days ago

💯 and yet the hubris of old white men continues to plague us.

henleyparker.bsky.social•2 days ago

@schumer.senate.gov @chuckschumer.com vm is full, here is his email and the emails of his staffers ⬇️

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

https://www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/message-chuck

imgoingout.bsky.social•2 days ago

1000%. none of them have evolved from “we may disagree but I respect you” of yore. Now we have “there are no rules, I got mine, fuck you” Adore the hopefulness of “we’ll get ‘em in the midterms!” So charming! 🥳

darksideoftheroad.bsky.social•2 days ago

This

marquemaire.bsky.social•2 days ago

If this were the UK we could have a leadership challenge and take care of the problem quickly.

ljb001.bsky.social•2 days ago

More like 30 years ago.

dsteuer.bsky.social•2 days ago

Schumer is obviously closer to the pulse than I am, but he seems oblivious to the money guillotine that Musk has hanging over the heads of any GOP resisters. The fruit of Citizens United — obey the $, not the constituents.

stef47.bsky.social•2 days ago

Poor sad Carville thought dumping Biden would be his legacy.

slotrak.bsky.social•2 days ago

It doesn't matter what they say in private. They are cowards who abandon principle because they might be primaried. They demonized Democrats for decades, but it isn't us they fear: it's their own voters. As every demagog learns, the mob will turn l, eventually.
This ain't your grandpa's politics.

clemensd1.bsky.social•2 days ago

Politics have been a zero sum game since the tea party. The era of any real civility or bipartisanship died when McConnell vowed to make Obama a one term president. As much as I loved Biden, he believed his gop counterparts would “come around” too. The house held together- the sen needs change

tbomberg.bsky.social•2 days ago

So true!

urbanedoc4kids.bsky.social•2 days ago

OR, are they somehow, personally benefiting from what is happening.

truthsquad.bsky.social•2 days ago

They also refuse to acknowledge that their politics over the last 35 years is a big reason
we got Trump. Neither ever came up with good messaging and slept through the rise of right wing media, gerrymandering, court packing and voter suppression. All while chasing GOP
swing voters, not dem voters.

inthebardo.bsky.social•2 days ago

👆💯🎯

warrenterra.bsky.social•2 days ago

Carville hasn't been relevant to actual working politics for more than 30 years, and his contribution then is debated.

handle.invalid•2 days ago

Tapping the sign….

warrenterra.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm more complementary to Axelrod than that, for his apparent help in Obama's creation of an incredibly nonthreatening bipartisan image in that helped win the primary and the presidency. But it's no fking way to govern, and more recently Axelrod showed it is, or has since become, a crippling dogma.

stauffenbergnaybor.bsky.social•2 days ago

History won't be kind to Obama not using his majority when he had the chance.

Maybe that's a bit of hindsight but Dems don't know how to use the power they are given.

brad58.bsky.social•2 days ago

He had the majority, but there were genuine Blue Dogs at that point which made his life extremely difficult.

heronspirit.bsky.social•2 days ago

Just remember many of these guys r republicans lite they hid behind pretending they care just pull a oh well we need a filibuster oh my - no it’s a game they are not really democrats

elliotghoul.bsky.social•2 days ago

He owes his entire career to Ross Perot

tiredofempires.bsky.social•1 day ago

Rule of law. Nation of laws. Having any rights. Has any one these people actually researched any history of how America was built on epic proto fascist genocidal war crimes. Which never stopped. 600 years if you count columbus. Millions of people are dead, making America what we are today globally.

tiredofempires.bsky.social•1 day ago

Neo liberal garbage

luful.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly they are stuck in their ways not seeing what has changed!

henleyparker.bsky.social•2 days ago

luful.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank you

thickfreakness.bsky.social•2 days ago

“Resume working with us”?! That would require them to have worked with us in the first place.

henleyparker.bsky.social•2 days ago

h1buck.bsky.social•2 days ago

You are right ! I can't believe they can't see it ! Or are they in disbelief!!!

vickiecarey.bsky.social•2 days ago

Completely agree.

snogg3.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's not the same as it was 6 years ago.

maggietulliver.bsky.social•2 days ago

Mostly they refuse to accept their own irrelevance today and make way for a younger generation.

tvsadam.bsky.social•2 days ago

I wonder how many republicans over the years have taken advantage of the apparent fact that Chuck Schumer will believe whatever you tell him as long as you’re both on exercise bikes

serioustruth.bsky.social•2 days ago

You are now the war mongers, weird. Right?

be-zen.bsky.social•1 day ago

Pretty sure their politics of weakness is why the system doesn't exist anymore in the first place.

c2art.bsky.social•2 days ago

Def not like it was 20 years ago. More like what it was 90 years ago in Germany.

kevinwhitejr.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s difficult because they’re too old to reinvent themselves again for a new system, their place in the old system was one of prestige, and the complete destruction of the old system means that every decision they made professionally has been mistaken in that they ultimately didn’t preserve it.

sah1109.bsky.social•2 days ago

Precisely!

thewotch.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is exactly it. They are stuck in the mid 00's. At best. (Really they are stuck in the mid 80's)

stactv.bsky.social•2 days ago

Carville and Schumer are like payphones in todays digital age. Not useful.

captgh.bsky.social•2 days ago

You can’t treat traitors with soft gloves, they only understand the noose.

watxhdog.bsky.social•2 days ago

These guys are has beens. Time to move on. Else keep accepting defeat.

samm1955.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah Carville needs to go away also!

marti418.bsky.social•2 days ago

To the GOP it’s all a game that you win by any means. The Democrats keep trying to play by rules that the other side no longer follows.

hisdarkmajesty.bsky.social•2 days ago

The upside-down of Malcolm and Martin.

But that's the irony. Isn't it? Martin's way has lost. The People don't have faith that dreams and hope will deliver on those promises.

Playing the game with equal amounts of cynicism and fatalism is what People have responded to.

santiagomayer.com•2 days ago

To be fair, Martin’s whole thing is bring a cynical operator who is in it to win. I think him + the new batch of DNC leaders are what the moment needs.

Unfortunately it doesn’t seem like that memo reached the Senate.

hisdarkmajesty.bsky.social•2 days ago

I meant MLK, but Ken Martin does have his work cut out for him. Great to see him have young faces on board, but he needs to push the party platform in a different direction. If he can't overcome the establishment and push the platform in a new direction, he's just the next Harrison.

sergionunzio.bsky.social•2 days ago

Dear Penthouse forum “When you're on that bike in your shorts, panting away next to a Republican, a lot of the inhibitions come off”

knewsy.bsky.social•2 days ago

As a young boomer, I can say that many of my peers (and older) can’t handle change very well. They don’t understand all the technology and don’t realize how younger people don’t have the same advantages we had. Schumer and Carville need to step aside

mjtvgirl.bsky.social•2 days ago

Agreed. As much as I hate the generational warfare I’ve seen here, there are plenty of seniors super angry at Chuck’s betrayal - maybe MORE.

shana-nola.bsky.social•2 days ago

So Schumer is saying republicans don’t have a spine so let’s be spineless with them?

studuncan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Refusing would be a acknowledgment that it is different, and denying it.

I don’t think they can even see that it’s different in order to refuse it.

seekingtheroot.bsky.social•2 days ago

They're bringing 20th century balls to a 21st century fight. And even worse, they're not listening to the masses of people telling them they're getting it wrong.

@schumer.senate.gov MUST step aside or be removed.

edwoodk.bsky.social•2 days ago

They both look like they were exhumed from an Egyptian sarcophagus.

elizabethpearce.bsky.social•2 days ago

Congress, Democrats and Republicans alike, think they can just wait out Trump while holding onto their power. Meanwhile, innocent people suffer and die, and the democracy is destroyed. There may be nothing left for them to oversee by the time Trump is actually gone.

buckscounty.bsky.social•2 days ago

I don’t out Carville in the same boat as Schumer . Carville ain’t wrong about what he says .

reflexnz.bsky.social•2 days ago

They're like Neville Chamberlain still trying to do a deal with Hitler. The people they're trying to negotiate with don't respect any rules or laws, and will stop at nothing to gain and hold onto power.

collinsforny.bsky.social•2 days ago

The way information moves through our country has changed. But wages have not. The old guys need to go.

morganmghee.bsky.social•2 days ago

Our base process has worked for hundreds of years. We are the leader of the free world today because of it. The experience of age and the exuberance of youth are Both valuable.

lulubelle13.bsky.social•13 hours ago

They are antiquated relics of a long time passed. Time for new blood. Not those old dudes

truxmintinbox.bsky.social•2 days ago

Or they are just too old to change tactics now. Schumer is 74 and Carville is 80. They both became rich doing exactly what they’ve been doing. Too much work to start over for them. Honestly they should just retire and STFU.

mhackett1.bsky.social•2 days ago

Bingo

claudia-in-tucson.bsky.social•2 days ago

Please, please, please, Santiago, keep saying this & get it out there. It is past their time. We need you & our other young/younger voters to step out & make these changes happen. I think most of us oldsters will have your back. They are killing the party.

chaos-dog1.bsky.social•2 days ago

And that's the problem. The dynamics within politics have changed, and these old white dudes are stuck in a time warp.

conman63.bsky.social•2 days ago

Politics sure isn’t the same! Now we’re being taken over by Globalist communism - and you dumbfucks keep voting for it and cheering it on!

Get you frigging shit together you stupid brainwashed SHEEP!🐑

MSM is pure propaganda! It’s disgraceful what has happened since HR5736 signed by BHO in 2012.

billjank.bsky.social•2 days ago

Even 20 years ago, Schumer should have realized Mitch would sell him for milk money.

eitrivolstagg152.bsky.social•42 minutes ago

Career politicians (that is, parasites) cannot grasp that the opposition is now a crazed cult who wants us all dead.

pruitigoe.bsky.social•2 days ago

Its they refuse to die. Move off stage, it's time for a younger generation.

lioness-cal.bsky.social•2 days ago

Just say they are idiots

Too old to do anything

julieis66.bsky.social•2 days ago

We need young progressive politicians, NOT these old farts!

findyourpeace.bsky.social•2 days ago

It was Biden's downfall too. He still believed in a system that does not exist.

bluespec75.bsky.social•2 days ago

I still can't believe he said "Welcome back" to Trump.

grannyny.bsky.social•2 days ago

I call BS! If they can’t open their mouths and stop this crap, then it was a wasted vote. Wake up! Easy talk on a stationary bike in private. Stand up, do what you know is right!

katphxaz.bsky.social•2 days ago

Applies to many.

oldgamernerd.bsky.social•2 days ago

20? They’re acting like it’s the 80’s.

nese805.bsky.social•2 days ago

Couldn’t agree more! These guys are are still members of the good Oldboy’s club. The Democratic Party needs a good clean up and get rid of these old men. There should be an age limit cause they almost NEVER retire thinking they are immortal. It’s time for a change!!

persistentobserver.bsky.social•2 days ago

And Chuck wanted to start his fking BOOK TOUR

elizabethswihart.bsky.social•2 days ago

Chuck’s biggest donor is Blackrock, who has been trying to get the Panama Canal and it’s 1.7 billion profit/year. (Newsweek).

possible.bsky.social•2 days ago

22 years ago the Democrats were all in on invading Iraq under blatantly false pretexts in the face of massive domestic and international protests and the will of their base

point is, they’ve been feckless collaborators for at least 35 years now, same politics and a lot of the same politicians

possible.bsky.social•2 days ago

in fact Carville’s main claim to fame was running Clinton’s “third way” campaign, where the third way turned out to be the first way (tack right)

gm0rk.bsky.social•2 days ago

Schumer's only political skill is cutting deals with reasonable republicans; without them, he's out to pasture.

Because no reasonable Republucans means no Schumer, he'll always believe there are reasonable Republicans.

gm0rk.bsky.social•2 days ago

Carville at least has the excuse that he's shouting advice from the sidelines.

Schumer sees every day how his old methods go nowhere but refuses to accept it.

americantype.bsky.social•2 days ago

Carville is a misogynistic dickweed

gallo678.bsky.social•2 days ago

I like that description 💙

sisblue3.bsky.social•1 day ago

It way past time for the old guard to step aside and for the young guard to take their rightful seats!!!

mortaio.bsky.social•2 days ago

And those inhibitions go right back on when their leave the gym. Where does voting take place again, in the gym or on the floor of the Senate?

pfiore8.bsky.social•2 days ago

20 years ago? no. these guys are still using 20th century thinking to solve this 21 century shit show.

they aren't capable of grasping the epic scale of this.

If you were Schumer in the middle of this mess, would you actually leave to go on a book tour or stay & keep working the problem?

kemccarthy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Mansplaining at its worst.

barryd.bsky.social•2 days ago

And this is assuming that people like Carville were responsible for success, rather than hangers-on.

akuryo.bsky.social•2 days ago

Even when it existed it didn’t work well

ahmadchildress.bsky.social•2 days ago

They showed up to an MMA match expecting Queensberry rules.

kissoff888.bsky.social•2 days ago

That is the thing isn't it? These people who think the rules still apply

sakaribaby.bsky.social•2 days ago

Something about “panting” rubs me the wrong way…..

re2do.bsky.social•2 days ago

Amén! Eso es lo que vengo diciendo desde hace semanas. Esto no es política tradicional y ellos tienen que adaptarse a los tiempos. Estamos tratando con gente irracionales que no respetan ni les importan las leyes ni las tradiciones politicas. Esos hijoeputas se limpian el culo con la constitución

cobe1020.bsky.social•2 days ago

It all changed in 2016! It sucked before that, but trump unleashed the ugly!

lilmermaid.bsky.social•2 days ago

And they aren’t the only ones…

msljy.bsky.social•2 days ago

💯

As an elder, I totally agree with you. They are not suited for the moment.

toooomanytweets.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1901355069125108026.html

elusiveapricity.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/januarya.bsky.social/post/3lkcb2s4lek24

elusiveapricity.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-tech/2022/02/22/lawmakers-family-connections-to-tech-spur-scrutiny-00010468

lawyered-up.bsky.social•2 days ago

Daddy definitely got them those jobs.

Schumer is bought and paid for.

elusiveapricity.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/pattymacavity.bsky.social/post/3lkf76zss3s2y

hey-nunya-business.bsky.social•2 days ago

There it is. There's the answer I was looking for.

You have one party with two names, i am very sorry.

reallydebl.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s also that Schumer just isn’t made for a fight. He’s nice, a nerd, and timid. Even Nancy disagreed with him and he didn’t listen to her because of fear of an extreme action

He’s not leader material

jduras.bsky.social•2 days ago

These old fools have got to go and that is on both sides of the government.

joekalicki.bsky.social•2 days ago

A system that never worked, because it led to this

auld-boy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Carville was fantastic on hannity he destroyed him. It was a lesson every dem should be made to watch.

antzdy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Naivety

tfergsc.bsky.social•2 days ago

McConnell held up Obama’s SCOTUS nomination before the whole party had been maga-fied.

kingteenmusic.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oh to have a 3-card monte table and Chuck Schumer walking by.

mrseahorsephd.bsky.social•2 days ago

A 3 card Monte table AND an exercise bike

toroidal.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s the political equivalent of a toupee. It’s cringe, it’s an obvious attempt to relive your golden era, and it’s bringing about fascist authoritarian rule in America. Okay it’s worse than a toupee.

r5-to-philly.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/r5-to-philly.bsky.social/post/3lkiy2dimm22v

leohorishny.bsky.social•2 days ago

You are too, too right. Sadly, we have so few now who know how to attack these goons, also.
Institutionalists are useless against people tearing institutions down to the ground.🫤

basebsll7.bsky.social•2 days ago

Go look up what the president can do during a shut down

jomommafromtwitter.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly 🎯 they are Russian terrorists their dealing with. Until they acknowledge that, nothing will change.

Fight fire with fire.

gaseff54.bsky.social•2 days ago

At this point Carville is just a grifter

jakemadtown.bsky.social•2 days ago

When wasn't he a grifter?

thehaight.bsky.social•2 days ago

As opposed to people like you who promote Democrats fighting among themselves. Trump is using tactics from 100 years ago. Listen to your elders.

scoundrel2.bsky.social•2 days ago

exactly. this interview just proves it, even more. as did his reasons to vote yes. when he gives his explanations, they all seem to continue to equal a no vote. he is so out of touch. he should be removed immediately so we can unite as a party & move on to the bigger issues at hand.

pcrritesgood.bsky.social•2 days ago

Also these are not the same "Republican colleagues" of 5 or 15 or 25 years ago. Those older GOPers were primaried by crazy extremists 20-25 years ago and then those GOPers were replaced by even crazier more extreme psychos since then.

gorillagladiator.bsky.social•2 days ago

100%

kathleenhammett.bsky.social•2 days ago

Like expecting the Marquees of Queensbury rules in a UFC fight ..

dawnyriver.bsky.social•2 days ago

Agreed

e-intouch.bsky.social•2 days ago

James Carville strategy of rolling over and playing dead is the dumbest thing I’ve heard in such a critical time. It may work in another era but not when you’re fighting vultures like the Trump administration. They’re preying on the helpless and vulnerable

mreeliz.bsky.social•2 days ago

Really we have no choice. When you’re trying to shout over a three ring circus, you will never be heard. You have to watch the tent fall on all of them out of pure incompetence. It’s not going to take long.

chrislucid.bsky.social•2 days ago

i see your point. may I add though. I just went to a Bernie Sanders event a few weeks ago and it was great! i like that there are some who are doing events like that and protests. let them know how you feel about it. why it's wrong.

artlatl1.bsky.social•2 days ago

The “tent falling” was the govt shutdown.

toddglover37.bsky.social•2 days ago

Republicans long ago renounced any semblance of fair play. They'll never do the right thing.

bearealally.bsky.social•2 days ago

that's not really what Carville was saying. for example, in this instance, about the best senate option for "fighting back" literally was to do NOTHING. don't vote for cloture and let the reps own a shutdown because they wouldn't put guardrails on trump/doge. instead dems "saved the day"..again.

oeqqabo.bsky.social•2 days ago

Chuck's on that bike in his shorts, panting away next to a Republican. They're aroused. He's never seen them so aroused. The inhibitions come off...

sarajanemaki.bsky.social•2 days ago

That was creepy

czhorat.bsky.social•2 days ago

Save the rest for AO3, please

marprinang.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump is is representing a government that doesn’t exist anymore called Nazism. Just saying.

can59.bsky.social•2 days ago

They are living in Trumps imaginary reality. They need a wake-up call. This is too serious to have faith in the fascists on the other side of the isle.

kwilson002.bsky.social•1 day ago

Exactly!

candacekb.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Trumplicans are never going to work with you. Get that through your heads!

mmparsons.bsky.social•2 days ago

The politics they think still exist started to die in the 80's, was dealt a mortal blow by Gingrich, et al., and had its death throes when Saxby Chambliss won a senate seat by accusing Max "triple-amputee Vietnam hero" Cleland of being a Al Qaeda.

If Schumer can't see this, he's useless.

vanderfluit.bsky.social•2 days ago

They're working hard to make us forget about Neville Chamberlain and take his place in history.

queenthiab.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Im a boomer and imo the single issue for young people is to fight Citizens United. There needs to an even playing field. Start there

wyles.bsky.social•2 days ago

Liberal politicians have the mindset of children. They're lazy, narrow minded idealists. Instead of aiming for an equitable society, they lie to themselves that they're just a few West Wing conversations away from the End Of History. They're stuck in the moment the Cold War ended.

kimandmickysmith.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes. Thank you.

the1andonlyd-r-e.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah, I'm sick of people trying to normalize working with criminals.

yourpalterence.bsky.social•2 days ago

Schumer and Carville are friends with these guys, and it's very hard to accept that you're going to have to fight your friends.

dbossaller.bsky.social•2 days ago

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

jerseyhair.bsky.social•2 days ago

frankdrebinsmentor.bsky.social•2 days ago

"Steigbügelhalter"

lancetungsten.bsky.social•2 days ago

Republicans have been playing Senate Dems this way forever…

jahluv4life.bsky.social•2 days ago

“Old and in the way” that’s what they are…

observerbs.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah. They are living in 1995 (and yes, I know that is 30 years not 20 haha)

paulcrossley5560.bsky.social•2 days ago

They don't understand that even if Trump voters lose their faith in him, those votes DO NOT transfer by some method to the Dems. They get lost in apathyland UNLESS the Dems do something to earn them.

indiastkali.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly! Political patronage instead of working exclusively for the people!

therealdaredevil.bsky.social•2 days ago

People like Schumer are like conservative Germans in the 1930s who thought they could control Hitler.

leftylyndy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yep

marylouiseplease.bsky.social•2 days ago

Glad to hear!

abrxs.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hell - politics is not the same as it was just last year.

alchealthplans.bsky.social•2 days ago

The other team doesn’t play nice.

sinbadlee.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wrestlers got fired for being caught in the same car with other wrestlers.

kiwiauggie.bsky.social•2 days ago

Just keep telling yourself that, fool.

yorgus.bsky.social•2 days ago

The problem with Carville is that he has a tendency to piss off virtually everyone with his strident, demand that you feel guilty if you don't agree with him.

livecut.bsky.social•2 days ago

So how would you depart from this take?

stillhopin.bsky.social•2 days ago

I am a vibrant, working 66:) but even I think we need age.limits on all politicians

plantz3610.bsky.social•2 days ago

Agreed. I'm 65. There's no gentlemen's agreements. There's no truthfulness in political public relations and media coverage. Last decent Republican I can recall is John McCain.

carocogitatus.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm glad we have up-and-comers like you who "get it". Please continue your work. It is appreciated.

tomscud.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Republican Party sucked 20 years ago! You could arguably say the pre Gingrich party was a bit more interested in give-and-take but that pushes things back 30 years!

tammori.bsky.social•2 days ago

It sucked, but it wasn't beholden to a fascist billionaire that wants to be "king".
At least many of those Republicans actually believed that they were doing the right thing. Now they vote for things they KNOW are wrong, because they're afraid of the MAGA cult.

bluespec75.bsky.social•2 days ago

It started with the Tea Party.

jonesro.bsky.social•2 days ago

My thinking exactly. They are the wrong generation to lead today's country. I say that as a Boomer. Time for new leadership across the board.

madness45and47.bsky.social•2 days ago

NBC News poll: Just 7 percent of Americans have a very favorable opinion of the Democratic Party... the lowest number ever recorded

meechiko13.bsky.social•2 days ago

Obsolescence is frightening for anyone. But is not valid justification Schumer’s actions.

sidewaysview.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Dems are going to civility politics most of us into gas chambers at this rate.

2ndprogressiveera.bsky.social•2 days ago

Time for a NEW Democratic leader in the United States Senate!

Share & add your name below to one-click email EVERY @democrats.senate.gov U.S. Senator to tell them we demand CHANGE!

#Resist #Democrats #TrueBlue #BlueCrew #Indivisible #UnitedBlueStormArmy #ProudBlue

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swamboli.bsky.social•2 days ago

A normal person that just got shived wouldn't have a polite conversation in the gym. Most people would remind them - what goes around, comes around.

cmichelw.bsky.social•2 days ago

They are stacked in a world that doesn't exist anymore. SAD

tulip61.bsky.social•2 days ago

Why do democrats continue to give republicans cover - “ they can’t until democrats bring down Trumps #’s” - good god. Why doesn’t he start by bringing down Collin’s #s, she’s up in 2026.

killbillvol1.bsky.social•2 days ago

Precisely

myview66.bsky.social•2 days ago

Schumer et al dinosaurs on the verge of extinction!

texaskrusty.bsky.social•2 days ago

My counterpoint is, yes, it is exactly as it was in 2005 and Carville and Schumer were just as wrong then.

Politics has been sprinting to this outcome since the Gingrich Revolution in 94’ and the creation of Fox News.

I mean, they impeached a popular president for no real reason.

brainmist.bsky.social•2 days ago

"I'd like to care about the destruction of our democracy but wouldn't that make things awkward in the gym?"

wanderingstill.bsky.social•2 days ago

Carville and Schumer are such different cases that they shouldn't be put together. Truly apples and oranges here.

lawyered-up.bsky.social•2 days ago

Agree.

Schumer is a bought politician.

headdoc35.bsky.social•2 days ago

Both are dinosaurs.

lisadiana.bsky.social•1 day ago

Exactly.
In Mexico 🇲🇽 we call these people dinosaurs.🦕

It’s great to have a mixture of generations, but it’s only meaningful if the elders are willing to be progressive and wise enough to hit the streets pass the baton.

Wisdom
Integrity
Values
Standards

YES.

Clinging to the past. NO.

lisadiana.bsky.social•1 day ago

Schumer and his lackeys showed a complete lack of courage, integrity, values, oath to the constitution‼️

Refused to protect the people‼️

At a moment when the people cried for help, he put his book tour and portfolio first.

ALL OF THESE DINOSAURS MUST BE THROWN OUT! 🦕

Throw the bums out‼️

ladytora.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly, this isn't W. Bush who was just an idiot and super bad at governing. This is about someone who is normalizing NAZIS in our government. Both of them need to retire or step down from leadership.

anbrittstengele.bsky.social•2 days ago

What you are describing is what many people go through as they age as they spend their time bemoaning the good ole days. One of the hardest lessons to accept is the future isn’t ever going to be just like the past. Schumer can’t accept it so it’s time for him to retire so we all can move forward.

drsoup34.bsky.social•2 days ago

Or, alternatively, he knows he gets elected by lying to voters, and assumes his GOP senator friends were equally duplicitous when in reality they are all in with the WH

melissatuckey.bsky.social•2 days ago

They were part of the problem 20 years ago too.

lon08.bsky.social•2 days ago

With all due respect, the emphasis again is a variant of blame the victim. The typical Dem circular firing squad. The focus should be on the devolving GQP which worships a genocidal madman who is adept at the blame game. The GQP budget bill was forged out of bad faith.

tripoley1966.bsky.social•2 days ago

“When you’re on that bike in your shorts, panting away next to a Republican, a lot of inhibitions come off.”

This sounds like the start of a gay porn video.

raventerp1.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes. We weren't expecting Berniebros to help elect Trump. https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-trump-2016-election-654320

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