| ‘Politics now, Carville said, is filled with hatred and doctrinaire positions.’
Carville just murdered irony. Also, Mary Matalin always reminded me of a drag queen… sporting an excess amount of makeup to cover her sins of excessive drinking and smoking.
Lordy he makes dyed in the wool Dems cringe on a good day. He tried to explain it away in his best ‘strategist’ vernacular, but my God man. Grow the fuck up. He’s a glommer, at best, nowadays.
Over the years since the orange menace came on the political stage I have found myself on many email lists seeking donations. In the past year particularly I find nearly every day a message with a subject to the effect of “James Carville says Biden is “sinking, failing or some other dire catastrophic prediction. I do not donate to these “ the sky is falling” types of messages, but now if Carville’s name is in the subject it goes straight to the trash. I still donate to Biden n other Dems, but refuse to have Carville’s idiocy in my life. We need to focus on the good we can accomplish, not on fear or threats from our own side.
I have unsubbed from lists and told them it's because of Carville being the one whose name is on their money beg. His name shows up on some I still back but ugh just ugh.
I thought, when I saw this story about him on my phone, oh has he switched parties?
I don’t think Americans have a problem with “judgy” politics at all. Just the other week, after the AZ legislature killed a bill that would guarantee access to contraceptives, told a reporter that Bayer already made birth control - aspirin, just keep it between your knees. Ha, ha. Want birth control, sluts? Just keep your legs shut. And the rest of you, pull your pants up, get a job, cut your hair. The only problem is when someone other than an old white guy presumes to judge the behavior of old white guys.
Seriously. It seems all his complaints boil down to the laughable notion that no one is paying sufficient attention to white men anymore. "Please, won't someone think of the men! when is it their turn to have a say?!"
He's unhappy that anyone dares listen to POC or to "females." Because men like Carville aren't satisfied that white men have A say, he wants white men to have THE say. Fuck that. Black women are the most consistent Dem voters. To paraphrase Carville, it's the Black women getting shit done, stupid.
This. He is mad that we are attempting to stop that persistent “white men are the norm, all others are deviant” basis for governing. As Stephen says, the 1990s were politically fun…if you were a straight white man. For the rest of us, we have finally achieved a point where people actually question that norm, and somehow that’s unfair? Not to mention, it’s easy to remember the sunny past when his “we” all got along with the opposition but I don’t think my “we” felt that way at the time.
I blocked someone this week because he had devolved from “well, I am a conservative but…” to “Really, we need to set aside all these identity issues, abortion, gay rights, guns, environment etc, because what MATTERS is the economy and foreign relations.” Well fuck him very much, I spend every day worried about the next ten years for my daughter in school, as a person who could get pregnant, and as a person with lots of LGBT friends. Those aren’t meaningless esoteric issues for me, and I can care about them all.
Agree 💯 Why is it only “identity politics” when it’s something that concerns non-white men? Because this country has been playing to that identity for EVER.
And the only reason “we” got along back then is because the straight white men, who were the ones speaking, were willing to trade on everybody else’s rights for political gain. But no real investment because their rights were secure. Which is why they were willing to bargain them away for the “important issues.”
What a dipshit. Lost his relevance a long time ago.
| ‘Politics now, Carville said, is filled with hatred and doctrinaire positions.’
Carville just murdered irony. Also, Mary Matalin always reminded me of a drag queen… sporting an excess amount of makeup to cover her sins of excessive drinking and smoking.
Lordy he makes dyed in the wool Dems cringe on a good day. He tried to explain it away in his best ‘strategist’ vernacular, but my God man. Grow the fuck up. He’s a glommer, at best, nowadays.
Ta, Stephen. Another great piece.
I took this seriously until you quoted a racist slaveholding rapist to prove your point and then realized you were kidding.
The guy made an inappropriate joke. The right thing to do was say something right then to his face. Running to the authorities was lame.
Carville seems to have some real issues with his masculinity. Definitely insecure about it.
Sounds like he’s been spending too much time around Mary Matalin.
Over the years since the orange menace came on the political stage I have found myself on many email lists seeking donations. In the past year particularly I find nearly every day a message with a subject to the effect of “James Carville says Biden is “sinking, failing or some other dire catastrophic prediction. I do not donate to these “ the sky is falling” types of messages, but now if Carville’s name is in the subject it goes straight to the trash. I still donate to Biden n other Dems, but refuse to have Carville’s idiocy in my life. We need to focus on the good we can accomplish, not on fear or threats from our own side.
Respectfully Mr. Carville- shut the hell up!! And, while you’re at it “GET OFF MY LAWN!!”
I have unsubbed from lists and told them it's because of Carville being the one whose name is on their money beg. His name shows up on some I still back but ugh just ugh.
I thought, when I saw this story about him on my phone, oh has he switched parties?
I am grateful that he was born in 1944 so that the Boomer men are spared at least this embarrassment. (We have our hands full with our own.)
I could never see his allure. I haven't heard all this til now and was wondering what happened that he has to have a yt channel. 😂😂😂
I don’t think Americans have a problem with “judgy” politics at all. Just the other week, after the AZ legislature killed a bill that would guarantee access to contraceptives, told a reporter that Bayer already made birth control - aspirin, just keep it between your knees. Ha, ha. Want birth control, sluts? Just keep your legs shut. And the rest of you, pull your pants up, get a job, cut your hair. The only problem is when someone other than an old white guy presumes to judge the behavior of old white guys.
As I always point out though, doggy style and spooning override the effects of the aspirin.
Seriously. It seems all his complaints boil down to the laughable notion that no one is paying sufficient attention to white men anymore. "Please, won't someone think of the men! when is it their turn to have a say?!"
He's unhappy that anyone dares listen to POC or to "females." Because men like Carville aren't satisfied that white men have A say, he wants white men to have THE say. Fuck that. Black women are the most consistent Dem voters. To paraphrase Carville, it's the Black women getting shit done, stupid.
This. He is mad that we are attempting to stop that persistent “white men are the norm, all others are deviant” basis for governing. As Stephen says, the 1990s were politically fun…if you were a straight white man. For the rest of us, we have finally achieved a point where people actually question that norm, and somehow that’s unfair? Not to mention, it’s easy to remember the sunny past when his “we” all got along with the opposition but I don’t think my “we” felt that way at the time.
I blocked someone this week because he had devolved from “well, I am a conservative but…” to “Really, we need to set aside all these identity issues, abortion, gay rights, guns, environment etc, because what MATTERS is the economy and foreign relations.” Well fuck him very much, I spend every day worried about the next ten years for my daughter in school, as a person who could get pregnant, and as a person with lots of LGBT friends. Those aren’t meaningless esoteric issues for me, and I can care about them all.
Agree 💯 Why is it only “identity politics” when it’s something that concerns non-white men? Because this country has been playing to that identity for EVER.
And the only reason “we” got along back then is because the straight white men, who were the ones speaking, were willing to trade on everybody else’s rights for political gain. But no real investment because their rights were secure. Which is why they were willing to bargain them away for the “important issues.”
Who the fuck calls women college students "coeds" any more?
Oh yes, entitled white 79 year old misogynist men.