About this episode

The episode critiques James Carville's contradictory statements and actions regarding progressives and the Democratic Party.

Episode 1015 takes apart James Carville, the "rusted-out antique device" who trashes progressives on Fox News over a single deleted Thanksgiving tweet and then pivots to backing the very candidate he just attacked, all while forgetting his own most famous line ("It's the economy, stupid"). Driftglass and Blue Gal do the math on his supposed DSA takeover panic — two national officeholders versus 257 mainline Democrats — and coin a new verb, "Carvilling," for pundits who tantrum toward MAGA cam...

People in this episode

Hosts: Driftglass, Blue Gal

Topics covered

• politics
• media criticism
• progressivism
• punditry
• elections

Keywords

• James Carville
• Fox News
• progressives
• DSA
• punditry
• elections
• Carvilling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fox News, DSA

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