Slate's take "Chuck Schumers Statement on the Meltdown of the Executive Branch Is So Feeble Its ..

[NRaleighLiberal]

Almost Impressive"

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/chuck-schumer-top-dems-issue-tepid-statements-on-white-house-state-chaos.html

The White House and its own State Department are currently involved in a public war about how the secretary of state got fired. The president’s personal assistant has been dismissed amid reports that he is being investigated for “serious financial crimes.” The president’s nominee to lead the CIA (whose current director, Mike Pompeo, has been nominated to take over at State) turns out to have been personally involved in the torture of a mistakenly identified terror suspect and the destruction of related evidence. And that’s just the stuff that’s going on in the White House today!

Let’s see what the most powerful elected official in the nation’s opposition party has to say about all of it:

The instability of this administration in just about every area weakens America.

If he’s confirmed, we hope that Mr. Pompeo will turn over a new leaf and will start toughening up our policies towards Russia and Putin.

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) March 13, 2018

“We hope that they will turn over a new leaf.” Someone hose down Comandante Schumer before he accidentally starts the revolution!

Nancy Pelosi came out firing too:

Whenever Secretary Tillerson’s successor goes into meetings with foreign leaders, his credibility will be diminished as someone who could be here today and gone tomorrow. https://t.co/DdyLCbpUiG

— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) March 13, 2018

A diminishment of credibility? [Crowd gasps, several people faint. A child asks his mother, “Can she say that???”] Nancy, don’t hurt ’em!

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(snip more to read at the link.... - don't shoot the messenger (me posting it here), but I can't disagree with the snark, to tell the truth. We must do better than this!)

[Me.]

1. So What Would Slate Have Them Say

or perhaps talk like the Comrade in the WH?

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. my view - (my own only) - from Reid's keeping power dry to Pelosi's keeping impeachment

off the table to rather tepid slogans, I don't think that we've had very many good responses to what's been going on for a long time now.

But....I don't have an answer. I do know there are better ideas getting slung around DU than I see being stated by many of "our" politicians. But it is tough, I agree - we don't want to sink to their level - but also should stop carrying butter knives to nuke fights.

[NCTraveler]

3. Stay out of the news, Schumer. +1

Trump can own the day. No one sees this as anything but continued chaos.

[mcar]

4. Oh yes, the Rs are unraveling

So, sure, let's write an article criticizing Dems because they didn't say....what, exactly?

I fear the media will never learn from their multiple mistakes of 2016.

[Me.]

7. Quite

What's the saying, if someone is digging themselves a hole get out of their way?

[mcar]

14. Exactly!

[radius777]

17. James Carville: "When your opponent is drowning

throw that son-of-a bitch an anvil."

IOW, don't just step back, but actively work to make sure the opponent sinks deeper into the hole.

That's what overly nice Dems like Schumer and Pelosi fail to do - they waste such moments with overly tepid responses, which lets Trump recover every time.

Carville was/is a fighter who would've carved Trump up like a turkey.

[Me.]

18. While Your Quote Made Me Laugh

I agree with those who say don't take focus right now...and Carville wasn't always right, look who he married

[Maven]

11. They never will

Just look at the uninterrupted coverage of Dump's rally in PA for evidence

[BannonsLiver]

5. CHUCk seemed a lot more animated when Franken was being railroaded.

[msongs]

6. weak as water and I am unanimous in that. nt

[mythology]

8. As Napolean is reputed to have said:

"when your enemy is executing a false movement, never interrupt him."

Republicans are imploding, we are winning lots of seats, Republicans are even giving up on claiming that their big tax cut in the Pennsylvania race. No sense giving Republicans a cause to rally around.

If you doubt Pelosi's efficacy at her job, let's compare the last three House Speakers. Paul Ryan spent 8 years screaming about the ACA and somehow couldn't actually manage to get a repeal passed on the first go-round. John Boehner quit because he couldn't corral his caucus. Pelosi never suffered the embarrassment of not being able to count her votes before bringing a bill to the floor.

[Me.]

9. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[Wwcd]

10. + a million. Thank You

Remember "baited with a tweet"?
Stay out of Trump's invite to chaos. He's picking fights with anyone opposing him. Let him dig that hole deeper...bet Mueller's watching.

Smart move Shumer.

[Hekate]

15. Plus a bajillion, mythology

Jeez, Pelosi will nver be forgiven by some Dems for having been right.

[trof]

12. Oooo...clutch mah pearls...

jeez

[Hekate]

13. When your enemies are beating themselves to a pulp, leave them to it

What else should Schumer be saying today? Wait 12 to 24 hours and it will change again.

[mcar]

16. This!

Can we please stop the knee- jerk Dem criticism and think strategically?