James Carville is the Democrat political strategist who coined the phrase “It’s the economy, stupid.”
When he gets that Cajun accent going we only understand about half of what he says. But we understood every word when he told Don Imus that he’s worried that extended unemployment may cause civil unrest, which is merely a euphemism for riots in the streets. And that, he says, may have a destabilizing effect on American politics.
Of course, it might be wise to keep in mind that when Carville speaks of destabilization of American politics, he means Democrats may get voted out of office.
“It is going to be very difficult,” Carville said. “But the country, if that is what we are doing, this is gruesome on people. This unemployment rate for this long is humanitarian crisis of the first magnitude. This financial crisis, people have studied this by the way, they know that the things take this long to work their way through. The aftermath of these things — kind of an academic book that is dry entitled ‘This Time is Different.’ What it concluded it is not different this time. They studied it, the aftermath of the financial crisis. What we are going through is imminently predictable. But this is a terrible thing that has happened to people’s lives. I think the president at one level understands that, you know. But he is limited in what he can do. So we’ll just have to see. But it’s going to be hard. If 54,000 jobs is the new norm – this is going to be very, very tough. Some people say it just might be one more thing. We don’t know.”
But Carville said the consequences aren’t limited to politics alone. He warned of heighten risk of civil unrest with the bleak economic picture.
“You know, look – this is a humanitarian — you know, you’re smart enough to see this,” Carville said. “People, you know, if it continues, we’re going to start to see civil unrest in this country. I hate to that, but I think it’s [eminently] possible.”
Translation: Riot all you want when Republicans are in office. But hell’s bells, people, don’t do it when a Democrat is sitting in the Oval Office.
H/T: Daily Caller
