Retiring Guy illustrates why has-beens Karl Rove and James Carville need to take their own advice

 

Headline:  AlterNet, 3/10/2025

This portion of Alex Henderson's reporting shows how little Rove and Carville are actually paying attention.  

....urging Democrats to be selective in their criticism of Trump and not respond to every outrageous thing he posts on social media.

And then there's this.

Moira Donegan at The Guardian, 3/5/2025

Based on this headline, it sounds as though the Dems are already sitting down and shutting up.

Substitute a donkey for the elephant and you have a picture of the current state of political reporting on the Democratic party.

According to Merriam-Webster, the first-known use of 'has-been' as in one that has passed the peak of effectiveness or popularity, occurred in 1606.

Other coinages from the same year include:

1. ailment
2. baffled
3. becloud
4. next to nothing
5. political science