They say an empty vessel makes the most noise. If we can assume that is so, then Democratic strategist James Carville sounds like 10,000 screaming lunatics beating on the side of an empty oil tanker with wooden clubs. In the latest such percussionist outpouring, Carville appears to be threatening — yes, threatening — a fellow Democrat, that being Senator John Fetterman (D-PA).

Democratic strategist James Carville on Thursday warned Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman he will take action against him for allegedly undermining his state’s governor, Josh Shapiro, by lobbying against him to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate.

Fetterman’s advisers discreetly conveyed concerns about Shapiro’s prioritization of his own personal goals, three individuals familiar with the discussions told Politico. Carville, on his “Politics War Room” podcast, said he will “deal with” Fetterman after the election because of how he treated Shapiro despite the governor allegedly helping the senator get elected.

This begs the question: "What, precisely, do you mean by this, Mr. Carville? Are you threatening a sitting United States Senator?" Because that's sure what it looks like to me.

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And why would James Carville issue such a threat?

“The other thing is, is one of the great backstabbers in modern Democratic politics is John Fetterman, but I’m going to wait ’til after the election to deal with him. But he’s somebody that must be dealt with, and must be dealt with in real terms,” Carville said.

Co-host Al Hunt chimed in to say Fetterman “sandbagged Shapiro,” with Carville agreeing.

“And, of course, the reason he’s in the United States Senate is because of Shapiro,” the Democratic strategist said. “If you look at the Pennsylvania election returns, 2022, and you’ll get the idea of how Josh dragged this guy across the finish line.”

Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over Shapiro, who was previously rumored to be her top choice.

In short: Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro helped Fetterman get elected, and then Fetterman was insufficiently enthusiastic about supporting Shapiro to be Kamala Harris's running mate.

Shapiro, honestly, would have been a better VP pick for Harris than the puzzling choice of Minnesota's socialist governor, Tim Walz. He may well have been able to drag Pennsylvania over the line for the Harris campaign's Electoral College tally, as well as being a slightly more moderate voice than Harris herself, whereas Walz can only slightly dilute Harris's nuttiness by being even nuttier. But Harris clearly chose not to annoy the Democrat's Dearbornistan Caucus, and would almost certainly have chosen Lockdown Tim Walz as her running mate regardless of what Fetterman said. 

This leaves us wondering what, precisely, Carville means when he says he will "deal with" Fetterman.

Granted, there's no love lost between the two. Fetterman has previously told Carville to "shut the f*** up" over Fetterman's support for befuddled old Joe Biden, who Carville was at that time warning could not win an election against Donald Trump; in this, Carville was correct, as Biden in his current state would lose a debate with a boiled potato.

But that doesn't excuse his overtly threatening a United States Senator.

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