I had a possum in my garage. I tried to push him out with a broom and he hissed and threatened me. I hit him and he played possum. So, I got my 22 and put the muzzle on his head and blew his brains out.
Playing possum works against animal intelligence. Against humans, it just makes you an easy target.
“I had a possum in my garage. I tried to push him out with a broom and he hissed and threatened me. I hit him and he played possum. So, I got my 22 and put the muzzle on his head and blew his brains out.”
How brave of you.
“Playing possum works against animal intelligence. Against humans, it just makes you an easy target.”
‘Playing possum’ was a poorly chosen metaphor, as you have demonstrated, but the article still makes a sound argument.
I see a lot of FReepers polarizing on this question of whether or not Sessions is a do-nothing AG and Trump is a failure by extension for having appointed him. Some of us believe that if Sessions (and Trump) were to fight the deep state openly and aggressively, as so many FReepers have urged him to do, Trump would have been walking right into an ambush. - and that by not doing do, Trump is laying a trap of his own. We get laughed at now, but that’s OK.
Only time will tell who was right, but the way people are doubling down, it will be quite a comeuppance for one side or the other.
I’m betting Trump is a better poker player than his political foes, and has a stronger hand than he lets on. Playing possum may be the wrong metaphor, but the article is largely correct.