Jonah Goldberg: Trump has supplanted Nixon as the saddest figure in post-presidential politics

starherald ^ | 12/29/2022 | Jonah Goldberg

[ChicagoConservative27]

“The tapes are the real man — mean, vindictive, panicky, striking first in anticipation of being struck, trying to lift his own friable self-esteem by shoving others down,” Gary Wills wrote of Richard Nixon in the 2017 preface to his book, “Nixon Agonistes.” Wills added, perhaps unfairly, that “Nixon’s real tragedy is that he never had the stature to be a tragic hero. He is the stuff of sad (almost heartbreaking) comedy.”

The passage comes to mind as we close out Donald Trump’s annus horribilis, during which he supplanted Nixon as the saddest figure in post-presidential politics. The Jan. 6 committee, despite its flaws, succeeded in establishing a damning official record (largely told by his own aides) of his attempt to steal the presidency. A special prosecutor is on his case(s). His tax returns are out for all to see.

A week after a disastrous midterm election for his party and his power, he announced he’s running for president again. The party and public shrugged.

[G Larry]

Who signs paychecks for these failures?

[eclectic]

Fake news gonna fake.

[liberalh8ter]

Jonah Goldberg……is he Whoopi’s brother? Heh.

[Fiji Hill]

Why the hell do leftists like Jonah Goldberg keep bashing Nixon? It was Nixon who started affirmative action, created the EPA, OSHA and Title IX, appointed the author of Roe vs. Wade to the Supreme Court, embraced the Great Society, killed our missile defense system, put Red China on the road to being a superpower, and lost the Vietnam War. The Left should hail him as a great hero!

[Fiji Hill]

Jonah Goldberg……is he Whoopi’s brother?

They are certainly ideological siblings.

[DeplorablePaul]

If anyone is a pathetic figure, it is Goldberg. He was a wannabe who became a nobody.

[Flavious_Maximus]

Now that his mother is dead, he feels embolden to come out of the closet as a leftwing degenerate homosexual. /spit

[AndyJackson]

But he has written for the National Review - ta dum

[Col Freeper]

Jonah Goldberg: One of the saddest figures in the Fake Media.

It's always amusing to watch a "little barking dog" media figure jealously spewing their venomous bile, as they growl and tussle with the pants-leg of someone with a stature that they know they will never rise to.

Jonah, Trump will retain his historical position, while You will continue to age-out further and further into obscurity.

You're just a sad example of the Fake Media, soon to be tossed into the Dust Bin of History.

[Gulf War One]

Perfectly stated.

[hinckley buzzard]

Goldberg is a career political bleacher bum who like all National Review pundits (including his hero Garry Wills) has never himself stepped on a playing field. Evaluate his opinions accordingly.

[Savage Beast]

I used to admire Jonah so very much.

What happened?

I admired his mother.

[freedomjusticeruleoflaw]

Goldberg should tell Trump. I don’t think he got the memo.

[Nervous Tick]

>> Jonah needs a close encounter of the whale kind.

Oh, a date with Liz Cheney? GREAT IDEA! They’re perfect for each other. Just fix one or both of ‘em so they can’t possibly spawn.

[Quentin Quarantino]

Jonah jumped the traces to the Dark Side a long time ago.

Such drivel.

[Leep]

I’ve thought similar about Nixon.
Also,the line..are you really paranoid if they are actually out to get you?

[lewislynn]

IF it was done, he didn't do it, dimwit.

It was done to him thanks to brain dead Neanderthals like someone named Jonah and dare I say Murdoch to name a few.

[Edison]

Jonah Goldberg is a rube. He seemed decent enough when his mother was involved in the Clinton Lewinsky scandal but has been on a downward spiral since. FU Goldberg.

[sauropod]

Go entertain yourself Jonah.

[dfwgator]

Jonah Goldberg is a rube.

Saw that!