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Jonah Goldberg: Trump has supplanted Nixon as the saddest figure in post-presidential politics
starherald ^ | 12/29/2022 | Jonah Goldberg

Posted on 12/29/2022 1:59:02 PM PST by 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.

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KEYWORDS: conservativeinc; donaldtrump; figure; goldberg; jarjarfatberg; jonahgoldberg; neocons4biden; nixon; saddest; trump
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Who signs paychecks for these failures?


41 posted on 12/29/2022 2:59:05 PM PST by G Larry ( "woke" means 'stupid enough to fall for the promotion of every human weakness into a virtue')
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Fake news gonna fake.


42 posted on 12/29/2022 3:02:04 PM PST by eclectic (Liberalism is a mental disorder)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Jonah Goldberg……is he Whoopi’s brother? Heh.
43 posted on 12/29/2022 3:02:04 PM PST by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
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!
44 posted on 12/29/2022 3:03:46 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: liberalh8ter
Jonah Goldberg……is he Whoopi’s brother?

They are certainly ideological siblings.

45 posted on 12/29/2022 3:07:01 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: ChicagoConservative27

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


46 posted on 12/29/2022 3:08:16 PM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: ChicagoConservative27

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


47 posted on 12/29/2022 3:11:01 PM PST by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: Osage Orange

But he has written for the National Review - ta dum


48 posted on 12/29/2022 3:14:05 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: ChicagoConservative27
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.

49 posted on 12/29/2022 3:35:25 PM PST by Col Freeper (Praise and Trust in the LORD in All Things at All Times.)
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To: Col Freeper

Perfectly stated.


50 posted on 12/29/2022 3:39:25 PM PST by Gulf War One
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To: ChicagoConservative27

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.


51 posted on 12/29/2022 3:47:00 PM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
I used to admire Jonah so very much.

What happened?

I admired his mother.

52 posted on 12/29/2022 3:47:03 PM PST by Savage Beast (Americans DESPISE the corrupt elites, their media toadies and their corruption of the US government!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

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


53 posted on 12/29/2022 3:50:10 PM PST by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Strange that a man with his wealth would have to resort to prostitution.)
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To: JayGalt

>> 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.


54 posted on 12/29/2022 3:54:04 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Truth is not hate speech.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

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

Such drivel.


55 posted on 12/29/2022 3:54:27 PM PST by Quentin Quarantino
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To: Fiji Hill

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


56 posted on 12/29/2022 4:01:51 PM PST by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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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.

57 posted on 12/29/2022 4:06:51 PM PST by lewislynn (Trump accomplished more in one term than any other President in your lifetime.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

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.


58 posted on 12/29/2022 4:15:37 PM PST by Edison (I don't know what irks me more, the lying or the incompetence.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Go entertain yourself Jonah.


59 posted on 12/29/2022 4:16:02 PM PST by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: Edison

Jonah Goldberg is a rube.

Saw that!


60 posted on 12/29/2022 4:18:55 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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