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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All one has to do to know who Goldberg is, is to look at who he pals around with:
Kristol, Erickson, Lowry, Benson, Shapiro, National Review, most of Townhall, Duncan, Bush’s, etc etc etc.
“……According to the execrable Sam Harris, “not even a basement full of children’s skeletons in Biden’s house would have convinced him to vote for Trump.”
Bookmark. It’s hard to fight such rabid hatred.
For Jonah, I’d say sadness is having your mom stipulate in her will that you can’t touch her business because she thinks you are a moron.——————————————
This is a riot and so like Lucianne.
You, Lucianne, are not responsible for your son being a moron. He just is.
who is Sam Harris?
This guy has gone from decent to brainless to pathetic.
Trump has more political clout than anyone in politics right now.
The people thinking MAGA has passed, are in for a surprise.
The left needs a boogie man because they are dispicable
The never Trumper never quits.
Jonah Goldberg is a never trumper who hates Trump and all the people who voted for him. That’s what’s sad - Jonah was once a valued member of the Republican party. Now he’s a fringe - who can’t get past his hatred of Trump.
I always thought Democrats were the sad ones.
He reminds me of Dan Rather...
We remember when Jonah and his late mother tried to sow dissension on this forum. Sad.
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