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June 08, 2005
Jonah Goldberg: Multi-Takes
Jonah Goldberg had a good day at The Corner yesterday.
On the new book about Hillary:
The new Hillary book is probably a dud. ... The sad part is that books which don't advance the argument against Hillary -- either intellectually or factually -- will only serve to innoculate her.
This is absolutely on target--Hillary has the entire support of the liberal MSM, and together they will spin any mis-step by the opposition into a home run for their side. It bears repeating: the mainstream media will be relentless in its support of Hillary.
On Howard Dean's latest implosion:
He pleases only those people who represent the parties problems and he further alienates precisely those people it needs to attract. It wasn't completely obvious this was going to be the case when they picked Dean, but it is now. He's turning away donors rather than attracting them and he's accentuating stereotypes while trying to rebut them.
Howard Dean is a pathetic joke; he is a boon to the Republican party.
On Clinton's legacy:
A couple things stand out. First there's how completely meaningless popularity in the polls is when it comes to historical verdicts. Many great presidents were very popular when they left office, and many were not. [...] Often, popularity and greatness are at odds. This was always why Clinton was destined to be a third tier president at best. He valued popularity more than accomplishment.
I have many times pronounced to my liberal friends, "Clinton could have been a great president it he had actally used his considerable intelligence, instead of commissioning a new poll to tell him when he should go to the bathroom."
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