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Nixon Was Wrong | Ruminant

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Goldberg, J. (2026, October 3). Nixon Was Wrong | Ruminant. The Dispatch. https://thedispatch.com/podcast/remnant/nixon-was-wrong-ruminant/

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Jonah Goldberg discusses the efforts by the new right to rehabilitate Richard Nixon's image on today’s Ruminant podcast. The episode covers various topics including dog movies, polling issues, midterm elections, and the future of the GOP. This is part of a broader series produced by The Dispatch, which offers nonpartisan coverage of politics, policy, and culture.
Written by AI on 2026-10-03, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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On today’s Ruminant podcast, Jonah Goldberg discusses the effort by some conservatives to rehabilitate former President Richard Nixon's image within the Republican Party. Goldberg talks about various topics including polling issues, midterm elections, and Senator Eric Schmitt. He critiques recent attempts to view Nixon more favorably, suggesting such efforts ignore Nixon's historical wrongdoings. The podcast also covers cultural references like dog movies and political trends affecting the GOP's future direction.

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Narrative

And instead, Gerard invited me into his office to pick my brain about some book stuff and, um, not my book, but, like, books he should assign to a class or topics or whatever, and it was an interesting conversation, and it went on too long.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-03
🔮 Got to the office extra early this morning so I could get this done and get to work on the G file and get back on the book and do all sorts of other things and make... get home to make the meatballs and do the sauce and pick up the guns from Robert De Niro, but the helicopter keeps following me.
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Nixon Was Wrong | Ruminant · assertive framing

Claims (12 extracted, 1 hedged)

On today’s Ruminant Jonah makes his old man proud by holding forth on the new right’s attempted rehabilitation of Richard Nixon. asserted
man → make → Nixon
Along the way, he also hits on dog movies, the problems of polling, the midterms, the red undertow, the death penalty, Sen. Eric Schmitt, and the uncertain future of the GOP. asserted
he → hit → GOP
The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. asserted
Remnant → cover → perspective
To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including the Saturday Ruminant, audio versions of all our articles and newsletters, and Jonah’s twice-weekly G-File—click here. asserted
access → access → articles
Instructions on how to set up your members-only feed can be found here, and if you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. asserted
you → set → experience
[instrumental music plays] [groans] [cymbals crashing] Ladies and gentlemen. asserted
cymbals → crash → ?
Can you dig it? asserted
you → dig → it
This is Jonah Goldberg, host of the Remnant Podcast, brought to you by the Dispatch and Dispatch Media. asserted
This → bring → Dispatch
We all need to blame Gerard Alexander if today's episode is a disaster, because he's a colleague of mine at AEI. asserted
he → need → AEI
Got to the office extra early this morning so I could get this done and get to work on the G file and get back on the book and do all sorts of other things and make... get home to make the meatballs and do the sauce and pick up the guns from Robert De Niro, but the helicopter keeps following me. uncertain
helicopter → get → me
And instead, Gerard invited me into his office to pick my brain about some book stuff and, um, not my book, but, like, books he should assign to a class or topics or whatever, and it was an interesting conversation, and it went on too long. asserted
it → invite → class
And then we turned to, like, uh... asserted
we → turn → ?
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