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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 locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-03, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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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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🔮 Like, it got really annoying, and if I didn't like Stephanie so much and if I didn't like the book so much, I would have just, out of pure ornery contrariness, refused to have her on.

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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.

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🔮 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.

2026-10-03 · The Dispatch

Nixon Was Wrong | Ruminant · assertive framing

On today’s Ruminant Jonah makes his old man proud by holding forth on the new right’s attempted rehabilitation of Richard Nixon. asserted

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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

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The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. asserted

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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

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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

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[instrumental music plays] [groans] [cymbals crashing] Ladies and gentlemen. asserted

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Can you dig it? asserted

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This is Jonah Goldberg, host of the Remnant Podcast, brought to you by the Dispatch and Dispatch Media. asserted

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We all need to blame Gerard Alexander if today's episode is a disaster, because he's a colleague of mine at AEI. asserted

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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

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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

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