“Insulting the electorate and accusing it of spiritual weakness and sinfulness are not the ways to get yourself the job of president.” WayJobsSpiritualPresidentWeaknessInsultingElectorateAccusingSinfulness Author:John Podhoretz
“Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes.” WayGivingPoliticalWinningAdvantageCampaignsNew WaysFoePolitical CampaignDevisingGreat PoliticalComparative AdvantageComparative Literature Author:John Podhoretz
“Nixon was an awful president in many ways, including in some of his foreign-policy choices. But he left no doubt that foreign policy and America's leadership in the world outside its borders was of paramount importance to him.” WorldWayAmericaChoicesLeftPresidentDoubtPolicyImportanceIncludingAwfulBordersNo DoubtForeign PolicyParamount Author:John Podhoretz
“The real story of the Ground Zero mosque is that the project only became feasible because of the appalling and astonishing fecklessness of the officials who were charged with the reconstruction of the site and the neighborhood all the way back in 2001.” WayRealStoriesProjectsOfficialsNeighborhoodZeroSiteAstonishingReconstructionMosquesReal StoryGround Zero Author:John Podhoretz
“This has always been the way of presidential politics. The president rises above the fray while his surrogates go on the attack. They throw the spears and fling the mud; he sits upon the throne.” WayPresidentGoes OnPresidentialThronesMudRise AboveSpearsFlingFraySurrogates Author:John Podhoretz
