I believe the publisher is a member of the editorial board, and I think his vote would matter.
GENE WEINGARTENYou know, I am not a particular Kennedy apologist or an awed fan – I was 12 when he was murdered – but I have discussed Kennedy with historians. For his incredibly short tenure, he was a very important president.
More Gene Weingarten Quotes
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International politics is not my strong suit. The older I get the less certain I am that I even HAVE a strong suit.
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I don’t consider Hillary Clinton to be the lesser of two evils.
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I think Trump is simply inept, incapable of rescuing himself.
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I think Trump wants to be dictator. I don’t think the courts will allow him to be, and I think that after months of revolting sycophancy, neither will Congress. He will sink to such a popularity trough that even those spineless, craven gophers will cave.
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When my daughter was a senior in high school, I remember noticing, almost in passing, that her friends were very cute. Which made me realize her friends’ fathers probably found Molly very cute.
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I think I might prefer women without makeup. Though I don’t really know, because I am not good at identifying makeup.
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I don’t see a point in advertising my marital status when men don’t. Completely ridiculous.
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Being “Jewish” is way stronger culturally than it is religiously.
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Donald Trump is an awful loser.
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I think there are a good many Donald Trump voters who are sick of government as it is practiced in America and genuinely want to blow up the system and see what happens. They are stupid – or at least unwise – but not necessarily racist.
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Donald Trump is a boor, and cannot stop being a boor.
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The odd thing is that Trump’s hand movements don’t seem to coordinate with the topic at hand. Most pols manage to make their hand movements correspond with the message, so a slash will accompany emphasis, etc.
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Many put him in the second tier, below the big three and surrounded by Truman and Eisenhower. Kennedy moved our soul. Changed our thinking about service and governance. And won big in the greatest nuclear crisis of the Cold War.
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Trump cannot change because in his mind, he has ALWAYS been rewarded for his boorish, stupid, arrogant behavior.
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It’s as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots.
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