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The Merely Horrible Will Do

So, to Andrew Sullivan and others: explain what’s happening here…. ~Marc Ambinder

“Clinton wasn’t such a bad president,” Ruddy said. “In fact, he was a pretty good president in a lot of ways, and Dick feels that way today.” ~The International Herald-Tribune

Well, as they say, time heals all wounds, and nothing encourages reconciliation like the promise of a return to the bonanza days of muckraking, anti-Clinton paranoia.  Plus, when you have lived through years of the truly appalling, the merely horrible seems like sweet deliverance.

about the author

Daniel Larison is a senior editor at TAC, where he also keeps a solo blog. He has been published in the New York Times Book Review, Dallas Morning News, World Politics Review, Politico Magazine, Orthodox Life, Front Porch Republic, The American Scene, and Culture11, and was a columnist for The Week. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Chicago, and resides in Lancaster, PA. Follow him on Twitter.

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