Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Did you know Machiavelli is a frequent guest on "The O'Reilly Factor"?

Some rather intelligent remarks about strategist/self-promoter Dick Morris courtesy of Jonah Goldberg:

I know some folks around here are friends or friendly with him. But I am consistently amazed people take him as seriously as they do. He is brilliant, but he is also a deeply amoral pragmatist. The problem with analysts like him is that their insights are only useful when self-interest isn't in play. Since they have loyalty to no larger ideas or principles, they can be acute observers of politics. But such Machiavellianism is also a hindrance, because principles and a moral vision also help us notice when we're letting our self-interest intrude. When they are absent, self-interest reigns supreme.
And he has dreadful taste in hookers.

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