The last 3 years have led me to a deep philosophical acceptance of Milton Friedman’s principle that effective politics is often about getting the wrong people to do the right thing for the wrong reasons. Much as I detest Trump as a person, he sometimes rises to that level.
Someone being good enough at both ends to do both would be a Great Statesman precisely because it would be the mediocre combo.
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Lyndon Johnson seems like a champion of mediocrity then - wonkish in handling people and random bot style in everything else
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And that’s why Caro thought he was a great statesman I guess. I’m not so sure.
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