Lucianne Goldberg is a journalist, novelist and publisher of Lucianne.com News Forum. She was a New York literary agent for many years representing celebrities, politicians and people who made spectacular news and had just one good book in them. She is the mother of Joshua Goldberg, managing editor of Lucianne.com and Jonah Goldberg, author and Editor at Large for National Review.
Lucianne Goldberg was also a key figure in the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal.
The GOP mantra seems to be 100% anti-Obama. How would you rate this President thus far?
Let's do it the easy way and use a 1 to 10 scale. 1 being Jimmy Carter. 10 being Ronald Reagan. Here's my score so far. 1. A big fat 1. One, one, one, one.
Right now, I'm hearing strongly of a Romney-Palin ticket in 2012. You think that's accurate.
I would hope for someone newer, fresher and carrying lighter luggage than Mitt Romney. He's great to look at, his family is extraordinary but Massachusetts Medicine and Mormonism are a concern. Mormonism doesn't bother me but the yapping and sniping would be very tiring.
Politics aside, do you feel Sarah Palin is qualified to be President?
Well, we have Joe Biden a heart beat away right now. Not much of a contest.
Wait a minute, gaffes aside, Biden is a four-decade senator and has served on numerous Senate committees; you really feel Palin is more qualified?
I don't know that a four decade free ride as a senator from Delaware is such a learning experience. He seems pretty ordinary to me. She, on the other hand, could possibly excite people into caring about a really screwed up system again. There are plenty of others who can handle the nuts and bolts. It's all show biz anyway.
That said, it's a hypothetical trap to answer that question in the first place. I know practically nothing about the woman. I have not studied her every move. She may be a nit wit. She may be a genius. I don't know and I'm not going to pretend I'm some kind of a political wizard. That's my opinion and it's not going to change any one's mind.
What about Newt Gingrich?
The Mayor of Sominex City? No.
You were instrumental in the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal in the late 90's. Looking back, anything you could do differently, would you?
I would have done everything the same way but I would have wanted Clinton to lie for a few more months. My lecture fees were really picking up.
The state of the GOP. Your thoughts.
I 'm waiting for some of our heroes...I mean REAL men and women...to get back from the war zones and start to rumble. That is where the next wave of GOP leaders is coming from. Can't wait.
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