...the White House will be adorned by a downright moron....

[Sara S]

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
When the field is nationwide, and the fight must be waged chiefly at second and third hand, and the force of personality cannot so readily make itself felt, then all the odds are on the man who is, intrinsically, the most devious and mediocre -- the man who can most easily adeptly disperse the notion that his mind is a virtual vacuum. The Presidency tends, year by year, to go to such men. As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. -H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956)

[podfish]

.... the odds are on the man who is, intrinsically, the most devious and mediocre --...The Presidency tends, year by year, to go to such men. .... On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. -H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956)

wow. I forget exact presidential dates, but isn't he talking Wilson, Roosevelt, Truman ? Not Ford, Reagan, Bush, Trump??? man.. I thought that his life coincided with some of the better ones.