[LINK] The prescience of H.L. Mencken

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

Chance was simpleminded, the present POTUS has been described as
malignant narcissist.

Moron covers a multitude of sins.

On 8/08/2019 11:53 am, Roger Clarke wrote:
> Yep.  And it's the premise of 'Being There' (1979):
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_There
>
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> On 8/8/19 11:10 am, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>> A quote I just came across and just had to share it:
>>
>> "All the odds are on the man who is, intrinsically, the most devious and
>> mediocre — the man who can most 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
>> Bayard vs. Lionheart,
>> The Evening Sun, Baltimore (26 July 1920)
>> https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/H._L._Mencken
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brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
email: brd at iimetro.com.au