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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(120,903 posts) Sun Mar 23, 2025, 04:33 PM Mar 23

LTE - H.L. Mencken quote seems to fit the time

A favorite quote of mine reads:

“As democracy is perfected, the office of President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. 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, The Baltimore Sun, July 26, 1920

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/h-l-mencken-quote-seems-to-fit-the-time/

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LTE - H.L. Mencken quote seems to fit the time (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 23 OP

My favorite Mencken quote of all time, last heard during the Bush (Shrub) administration. EarnestPutz Mar 23 #1

He also had, to my mind, the most fitting quote for the 2024 election results... regnaD kciN Mar 23 #2

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EarnestPutz

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1. My favorite Mencken quote of all time, last heard during the Bush (Shrub) administration.

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Sun Mar 23, 2025, 04:36 PM

Mar 23

regnaD kciN

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2. He also had, to my mind, the most fitting quote for the 2024 election results...

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Sun Mar 23, 2025, 05:50 PM

Mar 23

"Democracy is the belief that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."

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