Comments on: Politics http://majormike.net/archives/294 Don't take me too seriously. I don't. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:41:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: georgette http://majormike.net/archives/294/comment-page-1#comment-16079 georgette Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:09:05 +0000 http://majormike.net/?p=294#comment-16079 Ditto. :shock: Ditto. :shock:

]]> By: bonnie http://majormike.net/archives/294/comment-page-1#comment-16078 bonnie Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:37:28 +0000 http://majormike.net/?p=294#comment-16078 :lol: :lol: Afraid some so true. :wink: :lol: :lol: Afraid some so true. :wink:

]]> By: Scoop http://majormike.net/archives/294/comment-page-1#comment-16077 Scoop Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:38:37 +0000 http://majormike.net/?p=294#comment-16077 The larger the mob, the harder the test. In small areas, before small electorates, a first-rate man occasionally fights his way through, carrying even the mob with him by force of his personality. But 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 If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner. H.L. Mencken The larger the mob, the harder the test. In small areas, before small electorates, a first-rate man occasionally fights his way through, carrying even the mob with him by force of his personality. But 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

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
H.L. Mencken

]]> By: Dau http://majormike.net/archives/294/comment-page-1#comment-16076 Dau Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:34:36 +0000 http://majormike.net/?p=294#comment-16076 Love 'em! (You know how I a-dore the quote.) Love ‘em! (You know how I a-dore the quote.)

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