We keep reaching into that hotbed of unemployables, Congress, those that, with extremely few exceptions, never did meaning ful work, to find a totem to represent the country.

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, in the Baltimore Sun, July 26, 1920

No, not yet, we came close last time. Perhaps this time we shall reach the nadir of success.

Lotsa Luck!

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