>"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."
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>-H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)

Great quote Tom - thanks! I googled it and found a lengthier excerpt - you might find interesting: http://www.petebevin.com/archives/2004/11/11/a_downright_moron.html

Article today on CNN also points out that it's not just the president that might be caught up in these types of endeavors: http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/11/15/lost.for.words.reut/index.html