>>"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)
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>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
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>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

Rod;

Good links! Thank you. I truely love those "plain folks" who do such a wonderful job of moralizing and declaring their superior position and knowledge. Yes, there is nothing like a democracy!

We did not have to let the mental patients out of the nut house to overrun our country. They were there all the time! :)

What can you expect of a country founded upon religious intolerance and bigotry? We are a society of malcontents and rejects of other countries. People who were anti social settled and established the country we call the United States. They could not agree with authority of their own lands so they came here to create a new world. They feel superior because God has called them to rule the world.

Politically, economically, and religiously, the world must take our path. We are here to see to it that the world enjoys our way of life.

Our daughter spent the summer studying in Germany. She also visited six European countries and in each one found that when she said she was from the United States, people were noticeable upset at her. I told her to say that she was a Canadian! :)

Tom