[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

So are you telegraphing that it’s time to hoist the black flag and spit upon our hands...? just curious... /h

[poconopundit]

FRiends, an essay by H. L. Mencken that will enlighten and make you laugh.  Trump is the living embodiment of the political leader Mencken was advocating for...

[lurk]

Today’s political rulers have drowned in their own corruption. But beware the man who is given the power to ‘fix’ things by his power; you may get what you wanted and more.

[odawg]

Idiotic headline.

Mencken was stating what he thought was the default position of ALL our leaders.

If you want to channel H L Mencken, he would place the Clintons and Obama and all the democrats light years ahead of Trump for demagoguery.

Looks like somebody still can’t accept Trump’s appeal, which is his collective campaign stands, plus a solid record of unusual accomplishments. Actual accomplishments, ones not based on empty rhetoric.

[WMarshal]

How country club Republican of you.

[gspurlock]

Sounds like a liberal/socialist/fabian society kinda guy. His contempt for humanity is palpable.

[stocksthatgoup]

What has Obama or Cointons taught us

[ozzymandus]

1922 was not during the Great Depression. It was during the postwar boom. Liberals used to love Menken for his contempt for the common man, until his diaries were released in the 80’s, and he was revealed to be a racist, anti-Semetic fascist. Then they dropped him like a hot rock.

[Trentamj]

H.L. Mencken, along with Eric Hoffer, was one of the most amazing 20th-century American thinkers, on par with Abraham Lincoln and Benjamin Franklin in 19th and 18th century, respectively. The thing that all four men had in common, which is uniquely-American, is they were all autodidacts, or self-made men, instead being factory outputs of some college or university. Unfortunately, America has no use for self-made sages anymore.

[Zionist Conspirator]

I'll never understand why so many conservatives admire H.L. Mencken, the original slanderer of rural Southern fundamentalists.

No healthy movement can admire both poor rural Southern fundamentalists and the man who called them "gaping primates who believe degraded nonsense."

[AllAmericanGirl44]

bkmk

[Ransomed]

Supposedly the dumbest 10% of voters decide the outcome of national elections, no matter the outcome, pub or dem, con or lib. So a very high % of campaign money is meant to sway the swing voters, the ones who reliably manage to vote, but will vote one way and then another and usually can’t give a rational reason as to why. It could be a debate flub, or really well attended rally, or liking or not liking how someone looks. And getting these folks to vote your way is supposedly the key to victory, along with things like suppressing the vote of the suppressible.

We haven’t had 65% eligible voter turnout since 1908. Most of the time it has been much less than that. But maybe that is a good thing. If turnout was higher, I suspect it would only result in a higher % of swing voters. I suppose that could potentially be really good or bad, like flipping a coin 10 times and accidentally ending up with a conservative utopia or a liberal dystopia.

Freegards

[V K Lee]

Thanks for the ping, Pocono.

Of course, what was written earlier is not intended as a slap. However, it does indicate a bit of tired and weary on this part. It’s been quite a year and will be a roller coaster ride for the next few months. Onward and upward.

Again...WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!! — and once again, Thank You Mr. Trump.

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bmk

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bmk