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Bush fulfills H.L. Mencken's prophecy

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n July 26, 1920, Mencken wrote in The Baltimore Sun: ' ... all the odds are on the man who is, intrinsically, the most devious and mediocre - the man who can most easily (and) adeptly disperse the notion that his mind is a virtual vacuum. The presidency tends, year by year, to go to such men...

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On H.L. Mencken by iman on Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 3:06:57 PM
Ok, the word is said by Mark Sashine on Wednesday, Sep 26, 2007 at 2:40:14 PM