i am a wikipedia fan

“[W]hen a candidate for public office faces the voters he does not face
men of sense; he faces a mob of men whose chief distinguishing mark is
the fact that they are quite incapable of weighing ideas, or even of
comprehending any save the most elemental–men whose whole thinking is
done in terms of emotion, and whose dominant emotion is dread of what
they cannot understand. So confronted, the candidate must either bark
with the pack or be lost… [A]ll 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.” *
Baltimore Sun, July 26, 1920 – H. L. Mencken

oooo what a lovely tea party.