Whether this is true or not, it's still a great story
05-24-2018, 12:07 PM (This post was last modified: 05-24-2018, 12:09 PM by Bob Schroeck.)
05-24-2018, 12:07 PM (This post was last modified: 05-24-2018, 12:09 PM by Bob Schroeck.)
Okay, now I know some if not most of the folks here know by now the observation that H.L. Mencken made a century ago in one of his newspaper columns, which ends
So, what I've heard from friends offline is that Trump has finally stumbled across this quote, and immediately demanded that his legal team sue Mencken for defamation of character. And when told that Mencken wrote this in 1920 (and was dead, to boot), he insisted they sue the Mencken estate.
True or not, it paints such a perfect picture of the perfect storm of ignorance, arrogance and narcissism that is Trump that I couldn't help but pass it on.
Quote: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.
So, what I've heard from friends offline is that Trump has finally stumbled across this quote, and immediately demanded that his legal team sue Mencken for defamation of character. And when told that Mencken wrote this in 1920 (and was dead, to boot), he insisted they sue the Mencken estate.
True or not, it paints such a perfect picture of the perfect storm of ignorance, arrogance and narcissism that is Trump that I couldn't help but pass it on.
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....