"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 occupied by a downright moron." -H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920

Originally Posted by Figmo Bohica

"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 occupied by a downright moron." -H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920

An obvious reference to both Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush.

you forgot Obama after all there is a substantial number of Americans that rank Obama as a lesser POTUS than Carter!!

btk

snopes.com: H. L. Mencken 'Moron' Quote

Originally Posted by billethkid

you forgot Obama after all there is a substantial number of Americans that rank Obama as a lesser POTUS than Carter!!

btk

Guess it depends on how you define "substantial". Please post the link for the basis of your comment.

Survey Ranks Obama 15th Best President, Bush Among Worst - US News and World Report

substantial is a relative term....make it what ever makes one happy (or not)...
links are wonderful we can google and find a fit for almost anything...eh?

btk

substantial is not a relative term. It has a definite meaning to all that hear or read it. Nice try.

Actually the United States achieved this position many presidents back.

Originally Posted by billethkid

substantial is a relative term....make it what ever makes one happy (or not)...
links are wonderful we can google and find a fit for almost anything...eh?

btk

I see - so, in other words, your comment that .... "you forgot Obama after all there is a substantial number of Americans that rank Obama as a lesser POTUS than Carter!!" is made up.

Kinda figured as much .....

Gallup polls revealed that Junior Bush was the worst president since Harding.

Originally Posted by billethkid

substantial is a relative term....make it what ever makes one happy (or not)...
links are wonderful we can google and find a fit for almost anything...eh?

btk

Amen to that!

Originally Posted by buggyone

Gallup polls revealed that Junior Bush was the worst president since Harding.

Historians will make that judgement, not current polls.

Originally Posted by buggyone

Gallup polls revealed that Junior Bush was the worst president since Harding.

While I am no big fan of GWB, I would point out that the consensus opinion of Harry Truman at the end of his term was very low.

Originally Posted by coralway

Guess it depends on how you define "substantial". Please post the link for the basis of your comment.

Survey Ranks Obama 15th Best President, Bush Among Worst - US News and World Report

Folks I took the OP's purpose for sharing this quote as a reminder that we need to take our right to vote as a serious obligation as our selection materially affects our lives.

I did not beleive the OP was directing the quote at any specific president.

Having said that the quote was made in 1920 at the time Woodrow Wilson, Democrat was President.

The true test of a president's legacy is not in his lifetime and only history will really reveal an unbias prospective of a bush, Obama, etc. Look at the changes in opinion concerning FDR from our father's days to the present.
IMHO history will settle those questions

Originally Posted by eweissenbach

While I am no big fan of GWB, I would point out that the consensus opinion of Harry Truman at the end of his term was very low.

And now Truman is considered in the top 10 best!!!