This has been posted to (Fair & Balanced) Rants & Raves before, but this Mencken aphorism is provided to explain why W won the 2004 election. If this is (fair & balanced) cynicism, so be it.
[x The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, 3rd edition]
by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil
No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.
People can easily be persuaded to accept the most inferior ideas or useless products; attributed to H. L. Mencken.
H.(enry) L.(ouis) Mencken in his prime. 
H.(enry) L.(ouis) Mencken was twentieth-century American writer known for his works of satire, mainly essays. Mencken mocked American society for its puritanism, its anti-intellectualism, and its emphasis on conformity.
Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
A-Ha! I've Got It!
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