What H.L. Mencken might say about our current politicians and celebrities based on his past writings…
| Current Politician or News Celebrity | Menckenians |
|---|---|
| Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lisa Bobert | “The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.” |
| George Santos | “It is [a politician’s] business to get and hold his job at all costs. If he can hold it by lying, he will hold it by lying; if lying peters out, he will try to hold it by embracing new truths. His ear is ever close to the ground.‘ |
| Kevin McCarthy | ‘The only way to success in American public life lies in flattering and kowtowing to the mob. A candidate for office, even the highest, must either adapt its current manias en bloc, or convince it hypothetically that he is done so.“ |
| Donald Trump | “It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.“ |
| Fox News viewers | ‘The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.“ |
| Tucker Carlson | “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.” |
| Alex Murdaugh | “It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.“ |
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