H. L. Mencken Quotes
… he writes the worst English that I have ever encountered. It reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it reminds me of tattered washing on the line; it reminds me of stale bean-soup, of college yells, of dogs barking idiotically through endless nights. It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it. It drags itself out of the dark abysm (I was about to write abscess!) of pish, and crawls insanely up the topmost pinnacle of posh. It is rumble and bumble. It is flap and doodle. It is balder and dash.
H. L. Mencken, 1880-1956, Journalist and Columnist, Description of President Warren G. Harding’s Writing
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This is a woderful example of the brilliant use of language. In response to a typical question literati are asked about reading recomendations for Presidents, he makes a seeiming innocuous recomendation that is withering in his criticism of President Donald Trumps dislike of reading anything extensive and detailed and his penchant for tweeting. It is insulting but very subtly so,
President Donald Trump was extremely egocentric
Northam, then the Virginia Lieutenant Governor, was campaigning to be the Virginia Governor. President Donald Tump had been in office less than 4 months, but his approval rating was the lowest in the early stages of a Presidential term of any President since such a measue had been made. Most of the hostility toward Trump was based on his personal characteristics, his prevaricationsm, and inconsistency. However, no politican in modern history had run for a high State position by attacking a President with such strong terms. However, many psychologists and psychiatrists also agreed with Northam who was a Physician as well as a politician.
The inoming President was meeting with and getting briefed by the Director of National Intelligenc, James Clapper and this is the word he used to descrive the American Intelligence Agencies.
There were many people who thought that much of Donald Trump's bizarre behavior was political theater to win the election and that if we were elected, he would shortly normalize his behavior and actions. However, he did not. Then many thought that some of his moore experienced key cabinet officials would normalized him, but they too failed.
In 2017 President Donald Trump, in resposnse to a Nazi, KKK, & White Supremicists "March" in Charlottesville, Virginia and a citizen counter protest, in whcih one of the White Supremicists ran down in a car a number of citizen protesters killing one, equated the two groups be saying that there was violence on both sides. Most of the country was outraged, and Frazier was the first member of the President's Business Advisory Council resigned in protest, making this statement. Many did so also, and Trump in a desparate effort to avoid the embarassing news each time there was anotehr resignation be a leading CEO, disbanded his 3 citizen advisorty councils.
While Bannon was more critical of anyone who disagreed wiuth him than most, it was unusual for a conservative to use such harsh tems about a conservative presidential administration.
Henry Louis Mencken was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English. He commented widely on the social scene, literature, music, prominent politicians, and contemporary movements. His satirical reporting on the Scopes Trial, which he dubbed the "Monkey Trial," also gained him attention.
