A couple of quotes

[ericcoleman]

"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."

H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)

who also said:

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

Comments

[musicmutt.livejournal.com]

I believe PT Barnum used that second quote when setting up his first sideshow, too.