American Spectator, so probably H.L. Mencken wrote that.
He also wrote this: “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.”
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Damn, that quote is even better than Jefferson's. A more civilized FAFO.
The old days when politicians didn't deny their scandals...
The old days when politicians had scandales like having a pregnant girlfriend.
And these scandals feel way more tame than what we are used to seeing on the news nowadays.