“A national campaign is better than the best circus
ever heard of, with a mass baptism [the convention] and a couple of hangings
thrown in. It is better, even, than war.”—Journalist H. L. Mencken (1880-1956), “Generally Political” (1944)
God, doesn’t this year prove it? Except that now the Presidential campaign is
like a circus, plus roller derby, plus wrestling, plus a mixed-martial-arts match, plus a reality show.
