I am obliged to confess I should sooner live
in a society governed by the first two thousand
names in the Boston telephone directory
than in a society governed by the two thousand
faculty members of Harvard University.<\/p>\n
William F. Buckley, Jr.<\/p>\n
If Donald Trump may be said to have achieved anything this dismal campaign season, it surely is this: He has killed that sentimental con about the ‘wisdom of the people.’<\/p>\n
An awful lot of the people, ladies and gentlemen, are vicious, amoral, short-sighted idiots who want only to jab a thumb in their betters’ eyes (evangelicals fall overwhelmingly into this group) — no matter the cost. Thus Trump, who has offered only insults — and not yet even one serious policy proposal.<\/p>\n
America has been here before. Recall H.L. Mencken’s magisterial dismissal of William Jennings Bryan.<\/p>\n
\nHe was born with a roaring voice, and it had the trick of inflaming half-wits. His whole career was devoted to raising those half-wits against their betters, that he himself might shine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And that, really, is everything that needs to be said about Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I am obliged to confess I should sooner livein a society governed by the first two thousandnames in the Boston telephone directorythan in a society governed by the two thousandfaculty members of Harvard University. William F. Buckley, Jr. If Donald … Continue reading