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In 1920, writer Mencken predicted the White House would be adorned by a 'downright moron'

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John Sutter : The writer predicted that one day the White House will be adorned by a moron.

He says there were plenty of similarities between the 1920 election season and today 's election.

Neither of the two top candidates was respected or revered, he says.

Mencken 's denunciation of Harding 's inaugural speech as “the worst English I have ever encountered” could easily apply to the evidence of an unhinged mind.

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