Yep. And it's the premise of 'Being There' (1979):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_There
On 8/8/19 11:10 am, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
A quote I just came across and just had to share it:
"All the odds are on the man who is, intrinsically, the most devious and
mediocre — the man who can most adeptly disperse the notion that his
mind is a virtual vacuum.
The Presidency tends, year by year, to go to such men. As democracy is
perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people.
We move toward a lofty ideal. 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
Bayard vs. Lionheart,
The Evening Sun, Baltimore (26 July 1920)
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/H._L._Mencken
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