Book description
Peerless political commentary on Dewey, Truman, Wallace and their overwrought supporters. On politicians who pander: "If there had been any formidable body of cannibals in the country he would have promised to provide them with free missionaries fattened at the taxpayer's expense."
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1 author picked Mencken’s Last Campaign as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love this book—and almost anything Mencken wrote—because he brings his unsparing but good-natured critical intelligence to bear on the politics of his day and on the cultural controversies of the time. Readers will realize if they don’t already, that the absurdities of the present campaign are nothing new, despite what we are told. Mencken’s independence spirit is also refreshing given the tiresome orthodoxies of political pundits today.
Mencken’s bracing intellect and his vivid, bouncy prose are a tonic at any time. He makes today’s journalists seem weak, unreflective, and shallow.
From Alan's list on surviving an American presidential election.
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