[lbo-talk] RE: HL Mencken (was: Green Party 2004)

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

> I don't completely share Woj's disdain, but I sure as fuck 
> understand it, and feel it every few days. I know Woj, being 
> a Baltimorean, identifies with Mencken (as his statement 
> above illustrates) -- and I would love to see what Henry 
> Louis would make of the current scene. I don't think it would 
> be far from Woj.
> 
> DP

True, I pretty much like HL's views, except perhaps for his animosity
toward FDR.  In my book, FDR was the best thing that ever happened to
this wretched institution known as US presidency.  I think HL let his
Germanophilia clout his judgement about FDR.

Wojtek