20 januar får avismann og samfunnsrefser H.L. Mencken rett for andre gang.
I en artikkel "Bayard vs. Lionheart" 26 Juli 1920, i The Evening Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), skrev han:
...'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. (siste 10 linjer, høyre kolonne).