September 18, 2025

Nothing is so abject and pathetic as a politician who has lost his job, save only a retired stud-horse.

H.L. Mencken (1880–1956), American journalist, literary critic, Chrestomathy (1949), Jay p.257

How many of the friends you thought you made while in office do you think will return your calls once you are out of office?

Yet, how fast one gets over the loss of constituents—especially the whiners, the wannabes, the why-can’t-yous!