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Entry: A Thanksgiving Turkey From a Chickenhawk Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/a_thanksgiving_turkey_from_a_chickenhawk#10314 Post contents: Irving Babbitt, who was a severe critic of German kultur was nonetheless an equally or even more severe critic of Woodrow Wilson and American intervention against Germany in World War One than was Mencken. The fact that Mencken didn't want the US to go to war against Germany, in either World War, does not establish that he was sympathetic with Hitler. The vast majority of American's agreed with Mencken's position on US involvement in both wars. Thus, Mencken's position could not have affected his popularity with the general public only with the elites. BTW, Mencken actually voted for FDR in 1932, although he changed his mind of course when it became obvious that the old style Democrat platform of 1932 was inoperative. Sent at: 2008 07 04