From a reader:

Here’s a totally unrelated question, perhaps someone on the Corner (Jonah, Derb?) might be interested in answering?
At yesterday’s Pentagon press conference, Secretary Rumsfeld was commenting on all the doom and gloom about the Iraqi constitution, and he observed how there are always naysayers who see defeat around every corner. He said something like, “At the height of World War II, a prominent American diplomat predicted that ‘democracy is finished in Britan, and probably in America too.’”
That “prominent America diplomat,” of course was Joseph Kennedy. Isn’t that just about the most delightful statement to come out of a press conference in the last six months? Somebody go down to the bar and tell Teddy: “Rumsfeld just slapped down you and your old man in the same breath.”
It truly is fun to watch a master at work.