That's all well and good if one
assumes that Roberts' stand was for those very reasons alone. But I'm not a psychoanalyst; nor do I divine wisdom from reading tea leaves, as seems to be the author's professional stock in trade. I rate this armchair analysis as.........
"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 hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
--H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920