Here's a bit which appeared in The Wizard of Venus that really resonated with the whole Michael Cohen's testimony before the House Oversight Committee for me:
THE WIZARD OF VENUS: "Now you are zaldars 1, aren't you?"
CARSON OF VENUS: "No," I said, "but you are a jackass."
THE WIZARD OF VENUS: "What is a jackass?" he demanded.
CARSON OF VENUS: "You," I told him.
THE WIZARD OF VENUS: "I suppose a jackass is a great person in your country," he said.
CARSON OF VENUS: "Many of them are in high places," I assured him.
1 A zaldar is a small animal, kind of like a pig. The Wizard of Venus claims / believes that he has the power to turn people / Venusians into zaldars...and they seem to think so, too, even though he does not have this power. He does have hypnotic powers which successfully convince them that he has this power, though. Carson is able to resist The Wizard because of his mystical training in India...the same training which allows him to communicate his adventures back to "Edgar Rice Burroughs" on Earth.
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