Trump & Dickens

Earlier today, a jury found Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation of E. Jean Carroll, and ordered Trump to pay her $5 million.

They've been cackling about it all day on CNN and MSNBC. And, to be honest, I've been cackling a bit myself. It's just good to see a motherfucker like Trump get a little bit of the comeuppance he deserves.

When the news anchors aren't cackling, they've been asking, "Will this make any difference to Trump's supporters?"

I think that Charles Dickens has the answer to that question. Here it is...from "The Young Man From the Country":

"The following dialogue I have held a hundred times: 'Is it not a very disgraceful circumstance that such a man as So-and-so should be acquiring a large property by the most infamous and odious means, and notwithstanding all the crimes of which he has been guilty, should be tolerated and abetted by your citizens? He is a  public nuisance, is he not?' 'Yes, sir.' 'A convicted liar?' 'Yes, sir.' 'He has been kicked, and cuffed, and caned?' 'Yes, sir.' 'And he is utterly dishonourable, debased, and profligate?' 'Yes, sir.' 'In the name of wonder, then, what is his merit?' 'Well, sir, he is a smart man.'"

In fact, rumor has it that he is a very stable genius.