The American experiment

Trump's conviction for sexual assault in the E Jean Carroll case will do nothing to impact his favorability rating among his low information base, but I do think independents who might have been tempted to hold their nose yet again, will now be less likely to vote for him.

This of course assumes that Jack Smith or Fani Willis will incredulously not obtain criminal convictions on what are essentially open and shut cases of election interference, insurrection planning and document stealing. This not to even mention Alvin Bragg's case in New York. If this had been any other defendant, the jail cell door would have long been closed behind them.

Trump has been exactly the cancer I had expected when I woke up in disbelief to that 2016 election surprise. It was like letting the fox loose in the hen house and then witness the ensuing carnage. The most base instincts of American society were given permission to be expressed out loud because suddenly a crass and racist dolt was occupying the president's chair. This helped reveal just how deep the cracks in the foundation actually ran which might yet turn out to have been a blessing in disguise.

If he is allowed, by some ghastly misfortune, to be president again what is left of the American experiment will almost certainly be extinguished and, by that point, perhaps deservedly so.

At this point I my life I am not surprised by the gullibility inherent in human nature, but am regrettably constantly being disappointed by it.