Those of us who loathe Benedict Donald — and we are legion — were looking forward to September 18, when Justice Juan Merchan would sentence him for his hush-money felony convictions in New York.
Well, we're just going to have to wait until November 26, the judge decided today. "The members of this jury served diligently on this case, and their verdict must be respected and addressed in a manner that is not diluted by the enormity of the upcoming Presidential election," he said in his statement.
Speculation abounded. Did this mean that Merchan was delaying because he was leaning toward hauling Donald off to the hoosegow? Or did it mean anything at all, beyond an apparent desire to leave his decision as untainted by politics as possible? We cats believe the latter, and we're actually pretty okay with it.
Sure, it's tempting to gnash our teeth and lament that Trump always seems to be "getting away" with stuff. But in this case, he hasn't gotten away with anything. He was convicted 34 times over, for heaven's sake. He will be sentenced, and probably as a defeated former candidate for President. (Yes, the edge does seem to be with Vice President Harris at the moment. Let's keep working.)
The other reason we're okay with it is that nobody needs to provide the Trumpsters with a fresh rallying cry. They probably already feel pretty discouraged at how well the Democrats have united, how fired up we are, and how extraordinarily organized and flush with cash the Harris campaign is. Let's leave them that way. We cats PURR.
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