Al Smith Dinner

A presidential election season involves a series of debates. After the last debate, a day or a few days after, the main candidates attend and speak at a charity dinner run by the Archdiocese of New York, to raise money for Catholic Charities. It is the last event at which the candidates will appear together, and the format is that of a roast. That is more or less the tradition. Last night, Secretary Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were at the Al Smith dinner. Here is are the salient facts: Trump spoke first. He had two or three pretty funny jokes, but the one that I think will go down in…