following the election returns, other Dooleyisms that survived Dunne's time include "politics ain't bean-bag" and that a purpose of newspapers was to "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable". In July 2016, Kevin D. Williamson used "politics ain't beanbag" (as he put it) to excuse the failure of unsuccessful contenders for the Republican presidential nomination to fulfill their promises and endorse the winner, Donald Trump. Contrasting with Dooley's present obscurity is the fame of Dunne's friend Mark Twain. Furnas argued that Dooley was read and accepted by a far wider audience in his time than was Twain, thus rousing "the suspicion that as between the two, Dunne better fitted the notion of a national humorist". Fanning wrote, "Dunne's expansion of the literary uses of the vernacular dialect voice is comparable, though on a smaller scale, to Mark Twain's decision to let Huck Finn tell his own story." According to author and entertainer Max Morath: Books Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War (1898) Mr. Dooley in the Hearts of His Countrymen (1899) Mr. Dooley's Philosophy (1900) Mr. Dooley's Opinions (1901) Observations by Mr. Dooley (1902) Dissertations by Mr. Dooley (1906) Mr. Dooley Says (1910) Mr. Dooley on Making a Will and Other Necessary Evils'' (1919) Notes References Sources Further reading External links Almanac of Theodore Roosevelt: Mr. Dooley Fictional Irish people Fictional characters from Chicago Literary characters introduced in 1893 Fictional bartenders Fictional immigrants to the United States Male characters in literature