i'm watching wolf blitzer' s round table discuss libby's indictments. begala goes first and gives a predictable democratic slant to the indictments and then the republican terry jeffery babbles what i hope and pray are what the republican talking points are going to be: he sheepishly admits that perjury and obstruction are "serious crimes" and then immediately starts talking about bill clinton getting threatened by a judge with contempt for not being straight with the grand jury about ten thousand years ago!! are you kidding me?
and that wasn't just some aside made off the cuff in the middle of some larger conversation, that was THE FIRST THING HE SAID!! if this is the best they can do then this is shaping up to be a very merry fitzmas indeed!