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A Wreck of a Case
The Libby obsessed Patrick Fitzgerald, in the role of Mike Nifong.
The perjury trial of Lewis “Scooter” Libby, former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, began this week, with prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald playing the role of Mike Nifong. With apologies to Gordon Lightfoot, then, and to the victims of a famous shipwreck, here’s how the bards will tell the tale:
p>The legend lives on from main Justice on down br> Of the thrill of the big prosecution br> The “kill,” it is said, gives a rush to one’s head br> When the perp for his sins makes ablutions. br> And with yellowcake tales and reporters in jail, br> Well, then, Patrick Fitzgerald sensed vict’ry. br> But Fitz, the fed man, soon would get his hide tanned br> When Bob Woodward did clear up the myst’ry. /p> p>Before Valerie Plame, the young Fitz had a name br> As a g-man of growing distinction. br> But his own lust for blood got him stuck in the mud, br> And it’s taking his case toward extinction. br> ‘Twas Joe Wilson who lied, but not the Veep’s side:
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Quin Hillyer is a senior editor of The American Spectator and a senior fellow at the Center for Individual Freedom. Follow him on Twitter @QuinHillyer.
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