Anyone who's been listening to Al Franken this week has probably heard the loop he made of the various Fox pundits repeating the phrase "the criminalization of politics" in reference to the Valerie Plame leak case.
Well, tonight, I happened to be watching one of my dad's tapes of one of Bravo's West Wing marathons. I was at season three, episode 7 (Gone Quiet). In one scene, White House counsel Oliver Babish (Oliver Platt) is grilling Abby (Stockard Channing) about her involvement in the cover-up of the President's MS (those of you unfamiliar with this show have NO idea what I'm talking about right now). Here's how the dialogue goes:
Abby: Oliver...
Oliver: You broke some laws, Abby, and quite frankly you should be ashamed of yourself, but this investigation isn't about that.
A: Look...
O: (interrupting) It's about the criminalization of politics.
Jeezis! When Fox has to plumb episodes of The West Wing from the 2001 season, does anyone besides me think they GOTS NUTHIN!!!
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