Scooter Libby on Trial

Jury selection in the I. Lewis Libby trial began today. He's the guy who's being accused of lying to investigators who were looking into the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame. Now he's trying to pick a jury in a town where the democrats outnumber the republicans 9:1 (and most of the Republican tenth works in the White House or on the Hill and is probably disqualified because they know the defendant personally).

Among the voir dire highlights... A venire member was had this to say of the Administration's prewar intelligence:

''I think they were, I guess, as honest as they could be,''

Can't blame the White House for the fact that they had to lie to us. That's on us. They were trying so hard but, you know, there are just some things we can't handle and shouldn't know. Like the fact that the whole reason for the war was a sham. Can you imagine what the American public would have done with that kind of information? They might have decided not to support it, for God's sake!

Whew!

Dodged a bullet there.