Tim Russert and Sister Lucille

From the beginning, pLAME-gate has been a joke.

The non-scandal scandal was grounded in sheister Joe Wilson's lies.

Not to worry. The loons on the Left and their buddies in lib media dismissed all that and preferred to drool over the prospect of bringing down the Bush administration. Visions of Watergate danced in their heads.

Add to that a special prosecutor run amok. Patrick Fitzgerald embarked on an ego trip and became lost. Spinning out of control, his witch hunt fizzled.

All that's left is Scooter Libby and memory quizzes.

WASHINGTON -- Tim Russert, an unrelenting interrogator as host of NBC's "Meet the Press," said Friday it was painful having the tables turned on him by lawyers defending former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby against perjury and obstruction charges.

Painful?

Russert must be a masochist. I think he enjoyed the alleged "pain." I think he liked being the news.

When Matt Lauer interviewed the Meet the Press host on Today this morning, Russert was rather full of himself -- the valiant warrior returned from battle to tell his story.

Lauer: You spent twelve minutes being questioned by the prosecutor, five hours being cross-examined by the defense attorney in this case; and let's face it, he used some of the techniques on you that you use on your guests sometimes on Meet the Press on Sunday. What was it like to be sitting on the other side of the fence?

RUSSERT: It's a lot of easier to throw grenades than it is to catch them. I've got to tell you.

Sitting in that witness box... uh... is... is... uh... very uncomfortable because on Meet the Press or on the Today show you have a chance to finish your thought and complete your sentence. That's not the case in a court of law...

And so it's not pleasant, I must tell you.

But for me, I recalled what my girl Sr. Lucille told me in the 7th grade. And that was if you tell the truth, you only have to remember one story. And that's what I testified to for two consecutive days – the same story.

GAG!

I didn't happen to see a halo hovering above Russert's head.

Holier-than-thou Russert put on quite a performance.

St. Tim.

DOUBLE GAG!!