Take my Scooter, please

Today, in the Washington Post, Dana Milbank focuses on the truly bizarre ending to a truly enlightening case.

For a brief moment yesterday, Scooter Libby was not a former White House aide on trial for perjury. He was an orphan in need of a loving home.

"He's been under my protection for the last month; now I'm entrusting him to you," defense lawyer Ted Wells told the puzzled jurors.

His voice breaking, the $700-an-hour lawyer pleaded: "Give him back! Give him back to me!"

Wells sobbed loudly and went back to his chair, where he sat staring at the floor and emitting the occasional sniffle.

Dude, you can take him (after he serves his time). What the fuck is wrong with these people?