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So Tom DeLay had to appear at the courthouse for a mug shot last week. Now, let's say you're a politician in some degree of trouble, and you gotta have your mug shot taken. I'm thinking it's not too much of a leap of brilliance to say "I better not look like a criminal in the photograph."

Or maybe that takes "a freaking political genius". And maybe taking care to look good in your mug shot completely disarms one's adversaries. I mean, that's it -- he looked good in his mug shot, so the trial might as well be over now.

This is an awfully low bar for political excellence, if you ask me.