In a recent episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent featuring a plot-line about the murder of a federal judge, a cop quipped:

bq. “Maybe we should put out an APB for somebody in a Tom DeLay T-shirt”

Now DeLay is having a hissy-fit:

bq. “This manipulation of my name and trivialization of the sensitive issue of judicial security represents a reckless disregard for the suffering initiated by recent tragedies and a great disservice to public discourse.”

Creator/executive producer Dick Wolf, one of the most visible Republicans in the entertainment industry calls bullshit: “I do congratulate Congressman DeLay for switching the spotlight from his own problems to an episode of a television show.”

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