Exactly

Jonah Goldberg is beside himself with the injustice of it all. Or, rather, with the justice of it all.

SURE, SURE, "Scooter" Libby might go to jail. His career is in tatters, his life a shambles. Even Denis Collins, the omnipresent juror-journalist, says he and his peers feel sympathy for Libby, the "fall guy" in this whole spectacle. But really, who is the real victim?

Joe and Valerie, of course.

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Just last month, the golden couple was spied lunching with Morgan Fairchild at the Four Seasons in Washington. The trio supped on soup and salad and shared a lovely mushroom risotto, which probably won't be on the menu wherever they send Libby. You'd think the golden couple would rate higher than the faded star of "Falcon Crest." But there's a buzz that she might play Valerie in the movie Warner Bros. has just green-lighted about Valerie's life. Other boldface names under consideration include Sharon Stone and Gwyneth Paltrow, so it was really a kindness for the Wilsons to even take the meeting.

Um... well, yeah.

That's what happens when a jury of your peers finds you guilty of a felony. You're a criminal. Criminals go to prison.

On the other hand, people who don't get convicted of felonies don't have to go to prison. They get to do whatever they want. They get to hobnob with celebrities and eat risotto (may I just say, "yum?") and go to Hollywood to have movies made of their lives and cash in on multi-million-dollar book deals. They get to sleep in on Sundays and go to Starbucks for lattes and enjoy long, lazy drives in the country. People who aren't convicted felons get to live the prosperous lives of law-abiding free people. That's the way it works. You could call it the American way.

Nobody forced Scooter Libby to break the law. He made a choice. If Libby wanted to live the life of a free man, rather than that of a prison inmate, he should have made different choices.

And, yes, Joe and Valerie, along with the American people, were the victims. Scooter Libby is not a victim. He is a criminal.