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My 15 Minutes, All Because of Scooter

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"Aren't you the man who almost got us killed in a pool hall when last we met?"

"I didn't think you had two clean shirts and two ties."

"Did you know that Laura Ingraham is calling you 'ski jacket boy'?"

I would speak no more forever. Just as soon as I finished the MSNBC "Countdown" appearance. As I walked into that studio, I was delighted to see my fellow juror Ann Redington on "Hardball With Chris Matthews." I felt as though I'd received my own pardon.

At the end of my bit, I told the interviewer I was quitting showbiz and passing the torch to Ann.

What I didn't know was that Jon Stewart would soon make fun of me on "The Daily Show."

Fair play. And that was something we did learn on Scooter Libby's jury.

Denis Collins, a former Washington Post reporter,

is the author of the novel "Nora's Army" (Washington Writers Publishing House).


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