David Letterman's Coming Revelations

I chanced to see some of Fox News' Geraldo Rivera's program over the weekend. Typically, I can't stand Geraldo. But I was more or less semi-comatose when the program came on, recovering from a daunting, hilly afternoon bicycle ride.

The program's guest was Gerald Shargel, the attorney for alleged David Letterman extortionist, Joe Holderman. I can't recall his name, but he was apparently the guy who gave convicted mobster John Gotti the moniker "teflon don."

This New York Post article hints at what is in store for the gap-toothed late night talk show host. Shargel's attitude on Sunday evening was a great deal more promising than even that article could capture.

Among Shargel's hints were that Letterman seems to have indulged in a massive illusion by way of confession, in order to draw attention away from the identities of the people with whom he had sex. And Shargel said, over and over, that he believes, from what he has seen, that the key to Letterman's behavior are the identities of the people with whom he has had sex. Shargel didn't mention gender, so it could be many possibilities, any or all of which could turn people against Letterman.

Shargel was really adamnant that, having reviewed the evidence thus far, he is pretty sure there's quite a bit more to this story than what Letterman carefully released on his show. For example, Shargel asked, why did Letterman's attorney only wear a wire to the last meeting with Shargel, and not all of them? What was said in the prior meetings that Letterman and his lawyer did not want on tape?

Now, all of this is in the offing, and really not about politics. Yet.

But as I heard Letterman's latest confession about what one does when one hurts someone, and how much "work" he has "cut out" for himself to regain the good graces of his wife, I cannot help recalling the comedian's vicious attacks on Sarah Palin.

Letterman sure was happy to be a liberal attack dog when he was devoid of any sins. It's easy to rip into others and make fun of them when you seem unassailable.

And, in the opening days of the Letterman case, this seemed to continue to be true. Letterman easily deflected his sexual infidelities, winking and interspersing his confessions with laugh lines, the better to try to insinuate that everybody does this.

Karma has a funny way of calling in unexpected ways. I think Letterman is about to discover this.

It could well be that all the invective and bile which he spewed at and over Palin and her family is about to be revisited upon him tenfold.

Justice can be quite impartial at times. Especially when it's not the variety that comes from a court verdict, but, instead, the process of being put through public scrutiny attendant upon a court case.