This last weekend, the saga of the incarceration of one of Obama's fiercest and loudest conservative critics came to a strangely quiet -- and under-reported -- end.
Dinesh D'Souza simply left the grotty community confinement center he'd been spending his nights at for the last 8 months, and went home to sleep in his own bed for a change.
As punishments go, D'Souza lucked out. He could have been in jail for several years. Instead, the judge showed leniency, opting to send him to a halfway home, along with 5 years' probation and a 30,000 fine.
It wasn't without its own moments of fear, to hear D'Souza tell it. He attended classes on how to not be raped, was patted down nightly like a common criminal, and slept above a 400-pound fellow who hoped D'Souza would slip him some fundage as well.
(D'Souza's answer was a curt "no.")
That he hated it was understandable. He even went so far as to embarrass himself, yet again, by asking for a summer vacation from the home. The Judge, clearly unimpressed, was at least more eloquent in his denial than D'Souza was to his bunkmate.
That said, the 8 month ordeal wasn't without its benefits. It allowed him to concentrate on a new book -- "Stealing America" -- as well as a movie targeted for the 2016 election. He has also reportedly softened his stance on the incarcerated, illegal immigration, and divorce.
Sadly, it also appears to have only increased his resolve that he was on the right track, after all.
"The left, by targeting me for selective prosecution, intended to teach me a lesson. But the lesson I've learned is, I'm sure, not the lesson the left wanted me to learn."
One has to admire D'Souza's chutzpah. In spite of knowing full well that what he was doing was wrong, he remains quite convinced that the Obama administration made a special example out of him. He even reported to the center a few minutes early, every night, just to keep Obama's "friends" from nailing him yet again.
During his trial, when D'Souza was talking out of both sides of his mouth, the judge told him, frankly, "I'm not sure, Mr. D'Souza, that you get it."
It would appear that's still the case.
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