Free Bernie

The Free Bernie Committee will do anything to keep the great man from suffering durance vile. They'll even seek the advice of the ambulance chasing law firm of Wei, Su, Yu and Wynn who put junior barrister Ming on the case.

The wily Ming quickly rejects the twinkie defense since the only sweet Bernie ever desired was a sweet deal for himself.

The insanity defense, whereby we argue Bernie suffers from megalomania causing him to do anything that enhances his importance as a captain of finance and font of eleemosynary largesse has little merit.

Barrister Ming will instead argue that Bernie was befuddled in his dotage into seeing himself as an extension of the Government in general and the Social Security Administration, in particular.

Think about it. Both take in huge sums, paying out some small fraction and spending the rest. Each hopes to keep taking in sums huge enough to at least pay the saps enough to placate them into sending in yet more money.

Perhaps Ming can even argue Bernie should be declared a National Treasure.