Would that actual events were really so inspiring

If all this fuss over ABC's "Path to 9/11" miniseries has reassured us of anything, it's that despite all that's allegedly changed fundamentally in the five years since the Sept. 11 attacks, the truth remains far less important than the version that gets broadcast in stimulating dialogue.

And in the "liberal" propaganda tube better known as the entertainment industry, it's apparently still a-OK to play "docudrama" with characterizations of real political actors and events. Assuming, of course, that the reality-based jumping off point is the 9/11 Commission Report and the Clinton administration and not the life of Ronald Reagan, in which case it's all about accuracy.

But ex-leaders of any ideological stripe can take comfort from the fact that even those who make their rather comfortable livings spinning the truth can fall victim to and survive such alleged scripted distortion.

Take malevolent genius/political advisor Karl Rove, who the authors of a new "biography" claim invited a Catholic priest to bless his new office upon moving into the White House–an office whose previous occupant just happened to have been Hillary Clinton, and was therefore, the authors claim Rove joked, haunted by lollygagging left-wing demons and some skewed political feng shui:

[Authors] Slater and Hudson both say they're stumped over why Rove, known to be agnostic, wanted any blessing at all.

"A formal exorcism didn't happen, that's true," Slater said. "But it was a real religious ceremony. Rove made more than a passing reference to Hillary Clinton. They talked about the fact, in a joking way, that this had been her office and Hillary was still in there."

For though President Bush may have the direct-dial line, apparently it takes the likes of Hillary to drive non-believers to god. But I suppose, when you've got pressing matters to mastermind, you can't waste all your own evil energy battling residual Hillary-juju.

And, hey, if Clay Aiken is fit to play policy wonk and staff the delightfully named "President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities," and the rumor mill has actually churned up the phrase "Defense Secretary Lieberman," at this point little is too far-fetched to at least entertain.