You know, I am more than happy to let this go, but for reasons that escape me, the right is still fighting mad over the fact that “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” mocked Tom DeLay<\/a> in a recent episode.<\/p>\n To briefly review for those just joining us, L&O, which is a work of fiction, recently aired an episode in which actors playing police officers were searching for a fictional killer of two judges. In the show, the police believed right-wing extremists were involved. Frustrated by a lack of clues, one officer joked<\/a>, “Maybe we should put out an APB for somebody in a Tom DeLay T-shirt.”<\/p>\n First, DeLay went berserk<\/a> and attacked NBC for the show’s “manipulation of my name.” Then, DeLay’s cohorts followed up, with the House GOP Conference literally going so far as to send out talking points<\/a> to Republican message makers on what to say about the episode.<\/p>\n And now DeLay’s buddies at Free Enterprise Fund, a right-wing lobbying group, are working to keep this story in the news a bit longer<\/a>.<\/p>\n In response to a TV character on “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” commenting after an appellate court judge was killed, “Maybe we should put out an APB for somebody in a Tom DeLay T-shirt,” supporters of the embattled Republican leader will be distributing “Tom DeLay” T-shirts today at a Capitol Hill subway stop.<\/p>\n Saying executives at NBC have used the “Law & Order” series to take jabs at President Bush, Mr. DeLay and conservatives in general, Free Enterprise Fund Vice President Lawrence Hunter says this “again demonstrates just how out of touch the entertainment business is with red-state America.”<\/p>\n “Incidents like this only serve to galvanize conservatives and drive more people into the movement,” he says, criticizing in particular the show’s executive producer, Dick Wolf. The front of the shirt sports a picture of Mr. DeLay, and the back of the shirt reads: “Who’s Afraid of Dick Wolf?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n