Demonstrating that he’s not only a purveyor of falsehoods and first-rate hypocrite but also a nincompoop, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay has attacked the television show “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” for what he called a “manipulation of my name.”

During an episode in which a search for the murderer of a federal judge was proving fruitless, an officer with no leads suggested putting out an all points bulletin for “somebody in a Tom DeLay T-shirt.” As you know, DeLay has been at the forefront of an effort to rein in what he calls “activist judges.” (Though you might note he’s made no comments about this bit of idiocy.

While DeLay complained by penning something that made absolutely no sense, Dick Wolf, the show’s executive producer and creator, suggested the so-called Senator has an inability to distinguish between fiction and reality.

“Every week, approximately 100 million people see an episode of the branded ‘Law & Order’ series. Up until today, it was my impression that all of our viewers understood that these shows are works of fiction as is stated in each episode.

“But I do congratulate Congressman DeLay for switching the spotlight from his own problems to an episode of a TV show.”