Top Ten Excuses for Claude Allen's refund fraud

10. He was so busy working for the people that he didn't check the FDA advisories on his meds.
    
9. 'Falling on his sword' excuse: Did it to distract the press from Bush's speeches on Iraq next week.
   
8. Was saving up the money to help pay down the federal debt.
   
7. It was really part of a legal enterprise with Andrew Fastow.
   
6. It was a special fundraiser for Katherine Harris.
   
5. You really expected Bush's domestic advisors to be able to keep track of receipts?
   
4. The media hype over this story is harmful to the troops and the War on Terror.
   
3. The prosecutor was not properly appointed.
   
2. Dick Cheney gave him the authority.
   
1. You Democrats are still stuck in a pre-9/11 worldview.