The Paris-Rocky Connection
Allow me to posit a conspiracy theory, using the Oliver Stone method of logical deduction...
Q: Who stood most to gain from Paris Hilton's release today?
A: Rocky Delgadillo. No one's talking about him and his wife any more.
Q: Right. And who's most responsible for Hilton's being released today, and not three weeks ago?
A: Rocky, I guess, seeing that he was the one who demanded to have her put back in jail after Sheriff Baca sprung her early.
Q: Shrewd, no? He engineered to have her released at precisely the time he would need a media distraction.
A: But how could he have known he would need a media distraction? I mean, he didn't know all his skeletons would come tumbling out of the closet this month.
Q: Unless he was the one who opened the closet door, so to speak.
A: Huh? Why would Rocky reveal his own dirt?
Q: He could have his reasons.
A: What reason would he have for wanting to make his wife look like a scofflaw and a flake?
Q: Ah, you've answered your own question. She cheats on her taxes. She gets him into trouble. She wrecks the car. She looks a lot worse than him in all this, no?
A: I guess, but why would he want to do that?
Q: Politicians are funny that way. Besides, marital problems do seem to be common in City Hall these days.
A: Maybe, but in the process he's destroyed his own political career.
Q: Or has he? What if he could somehow get everyone to forget about all this damaging information after it's served its initial purpose --
A: By getting us all to focus on Paris instead!
Q: Ah, now you see. (Cue: music.)