Apparently swayed by the hard-nosed "don't do the crime if you can't do the time" precedent set by celebrity offenders Martha Stewart, Joe Francis and Paris Hilton, a court has reportedly sentenced White House "fall guy" Scooter Libby to 30 months in the slammer for taking the blame for a much larger scale Bush administration conspiracy lying to federal investigators and obstructing justice.

Reports CNN:

I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for lying to investigators in the CIA leak case. He also was fined $250,000. Libby was found guilty in March of lying about what he told reporters about CIA operative Valerie Plame.

While Scooter is said to be unhappy with the court's decision, he has already scheduled an appointment at a top D.C. day spa for a "John Edwards" haircut, a facial and full chemical peel, and a session with a top makeup artist "Christoff" immediately prior to becoming a guest of the state, and plans to spend the bulk of his 2-3 years behind bars commencing work on his next erotic novel.

Our advice for Scooter? Tell everyone you're going to rehab instead. It's much more en vogue, and with luck, most people won't figure out that you're actually incarcerated for at least another year or two.

Of course, if all else fails, just have your bestie/former drinking buddy George W. cut you a presidential pardon.

Or, you know, suck it up. We hear the trick is to kick someone's ass the first day or become someone's bitch…