Scandal no. 3 Michele Bachmann ethics' slip

Not that she's not enough of a scandal all on her own. Her speech patterns would scandalize any high school English teacher in the nation, but now she's in the thick of it with ethics allegations that have caused her to pull out of seeking re-election.

Oh, don't listen to those naysayers, she whines, or, to be precise, “I fully anticipate the mainstream liberal media to put a detrimental spin on my decision not to seek a fifth term,” she said in a gauzy network-television quality video posted on her campaign Web site. “They always seemed to attempt to find a dishonest way to disparage me. But I take being the focus of their attention and disparagement as a true compliment of my public service effectiveness.”(New York Times, May 29)

But with an alphabet soup of Federal agencies looking up her nighty, she can't get out of town fast enough. And to add insult to injury, the allegations come from the poor woman's own campaign team. What happened to old fashioned GOP loyalty? or is that not a word the Tea Party is familiar with?

Yes, it's fun to watch these clowns flounder in their own brew, as they try to swim out of the rapids created by their own backwash. But I'd rather they performed their sleazy antics on a daytime TV show instead of in the United States Congress where no matter how corrupt their morals or bad their grammar, they still have power to do serious damage to small children and other living things.