Lyin' Cheatin' Bastards

From Anthony Weiner’s wiener to Larry Craig’s
infamous bathroom toe-tap, we’ve come to
expect nothing less than complete and total
dishonesty from our elected offi cials. But it’s
getting hard to keep track of who’s done what—
so we have created this handy compendium.
In only a matter of minutes we found more
scandals than we knew what to do with so we
had to whittle them down to the worst of the
worst. In Lyin’ Cheatin’ Bastards, no political
offi ce is sacred, no party is immune, and no
sin that’s been punished goes unrecognized.
From small-town mayors to well-known state
representatives, the antics of those who serve
our nation are chronicled here for all eternity.
If only a handful of publicly-elected offi cials
failed to meet our expectations, we could
call it a fl uke. A bad streak, perhaps. But
today so many of them are being arrested for
criminal activity or confessing to inappropriate
relationships that it may be time to ask if
there’s a deeper problem.
Do the right people run for offi ce? Have we set
the bar too low? Is there anything we can do
about it but laugh?