Top Ten....Idiot Wind

Last night’s Top Ten list was “Top Ten Signs Your Congressman Is An Idiot.” Letterman: “In a recent reporting in op-ed pieces, the word ‘idiot’ has been used liberally to describe members of Congress. …These are signs, these little indicators, these little red flags you can look for when you’re getting ready to cast your vote for a Congressman” (“Late Show,” CBS, 8/22).

10) “His desk is a foosball table.”
9) “Still isn’t sure about ‘Yea’ or ‘Nay.’”
8) “Keeps showing up for work at the Washington Monument.”
7) “Brags that he never spends his Congressional paycheck – lives off his stand-up money.”
6) “Represents Iowa district – campaigned all summer in Ohio.”
5) “Pays more than 13% in taxes.”
4) “Routinely holds ‘joint sessions’ in a van parked behind the Capitol.”
3) “Thinks ‘bi-partisan’ means two kinds of grated cheese.”
2) “Appears regularly on C-Span and on ‘America’s Dumbest Criminals.’”
1) “Often asks himself, ‘What would Todd Akin do?’”