Virginia Is for (Redneck, Incestuous) Lovers

A weekly mathematical survey of dubious behavior that measures, on a scale of 1 to 100, just how low a person can go.

Cheers to the first daredevil who climbed the New York Times tower last Thursday. But the second guy, Renaldo Clarke? Get your own building, Captain Original. Score: 3

Vice President Dick Cheney angers an entire state with an inbreeding joke about a pair of his distant cousins: "And we don't even live in West Virginia." Swing and a miss, Dick. Score: 28

NBC journo Andrea Mitchell angers half a state by describing an Obama stop in western Virginia as a visit to "redneck" country. At least the veep was trying to be funny. Score: 35

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