Here come the other five:

6. Having lived in New Jersey for so many years, I have to include our ex-governor, the "gay American" who hired his sweetie to be Homeland Security Director without inquiring whether the man was a US citizen. Good job, Jim.

7. Since I come from Ohio, it would be remiss to neglect Bob Taft, the first of an old and illustrious political family to publicly disgrace the family name and put the Ohio Republican Party in the dumper.

8. Barbra Streisand: She can't even spell her name right. That doesn't stop her from voicing her opinions, though. Nothing could, short of a bullet to the brain.

9. Sean Penn, last seen sinking his own boat.

10. I was going to mention Janeane Garafolo, but I think honors should go to the entire Air America team.

Honorable mention to: Al Gore; Chuck Hegel; Dick Durbin. Ray Nagin; Kathleen Blanco; Maureen Dowd. They all made a valiant effort to make asses of themselves.

Truly an embarrassment of riches.