Virginia Is for (Redneck, Incestuous) Lovers

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