Yesterday, there was an article in the Tulsa World that will surely go down as the scariest news story of 2008. This was not about a murderer on the loose or some incurable disease that's spreading across the country: No, this story involves speculation that Tom Coburn could be selected as John McCain's running mate in the 2008 election.
I think we all can agree that this is somewhere between "hilariously bad" and "horrifyingly bad" on the scale of bad ideas.