For Sale

This makes my day. The federal government is selling off the millions of dollars worth of merchandise that disgraced and jailed Congressman Duke Cunningham received in bribes. It turns out that, in addition to being corrupt, he is a pussy.

A former Navy fighter pilot he may have been (he named one of his bribe-laundering companies Top Gun Enterprises); his personal style veered toward large, dark, wood Frenchy pieces, with lots of marble and mirror and stained glass, and a certain amount of decorative flourish. In a previous Washington Post article, the reporters described Cunningham's taste as "surprisingly delicate." We might amend that as "surprisingly fussy."