Arlan Stangeland (R-Minn.)
Claim to fame: Damned fool
Moral apex: Married father of seven swore that the several hundred long-distance phonecalls made to female aide in 1986-87 — and charged to his House credit card — were not evidence of a romantic relationship.
Consequence: Voters rolled eyes, clucked tongues, voted Democratic.
Suggested Bible reading for Mr. Stangeland:
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
— Proverbs 6:25
