Sometimes  we all say or do things we wish we could take back or do over. But  life, especially in these days of Twitter, smartphones, 24-hour news,  the blog-o-sphere and social media, captures almost any and all flubs,  slips of the tongue, missteps, hijinks and bad behavior.

Not  ignoring the seletion of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as Mitt  Romney's running mate, but we all can use a break now and then even in  the middle such momentous news. So, taking a look at 3 cases that stand  out and hit my funny bone or make me say, "No way he said that".

In  our 1st of 3 entries for this Saturday, we have an entry from the "Oh,  No You Didn't" department. Seems a county GOP chairman in Pennsylvania  doesn't understand nuance and proper etiquette.

According to an article by the Pittsburg Post-Gazette,  the Allegheny County GOP party head called supporters of President  Barack Obama "retarded". Not only in this day and age of political  correctness run amok, is use of the term in this way wrong, but it is  meanspirited and disingenious to put it mildly.

Seems  at an election night celebration for Pennsylvania State Representative  Randy Vulakovich, Jim Roddey, also the former county executive, made  this poor taste joke to about 200 people:

"There  was a disappointment tonight. I was very embarrassed. I was in this  parking lot and there was a man looking for a space to park, and I found  a space for him. And I felt badly -- he looked like he was sort of in  distress. And I said, 'Sir, here's a place.' And he said, 'That's a  handicapped space.' I said, 'Oh I'm so sorry, I saw that Obama sticker  and I thought you were mentally retarded."

Roddey, you may now hand in your honary Mickey Mouse Club membership.

Next  up we have this one from the great state of Wisconsin and one of its US  Sentate Candidates, Tommy Thompson. From the "Anything You Can Do"  department we see how Thompson takes on a challenge from a local  newspaper.

According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel,  Thompson has bragged about doing 100 push-ups each day, 50 in the  morning and 50 in the evening. On a recent visit to the newspaper  office, the oldest candidate in the race, who happens to also be a  former US Health and Human Services Secretary, proved he is more than  just words when called out by reporters on his physical prowess.

As the J-S tells it: "Thompson  loosened his tie, took off his suit coat, emptied his pockets and  slipped off his shoes. Then he braced his feet against the wall -  admittedly a bit of a crutch - and ripped off 50 push-ups in under a  minute."

Not shabby for a 70-year-old man. Bet those reporters had fun wiping the egg off their faces.

Our  final entry for today comes from the  always-sticking-his-foot-in-his-mouth Congressman from Illinois, Joe  Walsh. From the "Did I Say That" department here are Five  Over-The-Top-Things recently said by Walsh as captured by BuzzFeed.com.

1.  “There are evil people, all over the world, in probably every town in  my Congressional District, who are trying to get their hands on weapons,  to kill Americans."

2. "All Jesse Jackson is trying to do is keep African Americans down on some plantation."

3. Rep. Walsh referred to President Obama as "son."

4. Democrats' mission is to make minorities "dependent" on the government.

5. Obama was elected because "he pushed that magical button: a black man who was articulate, liberal, the whole white guilt."

Want to see the videos of Walsh's mouth in action?

http://buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/five-other-over-the-top-things-rep-joe-walsh-said#HTWF2

From  the Cornfield, may the gaffes, the flubs, the misspeak and stupid  actions roll on...otherwise I will have nothing to write about.