Who says Alaska politics ain't no fun? We've got scandal, corruption, indictments and long investigations into the shenanigans of some of our highest members of office. Makes for some big news, even by Alaska's large-scale standards.

Heck, the reputation of two-thirds of our congressional delegation is sullied. How many states can say that?

Ted Stevens, the state's senior saint, a man who has occupied a senate seat longer than anyone alive, was indicted on something as daft as not disclosing work done on his home. Guilty or not, the good senator's career is in question for the first time in more than 40 years. It's a heck of a way to go.

Don Young, our sole representative, was blatant in how he got money for a road (allegedly) to help out a Florida friend. This is the same illustrious congressman who constantly flips off his constituents and his fellow co-workers, and many times right on the House floor.

The third in our triumvirate, Lisa Murkowski, was tainted early on in a bad land deal, but she went and owned up to her misdeed and repented.

But our state leaders are right up there with the tainted twosome. The offices of no fewer than six members of our Juneau contingent were raided by federal investigators. Half have already gone to jail, and another was recently indicted. One can bet there are more to come.

Rest assured, we're not alone in the corruption game.

Representatives from Arizona, California and Texas have all been indicted on charges of extortion, money laundering, racketeering or trading favors. And let's not forget that little incident where an Idaho rep got busted in a bathroom sex sting in Minneapolis.

The arrogance that has entered into our political halls is astounding — on both a state and a national level. The arrogance in the White House over the past eight years has tipped the scales. Not a small feat considering some of its previous inhabitants.

And that's just on the federal level, and only in the last three years.

Even the actions of our immensely popular Gov. Sarah Palin are under an investigative eye for firing a commissioner that some say wouldn't do her bidding.

Today's political high jinks certainly keeps the talk at the dinner tables and cocktail parties lively.

Former President Clinton's old-school sex scandal was nothing. Politicians today are being so blatant about snubbing their noses at their sworn duty and are making back-room deals that are reminiscent of sleazy drug dealers. Elected officials are bowing left and right to kiss their ethics goodbye.

The real fun starts when the deals get so bad, so in your face, that even federal investigators can't ignore it anymore. Whitewater? Phsaw! We had Veco-gate.

Indictments bring forth the gossip-mongering: What about all those others — the ones who didn't get caught? What about the other members of the larger corrupt bastards club who escaped this round of scrutiny. And what was going on before the scrutiny began?

So many a political punk's nerves are jumping as the big election season fast approaches. There are too many “what ifsÉ”

What if new rules and heavier oversight are placed on individual campaign contributions, political action committees and fundraisers for candidates and parties?

What if the media starts to focus on real issues and overlooks the incessant hounding on those nit-picky little things — like who's wearing a flag pin or does that tie really match that suit?

What if all those conservative and liberal types rebel and vote these fun-loving folks out, bringing in “respectable” leaders?

Where's the fun in that? Forget voting, folks. Just let it ride.