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Is it just me or is this Secret Service 'scandal' a bit overwrought?

The culture of umbrage strikes again - we're SHOCKED, SHOCKED to discover that Secret Service agents, who, after all, have among the most stressful jobs on the planet, were caught hooking up with prostitutes in their off hours. What next? Pro football bounties? A congressman taking a picture of his crotch as a come on? Here are the yentas on "The View" expressing their outrage, with chief yenta Barbara Walters speculating on how far up the shenanigans went. Oh pleeeese! By the way, the "culture of umbrage" line came up on Sunday's "Reliable Sources."

Claude Rains doing Rep. Darrell Issa, who is jumping on the Secret Service inquiry.


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Is it just me or is this Secret Service 'scandal' a bit overwrought?

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