You may not have heard of any of them, but four third-party presidential contenders debated each other yesterday in D.C.

Today Virginia added three minor party candidates to its presidential ballot, one of which could complicate Mitt Romney’s hopes for the commonwealth.

In the world of politics, nearly every elected official or civic leader has at one point said something stupid, regrettable, insulting or downright confounding. But in recent years, well-known personalities in Virginia have had a disproportionate number of serious flubs, many of which have become national scandals. The mother of all these foot-in-the-mouth moments is surely George Allen’s infamous 2006 “macaca” comment. Caught on tape and beamed to a national audience via YouTube, the insensitive…