HOWARD DEAN REALLY IS A DERANGED SON OF A BITCH

So here we have the Chairman of the Democratic Party insisting that the Democrats go into their June convention with only one nominee. He says that either Senator Hillary Clinton or Senator Barack Obaba must drop out of the race if there is no clear cut winner by then. He doesn't much care which one surrenders, only that one of them does. Isn't that why they have conventions in the first place, to choose a nominee? He says that letting the convention do the job it was designed to do will put the Democrats in danger of losing the general election. How does that work exactly, outside of, shall we say... the unique mind of Howard Dean? Now we know why he was appointed to that job in the first place, to keep him from running for the presidency himself and repeating his 2004 meltdown.

But maybe in retrospect it wasn't such a great idea to let this guy be in charge of the whole party. He's melting again and saying foolish things. All I can say is, it's a good thing for his patients that this medical doctor got out of the doctoring business and into politics where he can do them no harm. It's the rest of the nation who has to put up with him now, but a judicious dose of ignoring the fool should work wonders. One gets the feeling that the only reason he says this stupid shit is to call attention to himself, and like all such people, there is no other plausible reason to notice him at all. Obama and Clinton ought to unite in telling him to shut up and go away until the voters, or failing that, the delegates choose a nominee in the normal way. What, he's afraid that only four more months of campaigning is not enough? The campaign already seems like it's dragged on for the better part of a decade.

Hell, four weeks should be plenty to get your message out. Are our political campaigns designed to keep idiot TV analysts gainfully employed or to select a president? And it's not like there's any shortage of issues with which to challenge the Republicans, no matter who emerges as the candidate. There's that giant albatross of an illegal war going on and on like some Energizer Dragon. That might get a little mention, no? There's 8 years of corruption and thievery to be addressed. There's a drowned city still waiting to be rebuilt. There's the economy, or lack thereof. There's torture and incompetence and Christian Fascists and the fact that the best equipped army in history can't find a 6-foot 6-inch tall Arab in the midst of his jockey-sized brethren.

There's that massive transfer of wealth from the working classes to the super wealthy that can be mentioned. There's our friendship with the Saudi kings who fund terrorism and manipulate world oil prices in collusion with our own corporations. There's the Republican fear mongering and assaults on the BIll of Rights. And there's the public record of John McCain who has licked every jackboot offered in order to secure the Republican nomination and the fact that corporate lobbyists make up the majority of his senior staff. Does any nominee need Howard Dean around to distract him or her from concentrating on these issues.

His big mouth becomes an issue, one of the few that can return the Republicans to power. As he tries to sabotage the process designed to select a nominee, he sabotages the chances of getting that nominee elected. How can he not know that? Maybe he's getting bribed by the Republicans. Or just maybe he really is one very deranged son of a bitch! Wouldn't be the first politician to be completely nuts. If his former patients had an ounce of patriotism, they'd sacrifice their health and invite him to reopen his medical practice and get him out of our hair. Howard Dean for General Practitioner in '08!