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Howard Dean Implodes. Again. No Wonder His Wife Stayed in Vermont
By N. Beaujon
May 16, 2005
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One could think of a thousand reasons why Howard Dean’s wife didn’t want to “go to Washington” during her husband's presidential sojourn but the fact that he is certifiably insane was not the first thing that came to mind. Yesterday, the Democratic National Chair for the “Party of Compassion” (and presumably self restraint) blurted out in a speech to Massachusetts Democrats that the US House majority leader, Tom DeLay, ''ought to go back to Houston where he can serve his jail sentence.” Incredibly, Liberals have finally found a suspect they just can't embrace.
Even Massachusetts Congressman Barney Franks was appalled at Dean’s remarks, ''That's just wrong," Frank said in an interview on the convention floor. ''I think Howard Dean was out of line talking about DeLay. The man has not been indicted. I don't like him, I disagree with some of what he does, but I don't think you, in a political speech, talk about a man as a criminal or his jail sentence."
That makes sense. When it was found that Barney Franks's gay lover was running a male prostitution ring out of his Georgetown pad you didn’t hear Republicans calling for his head and certainly Democrats wanted him presumed innocent until a secret “ethics panel” review could find him “totally clueless”. Republicans certainly deserve the same respect.
I’d say Dean was a half-cocked gun, fully loaded but that would be an insult to gun owners everywhere. No, Dean is more like a half-loaded gum ball machine that just keeps spitting out those big cherry favors that plop to the floor and roll….and roll…and roll until the vending machine owners just have to cart him away. Dean is a Fruit Loop in a Shredded Wheat world and that makes him a money-losing proposition.
It’s clear why he wife couldn’t wait to leave him behind but for Republicans he’s the gift that keeps on giving.
