Congratulations, Howard Dean!
Howard Dean has just been elected as the chairman for the Democratic National Party. Truly this is a dubious honor as he was elected only after he had agreed to tone down his rhetoric and promise not to run for the presidency in the 2008 election. Also, all of the other candidates had dropped out, so they had no one to elect other than Dean.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, not always a Dean supporter, said Friday, ``He has used the power of technology, the force of his personality and the depth of his ideals to bring new people into the party.''
That was the best that she could say about the left wing extremist who is best known for raising money and screaming like a hyena.
Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman released a congratulatory statement saying, ``Howard Dean's energy and passion will add to the political discourse in this country and he will be a strong leader for his party.''
It was reported that he then retired to the private confines of the Republican National Party headquarters where he was seeing chuckling to himself. Shortly thereafter, laughter and cheers could be heard coming from the well insulated building.
Later, after being reminded that that former Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican, had said Dean would be the perfect leader for Democrats ``if they have a death wish,'' Dean smiled broadly and said, ``I'm looking forward to the opportunity to prove Newt wrong.''
Then, Dean retired into the confines of the Democratic National Party headquarters and began working with his team on ways that he could shoot himself in the foot yet another time.
I, for one would like to offer my congratulations to Howard Dean for acheiving his dream of being requested never to run for the Democratic presidential nomination. Way to go!
