Dr. Demented's Honeymoon Gets Pre-Empted

I'm not a Buddhist, but if I was susceptible to embracing Eastern mysticism, it's bombshells like this one that would make me believe in karma:

The Justice Department has launched a wide-ranging federal probe into suspected antitrust violations by Vermont's health-care system during the time it was being overseen by former governor and one-time presidential candidate Howard Dean."

The sordid vortex of these investigations can be directly traced back to the Dean administration’s inability to hold these institutions accountable," Vermont's Guardian newspaper complained on Friday, the day before Dean was crowned chairman of the Democratic Party. [my emphasis]

{chuckle}

Remember the highlight of the 1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, when Pete Rose rounded third base, barrelled toward home plate, and demolished catcher Ray Fosse, ending Fosse's career in the process? Substitute "reality" and "Howard Dean" and you've got a good grasp of the big picture here.

The Democrats couldn't have picked a party chairman any more reflective of the direction of their political fortunes.

To modify Minnesota's nickname, Donkland has become "the land of 10,000 rakes." And from the looks of things, Dr. Demented is going to step on every last one of them.