Take one good last look and laugh at Gov. Dean, thanks to Christopher Hitchens on today's WSJ Ed Page. In Narcissist and Windbag, Hitch pulls no punches on the Governor and his campaign. Such language:
"Embarrassment of choice" is the ideal term for the current competition to decide on the precise moment of Howard Dean's flame-out. That celebrated primal shriek in Iowa has arguably been overdone, catalytic as it no doubt was for numerous latent anxieties on the part of Democrats. The latest pseudo-populist "You Choose" Dean ads for the Wisconsin campaign, featuring equally excruciating spots from "Steve," "Mike" and "Max," have already attracted hearty yucks even from the sort of voter who identifies with the LaFollette tradition of that great state. The Gore endorsement has been chosen, by Mr. Dean himself, as the point when things began to go what the English call "pear-shaped." With typical conceit and lack of grace, however, Mr. Dean selected this moment as the one when the "Washington establishment" began to fear him. And it's that breathtaking analysis which decides me on my own favorite among the rich choice of embarrassments.I wondered how my liberal friends could enjoy P.J. O'Rourke so much and disbelieve in so many of his ideas. But I guess I am the same with Christopher Hitchens. Posted by jk at February 11, 2004 08:45 AM