So Howard Dean is now Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. He got the position because everyone else dropped out of the running. After losing the last three election cycles, I imagine Terry Mcauliffe was ready to drop the whole thing on Dean and “run away”!

The Anchoress has a few choice thoughts to share about the Dean Chairmanship and the state of the Democratic party in general:

We’ve seen this before, in history. Berlin. 1931. Germany is feeling neglected and demoralized and impotent. The Germans are in need of leadership that will make them feel emboldened, empowered, unified and optimistic. It wants leadership to tell them that they are as great as they always believed they were.

And up from the damp, reeking ratskeller came a stubby-armed man with a gleam in his eye and a gutteral cry and a message of hate and superiority…and the Germans said…Javohl!

Everytime I hear a extremist Democrat or a far-left, whacky liberal call the other side “Nazi” all I can think is: PROJECTION. All they purport to hate, they are become. The only reason they cry “Nazi” is because it is now all they know, and all they recognise.

My Democrat party, the party of Scoop Jackson and Hubert Humphrey and RFK is gone. And in their place…well…break out your history books and turn to “Early 20th Century Europe.” Oh…and make sure it’s a history book written before the 1980′s.

I can’t see it from her perspective, as my dalliance with being a Democrat lasted only a couple of years. I see that many Republicans are licking their chops and gloating over this one. All I can say is keep a wary eye peeled, and watch out! Cause you gotta be careful when you get what you wish for! (db)

[Update: 02/14/05 — Heads Up: Cheat Seaking Missles]
My, my, but Howard’s been a busy boy! The Washington Post reports:

Incoming Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean spent yesterday in a series of meetings with valued Democratic constituencies at the Hilton Washington. He did the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Caucus at 12:15 p.m., the Seniors Coordination Council at 12:45 p.m., the Women’s Caucus at 3:40 p.m., the Native Americans at 4:35 p.m., the African Americans at 5 p.m., the Asian Pacific Islanders at 5:20 p.m. and the Hispanics at 5:40 p.m.

Cynics might call this regimen emblematic of the Democratic Party’s over-attention to special-interest groups. Not so, says Laura Gross, spokeswoman for the former Vermont governor who is expected to be elected party chairman today at a DNC meeting. “Governor Dean is going to need everybody’s help,” Gross says, “and that’s why he’s talking to all these caucus groups.” … “

I guess he didn’t have time for the Satanists and the Supporters of Sadaam; but, maybe tomorrow!

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