Originally posted 2/10/05, two days before Dean was elected head of the DNC.

Far-fetched, I know, but I would love it if Dean, Hilary, and Barack bin Obama defected to the Greens. How I yearn for a real deal third party. . . .

Viability? Here's the reality. Dean is a bit like Santa Claus to me. Sometimes I believe in him, and other times I want to. When he first entered the national political scene, I was very excited. I got fired up! Then, just before "they" decided to take him down, I got fed up with him and jumped ship. You can call me a waffler, though it's not true. However, when all was said and done, I wished that the Dems had put him in the ring with the 'Shrub. Even if we'd lost, we'd have lost good, by running a real candidate, by which I mean someone cut and dry different from the status quo. I could have been proud of that kind of a loss.

In a couple days, Dean will probably be voted the head of the Democratic National Committee, spinning the party's wheel. Dean is an admirable fellow to stay loyal to the crew that mutinied on him. Yet I feel as if he's falling into a trap. As admiral, he'll be shuffling lots of paper, wheelin' and dealin' for money (which he's damn good at) and basically handling a plethora of administrative tasks. Affecting policy? Fuhget about it. Won't be no time between all that money and donors, donors and money, merry-go-round.

Dean should be a rat like me, and dive off a party boat that's got the turning radius of the Titanic. Let it sink to its watery grave.