Liberals to Save Democratic Party From Howard Dean?

Liberals to Save Democratic Party From Howard Dean?

It has taken an awfully long time for the liberal press to discover that Howard Dean is nuts. But, finally the Washington Post is on the case and this will likely be interpreted as permission to the rest of the liberal media to start scrutinizing the frontrunner.

"Howard Dean's penchant for flippant and sometimes false statements is generating increased criticism from his Democratic presidential rivals and raising new questions about his ability to emerge as a nominee who can withstand intense, sustained scrutiny and defeat President Bush."

The Post reports (finally!) Dean's accusation that President Bush had prior knowlege of the 9-11 attacks and did nothing. And, it reports his initial justification.

"How is what I did different from what Dick Cheney or George Bush . . . did during the time of the buildup of the invasion of Iraq?" the former Vermont governor said Tuesday night aboard his campaign plane. "There were all these theories that they mentioned. Many of them turned out not to be true. The difference is that I acknowledged that I did not believe the theory I was putting out."

I hadn't heard that before. Why did the Post sit on it all this time?

Is it too late to save the party from a humiliation in next year's election? Probably not. And if that happens, it will partly be the fault of the Post and the New York Times and CNN and NBC and CBS and ABC for trying to keep this man's wackiness out of public view.