He asked for it before, and keeps on begging for kicking his ambition’s carcass around like a punctured beach ball. First, he said this: “Now that we’re on dog pee, we can have an interesting conversation about that,” Dean said. “I do not recommend drinking urine . . . but if you drink water straight from the river, you have a greater chance of getting an infection than you do if you drink urine.” As if that weren’t enough, he goes and says this: The way to beat George W. Bush is with a candidate who has truly delivered results, not just rhetoric, for working Americans. Both were quoted by Rev. Markle, after which he opines:

The first quote may be funny in a “ha-ha funny” sort of way but the second quote really appeals to my wry sense of irony and pun. In the same e-mail to his supporters Dean claims to be a candidate who has “gotten things done”. Yeah, we’re all really impressed that you could successfully run one of the smallest and most stable states in the union under budget during an economic boom. [...]

There’s more. Usually, kicking a downed “opponent” may seem like a crass act, but when the world has handed him a backhoe to further facilitate digging his own grave (as opposed to a trowel), and he still keeps digging, the propensity of self-parody reaches monumental levels.

Years from now we will look back — that is, if we do — on this “force of nature,” Howard Dean, and finally come to simply conclude that the problem with Howard Dean was that he ran a Howard Dean-type campaign.

Finally, Rev. Chapin posts this series of comics. Look for the valkyrie; you wouldn’t miss her, which is a testament to your visual skills as opposed to the auditory ones of those in the cartoon. What will it take for Howie to realize that the best way for him to maintain what little credibility he has left is to return gracefully to Vermont and keep on being professional about his performance as Governor, and deliver a little bit more results than what Rev. Markle has noted.

While he’s at it I could use some light maple syrup via Airborne Express, though I doubt his campaign coffers could spare me that much.