The American Spectator

p> A MATTER OF MONTHS br> Re: The Washington Prowler’s Howie Goodies : /p>

The piece on Howard Dean by “the Prowler” published today contains this statement, “Compounding the Clinton Conundrum is the growing sense that Hillary is positioning herself to at least dip her toe in possible presidential waters 18 months from now.” Eighteen months from now!!!!!

p>This is obscene. The best reform of our election process that could possibly be enacted, would be to make campaigning for public office in general, and the Presidency in particular, ABSOLUTELY ILLEGAL until ninety days prior to the election. The punishment for performing any campaigning of any kind, or allowing such activities to be performed on your behalf, should be life imprisonment, totally incommunicado. I am particularly incensed by the prospect of presidential campaigning, by anyone, especially Democ rats, and definitely by TW4 (The Wicked Witch of the West Wing), beginning a scant 18 months from now, because I live in New Hampshire. We have barely cleansed our state from the most recent infestation of politicians, and now you say it is about to begin again as soon as 18 months from now. Horrors! br> — W. B. Heffernan, Jr. /p> p> Been away for a while so I’m just catching up on things. So Howie is the front runner for DNC? How nice. Just what the dems need or is it really just what the dems are. That does bode well for the GOP all the way around. Dean’s legacy here in Vermont is just starting to come to fruition and what a disaster it really is. Hopefully, he will run the DNC with the same expertise. His chairmanship will also alienate the more moderate members of that party to the point where we will probably see a third party come out while the DNC withers on the vine. Now, I’m no expert on politics like Dick Morris or the rest of those people, but I do know Howie to some degree. He represents the unstable loony left perfectly. Like the Pied Piper, he will lead these crunchies on a trip to oblivion. Meanwhile, the Clintonites had better be looking for a new place to hang their hats and that could be the third party aforementioned. It won’t happen overnight. After all, it took Howie quite a few years to destroy Vermont and we’re a little tiny burg. br> — Pete Chagnon /p>