And the hits just keep coming

Ooooh, a Townhall column that gave me an endorphin rush! Maybe Larry Elder should have thought things through before he turned in his assignment because his Dean's-got-problems column made me feel absolutely joyous. It's as if Larry Elder made a wonderful mix tape just for me, bringing together some of the very best of Howard Dean. Thanks for the compilation, Larry.

"I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for."

"The right wing of the Republican Party is deliberately undermining the Democratic underpinnings of this country," said Dean on Sept. 6, 2003 [regarding the California recall]. "I believe they do not care what Americans think and they do not accept the legitimacy of our elections and have now, for the fourth time in the fourth state, attempted to do what they can to remove democracy from America."

"You can't trust [Republicans] with your money, and you can't trust them with your votes."

"The Republicans are all about suppressing votes. Two voting machines if you live in a black district, 10 voting machines if you live in a white district." Dean considers Republicans either lazy or parasitic trust-fund babies: "[T]he idea that you have to wait on line for eight hours to cast your ballot. . . . You think people can work all day, and then pick up their kids at child care or wherever, and get home and . . . still manage to sandwich in an eight-hour vote?"