Dean, talking to Diane Rehm — the Mother Teresa of Beltway radio — excoriated Bush for undue privacy in the Sept. 11 investigation. It produced some “interesting” theories, Dean said, such as the idea that the Saudis warned Bush of the imminent attack. Very clever, this; it allowed Dean to move the charge from the fever swamps of Internet forums to the national spotlight. Did he believe it? Oh, no — but it’s interesting, he said, and can’t be disproved. OK, then: Dr. Dean sealed his gubernatorial records, and this makes some suspect he was an abortionist who sold the sundered remains to Satanists for Black Mass rituals. Hey, it’s an interesting theory. Until we see the records, who knows?
Ouch. But it’s not just Lileks on the case now: Howard Dean is starting to suffer damage from several of his rather improvident remarks, and according to this article from the Washington Post people are starting to question his viability. I guess the Teflon is, er, flaking.
That could lead to Bush facing the candidate he fears the most in November. . . .
UPDATE: SpinSanity has more on Howard Dean and what it calls his “not-so-straight talk on Bush and the war.”