[thucydides]

Franken had to take drastic action. The heckler was a LaRouche man, and given the wacko electorate, they could turn from Dean or Clark to LaRouche in a flash.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Whenever things get too boring (or too crazy?)...hard-core liberals like to imagine that they are engaged in a Manichaean cosmic struggle of epic proportions with "LaRouchies" or skinheads and White Supremacist militias. They ran this manuever from the playbook when things were getting too sticky during Clinton's Monica flap (Ken Starr's probe). Paranoid delusions should heat up as the Dean folks begin to confront the delusional nature of their own fantasies. No doubt mental health resources will be taxed for a while.