Howard and hillary by Mia T, Independence Day, 2003 y introduction to Howard Dean was via the prototypic provincial "see ____ run" cinéma vérité political rally oxymoron that C-SPAN does so well. Howard quickly let it be known that he was less deft at these things than C-SPAN. With his first sentence, he managed to expose a level of injudiciousness and mediocrity and an unambiguous praetorian streak that, ironically, rivaled those of the object of his fatal attraction. Howard informed us -- quickly -- just in case we would get the wrong idea -- that he...