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Don’t you love how the Left takes a warped twentysomething … Who went to a high school with curriculum crafted by Bill Ayers, - Whose favorite tomes include The Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf, - Whose classmates describe him as a left-wing, weed-wafting, atheistic Beavis, - Who had a human skull altar erected in his backyard, - Whose hero list (according to Facebook) includes Barack Obama, … and somehow, they magically wiggle their nose, tug their ear, and stomp their feet and poof, abracadabra, this punk instantly morphs into Newt Gingrich?

NEW HAVEN — Howard Dean came to Yale a year older than most of his colleagues, a little more worldly, better traveled and just generally ahead of the curve.................. With the turbulent ’60s as a backdrop, what his friends remember most are the good times and Dean was at the center of that — a fun guy, quick to organize a mixer and hang out for a card game. "He was just somebody, and it remains true, that people liked to be around. You sort of feel good about yourself around Howard. I think it has something to do with...