Yes, in between his other network gigs this morning, Howard Dean was fearless enough to appear on the Fair and Balanced Channel this morning. When co-host E. D. Hill asked where he would cut federal spending, he hedged, trashing Bush’s “borrow and spend presidency.” When Hill followed up about the $87 billion Iraq-reconstruction bill, Dean said “There’s a ready source for that. The president gave three trillion dolars of our tax money away to people like Ken Lay.” Huh? Three trillion in the last two years? Who fact-checks this guy? Krugman Truth Squad?

PS: He also introduced this definition-twisting idea: “I do intend to stand up for what I believe in , which is a balanced budget and fiscal conservatism and then a social progressive program like health insurance for every American.” Fiscally conservative socialism?