Rich – I agree. But I think the fact that this wasn’t Dean at his worst was in a way more damning. We got to see how he thinks about things without the distraction of his silly schtick. For example, for a doctor to mock drug addiction is pretty galling. It’s one thing to do it on the fly. It’s another to be asked about it during a calm moment on a national talk show. Dean explained that since Limbaugh mocks others, it’s okay for him to mock him about his addiction in turn. This is simply not how the Hippocratic oath works. Doctors treat murderers all the time. The fact that a patient murdered someone doesn’t give a doctor a pass on treating him or mocking his condition. When Dean announced “I will use whatever position I have in order to root out hypocrisy,” it demonstrated what a truly shallow thinker he is. Is he going to denounce his donors who fly private jets while lecturing the rest of the country about getting rid of their SUVs (paging that Greek lady). Is he going to denounce all the Democrats who send their kids to private school? Since Limbaugh’s hypocrisy stems from the fact that he’s supported the drug war, is he saying that if you’ve ever used drugs, or even if you use them now, you have to be in favor of giving up the drug war?

Does Dean really think liberals and Democrats don’t lecture conservatives about morality? I think he probably does because he is an amazingly unreflective person. Every time I see him, I find him more unlikable.