Today is a sad day for America: Howard Dean has withdrawn from the race for the Democratic nomination. Though my first choice has always been Dennis Kucinich, Dean was a top-top second with me. Here is a man who dared to say things straight, without wrapping them in TV news show-acceptable double-speak. He has always been against the phony war in Iraq, has always been a proponent for health care for everyone, and has refused to get sucked into stupid arguments over wedge issues.

The news media called him angry. This is a bad thing? I'm furious, myself. Furious that an ignorant, morally-deficient puppet manipulated his way into the White House. Furious that he has done everything in his power to destroy the environment, civil liberties, medical progress, public information, the economy, and our standing in the world. Who in her right mind wouldn't be angry?

The news media called his proposals vague, and said he had nothing to offer outside of his opposition to the war. That is ridiculous. He had a detailed platform that covered everything from the economy to education to health care. He went over it again and again.

The corporate media worked in collusion with an ignorant and lazy public to knock Dean out of the race. Americans will get what they deserve--either another four years of betrayal and destruction, or four years of corporate-wrapped cowardice.

Some choice.