What the.....?

Sorry to let Rob down, but I didn't watch last night---I was too durn tired, so I taped it to watch later today.

But I did turn on the tee-vee for a minute right around eight, and caught the beginning of MNF.......

and for the love of the lawd gahd there, in the opening sequence, was HOWARD DEAN, standing on a stage in front of a crowd, looking like he was going to blow a blood vessel in his neck, sleeves rolled out, ranting into the mic

"WE'RE GOING TO GO TO MIAMI...."

and I'm thinking to myself, something's not right here

"...WE'RE GOING TO GREEN BAY..."

wtf? Am I hallucinating? Did someone slip an acid mickey into my wife's enchilada casserole?

"....WE'RE GOING TO BOSTON, AND TO THE BAY AREA TOO!"

and then I realized I WASN'T hallucinating, that Howard Dean was actually in the commercial thing-ee, and that he's gone from denying that the "YAARGH!" speech took place, to mocking it on Monday Night Football.

That's America for you: First Act, Stern Pomposity on the Road to the White House; Second Act, Bloated Self-Parody on the road to being a night-shift "celebrity" greeter working the front door at some off-the-strip Vegas casino.

I wonder how long it will take him to get his own drive-thru wedding chapel?