Well, good. Rumor over at BFA is that Paul Begala has finally been open about his bias against Howard Dean (well, explicit, he's always been open as far as I can tell):

"It's true, I didn't want howard dean to be the nominee for the democratic party, cause kerry is stronger on national security."

That's the paraphrase from BFAers. We can check the transcript later.

But what with his trying to suggest that Howard Dean is as ignorant as George W. Bush just as the primaries were in full swing.. umm.. guess what, Paul? We saaaw, Paul, we saw!! (If I might paraphrase Marshall's whiny Heatheresque remark...) It was quite clear you were out to subtly take down Dean and build up Mr. Uninspiring Kerry, even as you were the public face of the DNC on their 'neutral' missives and supposedly representing all good Democrats on Crossfire.

Man, it is really tempting to go to one of these hoity toity Democratic soirees sometime just so I can ask Begala if he really thinks I'm ignorant because I get the bulk of my news from papers, magazines, and journals instead of cable television. Very tempting. And yes, I know my extreme annoyance with Begala is reminiscent of Somerby's (justified, I think) grudges with various other media know-it-alls. But, there it is. Carville doesn't bother me this much, but then I never expected that much from Carville. I had high hopes for Begala once, and he managed to sink (almost) to the level of his nimwit Republican counterparts on Crossfire. I guess we should be grateful that at least he's not a traitor like his buddy Novak. But, really, that sets the bar awfully low, doesn't it?

Bah.

Like they used to say on the X-files. Trust no one.