February 19, 2004

Duck Hunt #11

Sad to say, ladies and gentlemen, but this is the last Duck Hunt. Howard Dean, M.D. quit so the DH has run its course. This was a fun, but short-lived, gimmick. I had fun making the graphic. It was the best Photoshopping job I've ever done, and I didn't even use Photoshop. Dr. Duck and his raft gave me and other webloggers plenty of material to write about. Like Duck, M.D.'s campaign, the Duck Hunt has run its course, and it's time to move on. I want to thank everyone who linked to the DH. I especially want to thank Dean Esmay for some much-needed guidance. Let's get to the *sniff* *sniff* last entries.

• Josh Chafetz on Dr. Dean's "new initiative":
  

  Unfocused anger can keep a good number of people motivated for a good long time, but only rarely will it pay off in significant structural change ...

  
  
• Steven Taylor wonders how Dr. Dean can take so much credit for shaping the primary debate when he couldn't "get much more than 20% of the vote in a Democratic primary."
  
• Deacon at Power Line links to Mark Steyn's political obituary of Dean, M.D.
  
• Professor Bainbridge blames Dr. Duck's demise on the messenger, not his technology.
  
• Matt Bai on the NY Times campaign weblog takes on Dr. Dean's self-comparison to "Fighting" Bob LaFollette. Let's just say Howard the Duck's legacy is significantly smaller than LaFollette's.
  
• On a similar theme, Kevin asks, "Other than opposing the war in Iraq, can anyone actually remember one of "his" issues?"
  
• Rich Lowry defends putting Dr. Dean on a memorable National Review cover that some Dems complain led to his demise.
  
• Matthew Stinson (all the way in China) wonders,
  

  at what point does Gov. Dean officially morph, in the public imagination, into one of those Japanese soldiers camped out on an island at the end of WWII, who never got the message that the war was over?

  
  
• Myria captures Dr. Duck in a moment of contemplation.
  
• ScrappleFace reports on Dean, M.D.'s newest staffer.
  

Join in by linking to the Duck Hunt. If you have an MT-powered weblog, just trackback to this post, and it will appear below. If your weblog software is incapable of trackbacks use Kevin's Trackback Form.

P.S. Jay, are you happy? It's over. It's finished. The DH is done, dead, kaput.

P.P.S. One last time for old time's sake: Dr. Duck's "I Have a Scream Speech."