The joke's on you...

...if you believed Howard Dean's protestations that he was only kidding when he told Vermont Public Radio that his records were sealed to avoid future political embarassment.

According to the New York Times "An examination of the correspondence between (Dean counsel) Mr. Rocchio and (state archivist) Mr. Sanford shows that future political considerations were indeed a part of the discussion."

"In an Aug. 21, 2002, memorandum to Mr. Rocchio, Mr. Sanford said he was asked to "further develop the idea" that the term for the sealed documents might be automatically extended if Dr. Dean were a presidential candidate when it expired."

hohoho, HoHo. Who's laughing now?