Who's fooling who?

Did Roy Neel really tell his new boss (actually, you have to wonder who is the boss in the Dean/Neel matchup, don't you?) that he was never a lobbyist? Or is Dean really willing to tell a purposeful lie on national TV in hope that his remaining legions of Stormers won't notice his newfound affection for (or is it domination by?) the dreaded 'Washington establishment'?

Because when Dean told the SC debate audience that Neel "never lobbied" you can only draw one of two conclusions. Howard Dean will believe anything that's convenient for him, or Howard Dean will say anything that's convenient for him.

Actually, there's a third possibility. Howard Dean will believe and say anything that's convenient for him. That's probably closer to the truth. The bottom line is that we have no idea what Howard Dean believes, and we can't believe anything he says.

At any rate, The Scrum has the scoop, with links to Neel's registration records as a lobbyist for the telecommunications industry in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001.

Roy lobbied, Howard lied, and it's time for both of them to call it quits.