October 30, 2003
PanHowardism

Andrew Sullivan reports that the likely new leader of the British Tories is a man named Michael Howard. That means that if the right loses power in the U.S. to the current Democratic front-runner, wins power in the U.K., and holds power in Australia, the Coalition of the Willing will be led by three Howards: Howard Dean, Michael Howard, and (I had to look up his first name) John Howard. Assuming of course that the U.S. does not abandon the coalition if the Democrats win next year . . . . Perhaps I should add that I had to look up the Australian Howard's first name not because he is unimportant, but because he is now the only important Howard in the world so everyone just calls him 'Howard'. That may not last.

Postscript: (2:20 PM)

The last trio of Howards to be preeminent in their field was Curly, Moe, and Shemp. How would these be matched up with Dean, Michael, and John? Place your suggestions in the comments, and be sure to give specific reasons for each identification.

Posted by Dr. Weevil at October 30, 2003 02:00 PM
Comments

Goodness, foreigners would start to assume that anglos were are Howies, like everybody being a Kim in Korea.

Posted by: Evan McElravy on October 31, 2003 04:41 PM

Goodness, foreigners would start to assume that anglos were are Howies, like everybody being a Kim in Korea.

Posted by: Evan McElravy on November 1, 2003 12:21 AM

See, now what I'm thinking is that one of these countries should put someone in charge named Fine.

"Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard!"

Sure, sure, no one will get that....

Posted by: Dean Esmay on November 2, 2003 08:51 AM

The only way I can think to match them up is by closest physical resemblance.

John Howard = Moe

Michael Howard = Shemp

Howard Dean = Curly

(Oh man, did I try to find a Dean pic that looked similar to this one.)

Posted by: scott h. on November 3, 2003 02:39 AM