I spoke with LH recently and I assure you that he has not transmogrified into anything. He's just as he's always been; he even answered the phone with "Ook ook, ya flippin' bolthole, eh?"

As for Chongo's last post, I have certification from both a psychologist and a psychiatrist that I am not only as sane as anyone else, but am not a danger to myself or others. My intelligence was measured at "near genius" level and my social skills are such that I rarely slam either my face or another's into a plate of spaghetti.

Personally, I think that Chongo doth protest too much. But in these times no one places a stigma on such things and I think he would be a much stronger candidate if he'd just admit it. Oh sure, there are reactionaries everywhere, but I doubt that his presidential campaign would fail just because of what I've discovered.