Obama Derangement Syndrome: Where Are We?
The natural place to start such an inquiry would be the definition of BDS, the first identified disorder in the Derangement Syndrome family. Quoth the eminent psychologistispeechwriter Charles Krauthammer:
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Originally Posted by Charles Krauthammer
Bush Derangement Syndrome: the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency — nay — the very existence of George W. Bush.
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Supporting examples include:
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Originally Posted by BDS
Diane Rehm: "Why do you think he [Bush] is suppressing that [Sept. 11] report?"
Howard Dean: "I don’t know. There are many theories about it. The most interesting theory that I’ve heard so far — which is nothing more than a theory, it can’t be proved — is that he was warned ahead of time by the Saudis. Now who knows what the real situation is?" |
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Originally Posted by BDS
It is, of course, epidemic in New York’s Upper West Side and the tonier parts of Los Angeles, where the very sight of the president — say, smiling while holding a tray of Thanksgiving turkey in a Baghdad mess hall — caused dozens of cases of apoplexy in otherwise healthy adults.
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Originally Posted by BDS
…and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, whose recent book attacks the president so virulently that Krugman’s British publisher saw fit to adorn the cover with images of Vice President Cheney in a Hitler-like mustache and Bush stitched up like Frankenstein.
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So we now have conspiracy theories, allegations of crass opportunism (I guess, not sure), and yet another occasion of Godwin’s Law in action - in short, consternation at every little thing that could be related to President Bush in some way. Do the alleged symptoms of ODS parallel these examples, with regard to President Obama?
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Originally Posted by Ed Morrissey
Yesterday, President Obama delivered an address on green energy after watching several presentations from companies hoping to reap the bounty of his new policies. Unfortunately, he didn’t pay close enough attention to the presentations, as Obama repeatedly mispronounced the name of one firm he used as an example of innovation
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Granted, the word mispronounced was Orion, but that’s kind of reaching for documentation of amateurish behavior.
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Originally Posted by Ed Morrissey
This is a clip from a few days ago, and in this case, it’s not so much what he says as the obvious fact that he got lost on his Teleprompter while saying it.
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Actually, all the attempts to use TOTUS to seriously damage the President are examples of ODS. I can understand poking fun at it, but using it to bludgeon his intellectual reputation is a bit much.
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Originally Posted by progressoverpeace
34 Every time I think I can’t hate the Traitor-in-Chief any more, he proves me wrong. This pathetic retard needs to be shipped back to Indonesia. I can’t believe America chose him as the instrument of national suicide. It’s one thing to kill ourselves, to do so with such a pathetic retard is historically embarrassing.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at December 01, 2009 08:08 PM (A46hP) |
This in response to Obama’s Speech: To Keep Afghanistan from Becoming Vietnam, I Hereby Propose the Strategy of "Vietnamization" (and yes, that guy is a birther)
Okay, granted, POTUS didn’t exactly propose a great strategy that time. But the above comment sounds a tad harsh. Conclusion: of course, ODS is alive and well.
Here’s the pressing question, though: when does criticism of 44 become illegitimate by straying into the realm of derangement? Perhaps our resident psychologists can provide an answer.