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Bush Derangement Syndrome?

Allen773

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What exactly is this? I've seen a lot of right-wingers here use the term, and it seems to me like a poor attempt at whitewashing the Bush administration's..."shortcomings."
 
Allen773 said:
What exactly is this? I've seen a lot of right-wingers here use the term, and it seems to me like a poor attempt at whitewashing the Bush administration's..."shortcomings."
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I would guess it depends on who's using the term but I would say a number of 9/11 truth, people who insist that Bush is a Nazi, calling him "Chimpy" "Shrub"etc... could be considered deranged.

Not to worry though Obama Derangement Syndrome is revving up.

ETA: Also there was a good bit of Clinton Derangement Syndrome. Don't know if it had a name when he was in office though.
 
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It's used to refer to those that are a bit ... overzealous ... when it comes to condemning Bush's shortcomings.

Bush was a bad President, you'll get no argument about that from me, but some people carry an unfounded amount of hate and cannot be reasoned with.
 
It's a real phenomenon, but I think it has much more to do with group-think than anything else.

Here in SF, you're hard-pressed to find a Republican let alone a Bush apologist. Over time, I've noticed quite a few folks here succumb to the twoofer-esque rhetoric indicative of BDS.

We even had some vandals go around the city placing 'Obama' stickers over the street signs on "Bush Street" (even though the street was never named after anyone in that family)

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It's pretty hysterical until you realize that folks who suffer from this are 100% serious.
 
I'm from Florida, was here when the election was stolen and saw the things going on in my neighborhood (excessive police activity at/near two polling locations). I loathe Shrub and his handlers for the slime they were then and are now and wish them permanent and
and irrevocable harm. However, the afternoon of 9/11 I was telling my students - some of who were already saying Bush was probably involved why I was functionally certain he was not, nor were his handlers and I have never swayed from that view. I believe he is responsible by both omission and comission for a large number of foul deeds and criminal actions BUT I truly see no evidence of any involvement in 9/11. So, since I am not a truther I apparently do not qualify as a carrier or victim of BDS. Of course, there is also the point that it is not derangement if it is firmly founded in reality.
 
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fuelair said:
I'm from Florida, was here when the election was stolen and saw the things going on in my neighborhood (excessive police activity at/near two polling locations).
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No it wasn't. I'm so sick of hearing that stupid bs.

I was in Florida too, the "stole the election" ct is just as dumb as 9/11 ct.

He won. Get over it.
 
Alareth said:
It's used to refer to those that are a bit ... overzealous ... when it comes to condemning Bush's shortcomings.

Bush was a bad President, you'll get no argument about that from me, but some people carry an unfounded amount of hate and cannot be reasoned with.
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I agree with this. I almost fell into this kind of thinking at one point myself, but thankfully I wised up and realized that I wasn't thinking at all. Once I was able to remove myself emotionally from my politics, I started to get a more reasoned view on things.

From what I can tell, BDS is most accurately displayed by folks who - no matter what - want Bush/Cheney impeached and thrown into jail as traitors, etc etc. I've run into some of these characters at various political meetings which I sometimes attend, and they'll go on and on about how the Democrats and Obama are spineless for not going after Bush/Cheney more. And if you don't agree with them, then you aren't a real Democrat/liberal/patriot, yadda yadda :rolleyes:

As for my view now: it's no crime to be an incompetent dope.
 
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Ah, so it's the imagination of a right-wing media hack. Got it.
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You certainly exhibit all the signs of BDS. Referring to Charles Krauthammer as a "right wing hack" means you are well into the tertiary stage.
 
Alareth said:
No it wasn't. I'm so sick of hearing that stupid bs.

I was in Florida too, the "stole the election" ct is just as dumb as 9/11 ct.

He won. Get over it.
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Yes, this is another irrational belief that I often get annoyed at my fellow Democrats/Liberals for espousing :rolleyes:
 
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You certainly exhibit all the signs of BDS. Referring to Charles Krauthammer as a "right wing hack" means you are well into the tertiary stage.
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I actually think that Krauthammer is one of the more reasonable conservative commentators I've run into over the years - I put him in the company of folks like George Will. I often disagree with their views, but for the most part I do respect them; and every so often one of them says something that gives me food for thought.
 
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I actually think that Krauthammer is one of the more reasonable conservative commentators I've run into over the years - I put him in the company of folks like George Will. I often disagree with their views, but for the most part I do respect them; and every so often one of them says something that gives me food for thought.
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Now that is a fair appraisal. Had Allen773 referred to Rush, Hannity, or Praeger as "right wing hacks," he may have kept his BDS under wraps, but labeling Krauthammer as such is as good as being certified by Bellevue.
 
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Allen773 said:
What exactly is this? I've seen a lot of right-wingers here use the term, and it seems to me like a poor attempt at whitewashing the Bush administration's..."shortcomings."
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http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/01/20/bush-mocked-as-he-arrives-on-inauguration-dais/


The crowd packed on the west side of the Capitol grounds serenaded President Bush in mocking fashion when he took to the inaugural stage alongside Vice President Dick Cheney.

"Nah nah nah nah, hey hey, good-bye," a section of the crowd chanted.

The crowd packed immediately below the podium received Bush in stony silence when he took his seat on the stage surrounding the podium where Barack Obama was scheduled to take the oath office to become the 44th president of the United States.

The jeers are among the final public feedback Bush will receive as president
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http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090120/NEWS02/901200341/1006/NEWS

WASHINGTON -- It's not a good week to be a Republican here -- never mind being part of the 33 percent who approve of the job President George W. Bush has done -- one of the lowest approval ratings for any president.

But no matter how hard it is, it was not nearly as bad as being an inflatable President Bush on Dupont Circle on Monday.

For six hours, a giant Bush with a "Pinocchio" nose was the target of thousands of shoes as people in town for the inauguration took turns throwing loafers, sneakers and boots at the likeness of the president.

The protest, organized by arrestbush2009.com, drew crowds all day, re-enacting the scene last month when Iraqi journalist Muntadhar Al-Zeidi threw his shoes at the president's head during a news conference in Baghdad.

"It's cheaper than a shrink and it gets out a lot of frustration," said organizer Jose J. Rodriguez, whose group wants Bush arrested for crimes related to the invasion of Iraq.
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Bush derangement syndrom is the reason why I, someone who has voted against Bush and spent quite a bit of energy voicing opinions against him, has to spend so much time on sites like these defending him. I believe, at best, he was a mediocre president, but I end up rolling my eyes to the point that I'm dizzy reading some of the idiotic comments that get thrown around places like here on the politics forum about him. There are people who don't have any concept of magnitude or reasonable criticism and just wish to pile every insult they can on the guy and blame him for whatever they can think of.
 
Cicero said:
Now that is a fair appraisal. Had Allen773 referred to Rush, Hannity, or Praeger as "right wing hacks," he may have kept his BDS under wraps, but labeling Krauthammer as such is as good as being certified by Bellevue.
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Ok, maybe he's not a right-wing hack. But he doesn't have much credibility-certainly not much more than Bill Kristol, who has a track record of being consistently wrong about just about everything.
 
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