Bush Derangement Syndrome?

Allen773 said:
Well Bush has committed war crimes.
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Then you should go to Dallas and make a citizens arrest since that is the only way he will be arrested. Good luck. By the way, please list, in detail, the war crimes you are accusing him of along with applicable federal statutes governing them.
 
fuelair said:
I'm from Florida, was here when the election was stolen... So, since I am not a truther I apparently do not qualify as a carrier or victim of BDS.
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If you typed up that whole post with a straight face, then I've got bad news for you.
 
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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Limbaugh, Hannity, and Praeger are, in my opinion, right-wing hacks. And they aren't even on the nutty end of the right-wing hack spectrum. Ever heard of Michael Savage? :eye-poppi
 
Oh good grief :rolleyes:

Allen773 said:
One could make a reasonable argument that the Bush administration has committed war crimes.
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Then why don't you do so instead of going on and on about the implication that Bush is guilty of war crimes? Make your argument.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: being an incompetent idiot is not a crime.
 
MattusMaximus said:
Limbaugh, Hannity, and Praeger are, in my opinion, right-wing hacks. And they aren't even on the nutty end of the right-wing hack spectrum. Ever heard of Michael Savage? :eye-poppi
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I listen to Savage quite a bit when I'm with my Dad (big AM radio fan). I was shocked the first time I heard him but over time I'm starting to wonder if even he believes what he himself is saying. It almost seems to me that the man just likes to stir the pot and is merely placating those who already eat his garbage up. I have similar suspicions about Anne Coulter.


Either a great actor, or in dire need of anger management.
 
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xixxvmcm85 said:
I listen to Savage quite a bit when I'm with my Dad (big AM radio fan). I was shocked the first time I heard him but over time I'm starting to wonder if even he believes what he himself is saying. It almost seems to me that the man just likes to stir the pot and is merely placating those who already eat his garbage up.


Either a great actor, or in dire need of anger management.
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Savage is Alex Jones with a slightly larger audience.
 
xixxvmcm85 said:
I listen to Savage quite a bit when I'm with my Dad (big AM radio fan). I was shocked the first time I heard him but over time I'm starting to wonder if even he believes what he himself is saying. It almost seems to me that the man just likes to stir the pot and is merely placating those who already eat his garbage up. I have similar suspicions about Anne Coulter.

Either a great actor, or in dire need of anger management.
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I think Savage is a true-believer. He is, after all, a Birfer. From what I know, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity (and certainly not more stand-up conservatives like George Will and Krauthammer) won't go there.

I think the reason is that Limbaugh & Hannity are basically in it for the money, while Will & Krauthammer are just intelligent, principled conservatives.
 
MattusMaximus said:
Oh good grief :rolleyes:



Then why don't you do so instead of going on and on about the implication that Bush is guilty of war crimes? Make your argument.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: being an incompetent idiot is not a crime.
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Well Obama will have his chance of confirming that Bush is an "incompetent idiot". He can prove that by withdrawing from Iraq as he promised and Iraq will survive, he can deal unconditionally with Iran and Iran will drop its Nuclear program and stop funding of terrorists. He can resolve the Israel/Palestinian problem hat he said Bush botched. He can use the 2nd half of the TARP program to better effect that Bush, He can prove that raising taxes will make the economy stronger. His version of a stimulus plan will actually create 4 million new jobs In other words he can do the exact opposite of Bush and if he succeeds then your assessment of Bush would be correct.
 
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Bush Derangement Syndrome is not only real, but creating it was a genius strategy on the part of the Democrat Party. Its beauty is its simplicity: get people to focus all their anger, hate, and rage, and pin it on one person - and you have a scape goat that will (and did) win you the election.

For example: Any reasonable person, regardless of politics, knows that there was very little similar between McCain and Bush. But, because the DNC exploited BDS and kept repeating that they were the same, the election became a referendum on Bush.

I applaud the DNC for their strategic and perfect use of BDS, but now they've used that card. They will continue to blame Bush for absolutely everything that goes wrong for the next 4 years, and the kool aid drinkers will buy it, but eventually they WILL have to run on the issues.
 
LightinDarkness said:
Bush Derangement Syndrome is not only real, but creating it was a genius strategy on the part of the Democrat Party. Its beauty is its simplicity: get people to focus all their anger, hate, and rage, and pin it on one person - and you have a scape goat that will (and did) win you the election.

For example: Any reasonable person, regardless of politics, knows that there was very little similar between McCain and Bush. But, because the DNC exploited BDS and kept repeating that they were the same, the election became a referendum on Bush.

I applaud the DNC for their strategic and perfect use of BDS, but now they've used that card. They will continue to blame Bush for absolutely everything that goes wrong for the next 4 years, and the kool aid drinkers will buy it, but eventually they WILL have to run on the issues.
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I don't think Obama will get much milage from blaming Bush. He has allowed his expectations to rise so high that he will have to deliver big in his first term or he won't have a 2nd. It is also entirely possible for the Democrats in congress to so over reach that they will lose at least the senate in 2010 as they did in 1994. Obama had better hope and pray that once he has reversed most of Bush's anti-terror policies, as he has promised, and closes GITO that we are not attacked again. He is promising such a radical about face from all things Bush that he will own whatever happens.
 
Bush may be a bad president, but BDS is basically a phenomenon in which everything bad (and even invented problems) are blamed on him. Watch "Fahrenheit 9/11" for a great example.
 
Texas said:
Then you should go to Dallas and make a citizens arrest since that is the only way he will be arrested. Good luck. By the way, please list, in detail, the war crimes you are accusing him of along with applicable federal statutes governing them.
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Nice tactic. There are no federal statues governing war crimes. They're handled under international law established after WWII.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Principles

Aside - I live a few miles from where the Bushes will be living and I plan on trying to get a photo with the president at some point.
 
There's a certain element of ego self-gratification (okay, mental masturbation, if you will) going on in BDS, I believe.

People's hatred of Bush is out of all proportion to anything rational. Some BDS victims were out there on January 20, 2001, screaming protests along the inaugural parade route. There was a temporary respite after September 11, but it returned soon after, in much greater strength.

What I think is going on here, in many cases, is people's recognition that they themselves had done little or nothing to defend their country after September 11. They were not in the military, their careers had nothing to do with national security, they were simply ordinary people doing ordinary things with their lives. But they had been strongly opposed to Bush before the election, and were a little embarrassed, perhaps even ashamed, that they were doing nothing significant in the war against Islamist terrorists.

How, then, to make them feel good about themselves? By opposing the president? Well, there's nothing particularly ennobling about opposing a president when you live in a liberal democracy. Opposing a tyrant in a dictatorship - that's ennobling, that's courageous.

So, if one can convince oneself that Bush is not only wrong, but evil, then one can puff up one's puny little chest and say, "I'm standing up against a tyrant who's trampling the Constitution. I'm brave, I'm proud of myself, and doggone it, people like me."

Of course, they're not brave, because there's nothing courageous about criticizing the president, and they were fighting a battle to protect a constitution that was never threatened. But as long as they could delude themselves that Bush was indeed a tyrant ("He has a plan, you know, for another 9-11 just before the inauguration, so he can declare martial law..."), or that he was tearing up the constitution, they could feel good about themselves while they protested every single thing Bush did to fight the war against Islamist fascism. While ignoring inconvenient facts like Bush's tripling of humanitarian aid to Africa or creating the world's largest oceanic protected area, setting aside 195,000 square miles of coral reefs - things that, if done by anyone but Bush, would have been cause for jubilation.

I'll be interested to see what the extent of ODS will be: Obama Derangement Syndrome - the acute onset of messianic adoration in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency -- nay -- the very existence of Barack H. Obama.

Don't tell me it doesn't exist.
 
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I'll be interested to see what the extent of ODS will be: Obama Derangement Syndrome - the acute onset of messianic adoration in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency -- nay -- the very existence of Barack H. Obama.

Don't tell me it doesn't exist.
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Interesting that you feel both BDS and ODS are traits only exhibited by one side of the political spectrum.

ODS is irrational adoration of Obama and BDS is irrational hatred of Bush. Really?

You don't think there are idiots on both sides of politics?

Perhaps you suffer from BPSCGDS.
 
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