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Rachel Maddow made a comment on her show tonight (which I'll probably post when it is available) about the contrast between "Bush Derangement Syndrome," (BDS) and "Obama Derangement Syndrome." When Bush was criticized, it was largely for things like war, torture, wire-tapping, crony appointments, Katrina, 9/11. Things of consequence, things worthy of derision. With Obama, it is everything he does, or everything about him that sends right-wing world into a tizzy.
In this case, Obama--somewhat surprisingly--won the Nobel Peace Prize. He then responded to this news humbly, and seemed leery of even deeming himself worthy of it. Talk radio and FOX "News" (and of course, the right-wing blogosphere) has completely freaked out over this development. You'd think Obama stuffed the Nobel ballot box or something. Of course, this being the same group of people who had multiple orgasms when Chicago (and thus, America) lost the bid for the 2016 Olympics, I guess I really shouldn't be surprised.
I personally heard Sean Hannity and the cretinous Mark Levin on the radio this afternoon, pretty much going apeshit over the development. Of course with Levin, "apeshit" is pretty much his default position. Then, MSNBC played clips from FOX that pretty much confirmed what I thought they'd be up to. So let's get this straight. Any criticism of Bush was BDS, was akin to treason, and came from "America haters." Why is all of this squawking now OK?
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