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# Obama derangement syndrome reaches the conservative mainstream?
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/obama-derangement-syndrome-reaches-the-conservative-mainstream/
- Published: 2008-10-13T14:10:41.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:41:54.000Z
- Author: Thomas Ash
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:49

The over-the-top reactions of some liberals to George W. Bush's presidency earned the label ['Bush Derangement Syndrome'](http://townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2003/12/05/bush%5Fderangement%5Fsyndrome?ref=opendemocracy.net). I think it's time to diagnose a conservative equivalent: Obama Derangement Syndrome. We've seen signs of it in the [video](https://www.opendemocracy.net/usa/blog/kanishk%5Ftharoor/ignorance%5Fin%5Fohio) Kanishk posted a few days ago, and in the McCain supporters calling Obama a [terrorist](http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/06/mccain-obama-terrorist/?ref=opendemocracy.net) and [Arab](https://www.opendemocracy.net/usa/blog/thomas%5Fash/mccain%5Fbooed%5Fby%5Fhis%5Fown%5Fcrowds). But what's more startling is its spread to the conservative mainstream. If you have the time, take a look at [The Corner](http://corner.nationalreview.com/?ref=opendemocracy.net) at National Review Online - a blog populated by the most prominent journalists from the American right's most widely-read, well-respected journal. On it, you'll find the likes of Andy McCarthy [speculating](http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTlkMTdmNDRkMTM1ODZkNGNkZmRiNDFjMDE4YzRjMjg=&ref=opendemocracy.net) that the real author of Barack Obama's autobiography Dreams From My Father was William Ayers. It really has to be seen to be believed.