Krauthammer: The Delusional Dean

Washington Post ^ | 12/05/03 | Charles Krauthammer

[Pokey78]

Kraut ping!

[happydogdesign]

[lainde]

Krauthammer jewel!

[RLK]

I'm with Krauthammer and beyond. At least half the people in national politics and the media show signs of serious, that's serious, mental disorder.

[Sabertooth]

Moreover, Dean is very smart. Until now, Bush Derangement Syndrome (BDS) had generally struck people with previously compromised intellectual immune systems. Hence its prevalence in Hollywood. Barbra Streisand, for example, wrote her famous September 2002 memo to Dick Gephardt warning that the president was dragging us toward war to satisfy, among the usual corporate malefactors who ``clearly have much to gain if we go to war against Iraq,'' the logging industry -- timber being a major industry in a country that is two-thirds desert.

It is true that BDS has struck some pretty smart guys -- Bill Moyers ranting about a ``right-wing wrecking crew'' engaged in ``a deliberate, intentional destruction of the United States way of governing'' 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 Dick Cheney in a Hitler-like mustache and Bush stitched-up like Frankenstein. Nonetheless, some observers took that to be satire; others wrote off Moyers and Krugman as simple aberrations, the victims of too many years of neurologically hazardous punditry.

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Some clinicians consider this delusion -- that Americans can only get their news from one part of the political spectrum -- the gravest of all. They report that no matter how many times sufferers in padded cells are presented with flash cards with the symbols ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, PBS, Time, Newsweek, New York Times, Washington Post, L.A. Times -- they remain unresponsive, some in a terrifying near-catatonic torpor.
Krauthammer - Townhall.com link (no WP log in necessary)

[mylife]

Some clinicians consider this delusion -- that Americans can get their news from only one part of the political spectrum -- the gravest of all. They report that no matter how many times sufferers in padded cells are presented with flash cards with the symbols ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, PBS, Time, Newsweek, New York Times, Washington Post, L.A. Times -- they remain unresponsive, some in a terrifying near-catatonic torpor.

The sad news is that there is no cure. But there is hope. There are many fine researchers seeking that cure. Your donation to the BDS Foundation, no matter how small, can help. Mailing address: Republican National Committee, Washington, D.C., Attention: psychiatric department. Just make sure your amount does not exceed $2,000 ($4,000 for a married couple).

LOL!!

[vbmoneyspender]

this is a pretty funny column. Looks like CK is trying to give Steyn a run for his money.

[Porterville]

this is the funniest photoshop of Dean I have seen

I don't know if it is over the top for FR but I don't think it is over the top to link

[gipper81]

Home Run.

[mylife]

At least half the people in national politics and the media show signs of serious, that's serious, mental disorder.

Here is proof

[txzman]

Funny, funny article! And oh so true. This is my favorite so far of the campaign - now making the rounds to SD, MI and points west.

[mylife]

Looks like CK is trying to give Steyn a run for his money.

That crossed my mind as well !!

[secret garden]

CK's a shrink. He calls 'em like he sees 'em. And unlike most shrinks, he's brilliant.

[mylife]

CK's a shrink. He calls 'em like he sees 'em. And unlike most shrinks, he's brilliant.

I'd love to see his take on Wussley Clark

[Mel Gibson]

Is that the spirit of Jon Benet Ramsey on the desk in front of "James" Dean

[upchuck]

Just make sure your amount does not exceed $2,000 ($4,000 for a married couple).

OK if they're gayly married?

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

[mylife]

OK if they're gayly married?

I dont believe that is an option fot the RNC, The DNC however.....

[auboy]

Thank you for posting this!