Cisco asked a good question in his comment:
So I’m wondering about your impressions re: Kagan=end of world. Or Obama, or insert democrat here.
I remember there was a lot of bitterness and anger from the left when Bush won the election over Gore. Certainly there were cries of “theft”, “cheat”, etc. And certainly there were the ridiculous comparisons of Bush to Hitler, etc. But was there anywhere near the amount of talk about how America is going to be destroyed by these people as there is these days now that democrats are in “power”?
Is this “chicken little” syndrome a trait of the right? Is all from Glenn Beck? Or a trait of our current society (left and right)? Or something else?
Because it’s really stupid. And immediately causes me to ignore anything else that person says… regardless of how legitimate it could be. Frankly I think it hurts the cause of the right.
I thought I would answer in a new article, because I’ve been thinking about this comparison a lot, in regards to how Obama Derangement Syndrome relates to Bush Derangement Syndrome.
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