So many derangement syndromes in the past two decades . . . there was Clinton Derangement Syndrome,
isolated by the acolytes (enablers?) of President Droopy Drawers in his critics no matter how non-deranged their
criticisms . . . there was Bush Derangement Syndrome, isolated by the acolytes of President Lips II in
his critics, conservative and liberal alike, regardless of how non-deranged their criticism . . . there was
Obama Derangement Syndrome, isolated by the acolytes of His Excellency Al-Hashish Field Marshamallow
Dr. Barack Obama Dada, COD, RIP, LSMFT, Would-Have-Been Life President of the Republic Formerly
Known as the United States, in his critics, regardless of how non-deranged their criticism . . . there is
now Trump Derangement Syndrome, isolated by the acolytes of Donaldus Minimus in
his critics,
regardless of how non-deranged their criticism. There will surely be an outbreak of (fill in the blank)
Derangement Syndrome isolated by the acolytes of the next president in his or her critics, regardless
of how non-deranged
their criticism.
Forget for the moment the criticisms themselves. What seems really to be going on is a) continuing
thrall to what Gene Healy has described---in
two books unlikely to be read by too many people here
and elsewhere ---as the Cult of the Presidency (by the way, the second of the two books is available
absolutely free, ladies and gentlemen); and, b) a continuing and persistent urge on the part of the
Cultists, regardless of president, it seems so often, to seek what they once derided as foolishness when
it
wasn't their Chosen One in the line of critical fire---safe spaces.
