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David Horowitz warns against 'Obama Derangement Syndrome'
All — He writes: If he makes the wrong choices, conservatives will need to be there to oppose him. But neither our support nor our opposition should be based on hysterical responses to policies that we just don't like. Let’s leave that kind of behavior to the liberals who invented it.

Horowitz Unloads on Obama Derangement Syndrome
Little Green Footballs — ... Good for David Horowitz; his latest column for FrontPage makes many of the same points I’ve been hammering away at since Barack Obama was elected (leading to a series of meltdowns in our comment threads, and a barrage of hate mail that shows no sign of letting up). Horowitz is on the mark when he says way too many on the right are now suffering from Obama Derangement Syndrome. ...

Brainster's Blog — Horowitz on a Sensible Opposition to Obama Terrific column: I have been watching an interesting phenomenon on the Right, which is beginning to cause me concern. I am referring to the over-the-top hysteria in response to the first months in office of our new president, which distinctly reminds me of the “Bush Is Hitler” crowd on the Left. Speaking of this crowd, have you seen any “I am so sorry” postings from that quarter as Obama continues and even escalates the former president's war policy in Afghanistan and attempts to consolidate ...

Decisionmaking under uncertainty
Belmont Club — David Horowitz denounces the Obama Derangement Syndrome while John Podhoretz, at the Weekly Standard , takes on the myths that Hollywood creates.  What’s the connection? They are linked by a single theme: the substitution of preconception for reality. Podhoretz describes the World of the Watchmen, an ‘alternative reality … with Nixon elected to term after term after term and the Soviets invading Afghanistan out of fear of American malfeasance’. This is a world where nothing is as it truly was. We’re all familiar with it: the world where Lincoln was a Democrat, Bull ...

Quotes of the day
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... he once joined his fellow Democrats in condemning. And that should be reassuring to anyone concerned about where he is heading as commander-in-chief. In other words, while it’s reasonable to be unhappy with a Democratic administration and even concerned because the Democrats are now a socialist party in the European sense, we are not witnessing the coming of the anti-Christ. A good strategy for political conflicts is to understand your opponent first – not to underestimate him, but not to overestimate him either .” ***“The answer is obvious. The right, for the most part, ...

Obama Derangement Syndrome
The New Editor — David Horowitz is right on target.

Home and abroad
The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] David Horowitz thinks I'm falling prey to Obama Derangement Syndrome : Even as astute a conservative thinker as Mark Steyn has been swept up in the tide that thinks Obama is a transformative radical. But look again at his approach to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In both cases, as noted, he is carrying out the Bush policies the same that he once joined his fellow Democrats in condemning. And that should be reassuring to anyone concerned about where he is heading as commander-in-chief. It's true that the Pentagon's unmanned drones are dropping Obama greeting cards on ...

Morning Skim: Iran's 'Worst-Case' Scenario, And More
Opinionator — ... is really just “all about him”? At some point it becomes clear that this administration’s main goal is not recovery but the elevation of the government, and of this president in particular, above all other economic players. Some would say it’s bold. Others would say it’s the road to tyranny. Front Page Mag : David Horowitz says he is concerned about “the over-the-top hysteria in response to the first months in office of our new president, which distinctly reminds me of the ‘Bush Is Hitler’ crowd on the Left.” I have recently received commentaries that claim that “Obama’s ...

A more nuanced anti-Christ
Classical Values — A more nuanced anti-Christ In what will surely come as a disappointment to some, David Horowitz has argued that "We are not witnessing the coming of the anti-Christ." ...

David Horowitz Reprimands Fellow Conservatives to Stop Over-the-Top Criticism of Obama
Matthew Yglesias — Brendan Nyhan observes that it’s mighty strange to see David Horowitz making sense, but here it is: I have been watching an interesting phenomenon on the Right, which is beginning to cause me concern. I am referring to the over-the-top hysteria in response to the first months in office of our new president, which distinctly reminds me of the “Bush Is Hitler” crowd on the Left. Man bites dog. ...

Comment on Knee-Jerk Dimwits: Good Candidates for a Nanny by Shoothouse Barbie
Comments for Lean Left — It should also be noted that most conservatives dismiss Steyn as being a hotheatd radical. It is a stretch to say he embodies the general beliefs of conservatives. http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=C437EEA9-A9A9-490D-B5E4-CD952FDEEE17

Yglesias Award Nominee
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... "I have been watching an interesting phenomenon on the Right, which is beginning to cause me concern. I am referring to the over-the-top hysteria in response to the first months in office of our new president, which distinctly reminds me of the “Bush Is Hitler” crowd on the Left," - David Horowitz. ...

The voice of reason?
Political Animal — THE VOICE OF REASON?.... How far around the bend are conservatives enraged by Obama's presidency? They're so far gone, David Horowitz is urging them to calm down and stop using over-the-top rhetoric. I have been watching an interesting phenomenon on the right, which is beginning to cause me concern. I am referring to the over-the-top hysteria in response to the first months in office of our new president, which distinctly reminds me of the "Bush is Hitler" crowd on the left. [...] Conservatives, please. Let's not duplicate the manias of the left as we figure out how to deal ...

Krauthammer's not yet diagnosing 'ODS'
Michael Calderone's Blog — In a piece up today, I spoke with several conservative writers and commentators about whether they think more extreme criticism Obama's policies -- such as dropping the fascism card -- is helpful to the Republican Party or the movement. Former Bush speechwriter David Frum has been one of the harshest critics -- going after Rush and Beck -- but other conservatives have recently questioned what they consider to be simply vitriolic, and unhelpful, attacks on Obama. Last week, David Horowitz wrote on "Obama derangement syndrome" -- borrowing from columnist Charles Krauthammer's 2003 diagnosis for paranoid Bush hatred on the left ...

Goldberg Warns The Right: Avoid Obama Derangement Syndrome
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Former CBSer and current media critic Bernie Goldberg issued a strong warning to conservatives on Monday: don't behave like the left did when Bush was president -- avoid Obama Derangement Syndrome. Following in David Horowitz's footsteps, Goldberg told Fox News's Sean Hannity: You remember when liberals wouldn't give George Bush credit for anything? If he came up with a cure for cancer, they wouldn't have given him credit for that, and I'm sorry, Sean, I see that on the right now. Such was the beginning of a fascinating discussion between Goldberg and Hannity Monday evening concerning whether or not it was wrong for the ...