Bush derangement syndrome

Bush derangement syndrome
 n.— «Clinton changed that for many conservatives, who came to revile the man with a passion bordering on obsession. We don’t have to look far to see that passion today. We even have a jocular name for it: Bush Derangement Syndrome. Is there evidence that BDS is more extreme than CDS was? Yes.» —“ I Paid for This Microphone” by Peter Wood National Review Online Aug. 10, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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