Of course considering that Krauthammer is wrong on, oh, just about everything...which Inglesias summed up quite well with...
...it should not come as a complete surprise that he is also wrong about so-called BDS. You see, the symptoms he described for BDS is not a disease, it is rather, a sign of mental health, being free from a much more serious affliction...
The affliction I'm talking about is called, Bush Sycophant Disease or BS-Disease. BS-D is characterised by an utter devotion to the person and policies of G.W. Bush, irrespective of facts, or logic, or any harm he, and his policies have done to the country or the world at large. To see the debilitating effects of this disease, let's look at one of the most seriously affected patients suffering from BS-D, NeoCon chief war advocate and professional Bush groupie Bill Kristol.
It gets worse. Kristol is currently at the final and most severe stage of the disease which is characterised by delusions, hallucinations and an inability to discern reality from fantasy.
Kristol is now, at this stage of the disease, incurable. The good news is, only about 25% of American's are still suffering this terrible affliction, so there is hope, and more and more American's are getting well again every day.
But for Kristol and Krauthammer, I'm afraid it's fatal, not for them but for those that must suffer the consequences of their delusional fantasies.
And now, a small sample from the 200+ pages of comments of how healthy people are reacting to Mr. Kristol's illness induced fantasies that somehow ended up in the Post.
Another week of steadfast effort and Stalingrad will be ours! Then it will be on to Britain, the paper tiger USA falls next, and finally the World will be OURS! My boy Irving and his little William will inherit EVERYTHING!
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In other news, up is down, black is white, left is right, bears have latrines and the Pope is a Muslim. And now for the weather...
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You nitwits at the Post may as well let Ahmed Chalabi write a weekly column now.
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Bill Kristol is certifiable. As one of the leading proponents of the war in Iraq he should have been carted off to the loony-bin for "observation". Instead he is given an opportunity to spout yet more utter drivel on the Washington Post, can anyone explain this to me?
How this man even has the temerity to show his face in public given the fact that he has the blood of 10's of thousands of Iraqis and over 3,500 Americans on his hands is beyond me.
I am flabbergasted.
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What alternative universe does William Kristol inhabit, to be able to make such claims? What alternate universe does the Post inhabit, to publish such apologia?
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Good one Little Billie Boi, I laughed so hard, my elite liberal latte squirted out my nose!
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Will someone tell the real Mr. Kristol that the monkeys have stolen his computer again and are posting utter nonsense in his name?
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Washington Post; you know if you are willing to let crazy people like Bill "I've been wrong on EVERYTHING for the past 5 years" Kristol write articles, why don't you just go all the way and let Reverend Phelps write them too or how about getting Osama Bin Laden onboard for an oped piece. Surely, you can find someone who has a clue to what is going on in this country to write opinion pieces?
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Kristol, here's all we need to know about your credibility:
"There's been a certain amount of pop sociology in America ... that the Shia can't get along with the Sunni and the Shia in Iraq just want to establish some kind of Islamic fundamentalist regime. There's almost no evidence of that at all. Iraq's always been very secular." -Bill Kristol, 2003.
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The crack house is called the Weekly Standard, and what they're smoking in there is called Kristol Meth.
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If he can crib information from The Onion shouldn't he at least give attribution? This isn't a real article is it?
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No one's calling Kristol an idiot because he's conservative. They're calling him an idiot because he's stupid.
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Publishing this article in the Washington Post will only further the perception that the of smoking crack is rampant in D.C.
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kin i rites fur yur newsypaper too? i are a gooder riter than bil kristoff
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I call this false advertising.
I was promised an article which would explain why Bush will be a winner.
Instead I saw the same old demonstration of why William Kristol is a wiener.
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Considering Mr. Kristol's numerous and inaccurate predictions for Iraq, he might better remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and confirm all suspicion...
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I wouldn't be surprised to find this sort of delusional, transparent propaganda on Fox News or in the Weekly Standard, but... the Washington Post?
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Wow, where do you start? Regardless of one's position on President Bush or the Iraq War, this is probably the most delusional column ever published in The Washington Post. Do the editors even read this stuff before putting it in the paper?
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I was very sorry to read this article from Mr Kristol. Apparently his lobotomy was not as successful as we had all hoped.
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Were Kristol and President Codpiece on the same cheerleading squad at Adover?
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utterly berift of any ties to reality
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By Mr. Kristol's standard, Bush is doing a great job keeping space aliens from invading the earth, too. I don't see any around, do you?
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Does William Kristol actually in exist in real-life, or is that a pseudonym for Tony Snow or some other White House fantasy mouthpiece?
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This sycophantic drivel is the result of drinking too much of the Executive bath water.
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Yes Mr. Kristol, and how are things in la-la-land ?. Better than they were tomorrow ?
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When was the last time William Kristol made a correct prediction—about anything?
"crickets"
I'm waiting for an answer.
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A bit slapstick, but still very funny. I never realized Mr. Kristol was such a broad comic. Good work.
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Criminy, kids hide your model sets Uncle Billy's been huffing airplane glue again.
Normally, I would salute such audaciousness as Mr Kristol presents in attempting to bend reality to fit his designs, but the issue is far too serious to consider the biased opinion of this deceitful man.
The only thing worse than a bad propagandist is a bad propagandist whose five minutes are up.
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Astonishing what can be done with a small brush and a pot of whitewash.
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Summary: If we ignore all of Bush's stupid mistakes, we will consider him to be a great President.
William Kristol will no longer be confused with Billy Crystal; Mr. Kristol is the comic genius of the two.
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As a 20+ year long member of the Republican Party, I can only state that Mr. Kristol's long-winded and deluded piece is the starkest evidence I have seen in years that we have truly lost the war on drugs.
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I gather we have successfully colonized Mars because William Kristol must live there.
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When did Murdoch buy the Washington Post?
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To rephrase Hunter S. Thompson, mad dogs and wombats will wander K Street, babbling in perfect Shakespearean English, before any of Kristol's predictions come true.
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As a conservative, how can you possibly support the most fiscally-irresponsible leader in the history of the Republican party? His tax-cut-and-spend policies have nearly bankrupted the US Treasury. I'm encouraging my grandchildren to learn Mandarin as a foreign language. We're living in the latest iteration of Rome.
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Surely, Mr. Kristol, you must be the "con" of "neocon".
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Of course! The Emperor's clothes are actually the most beautiful and glorious in all the land.
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Mr. Kristol,
Thank you for continually reminding the American people of your utter indifference to:
- America
- Democracy
- The rule of law
- Our troops
- Reality
We read you loud and quite clear sir. Please feel free to continually remind us as much as you like in the future as it is quite likely that it will be instrumental in turning the dwindling 24% against you
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Excellent! As a prognosticator, Kristol is "0-fer" so we can safely look forward to a Democratic president in '09. Thanks, Bill. I can sleep a bit better tonight.
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Bush Derangement Syndrome? Is that when, despite all evidence to the contrary, you still believe Bush is a brilliant leader who will surely be vindicated by history?