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June 27, 2008
By: Kevin Drum

CDS WATCH....Clinton Derangement Syndrome is alive and well. Here is Kathryn Jean Lopez on Hillary Clinton's "mortification" during her appearance with Barack Obama today:

I may be crazy. But Bill Clinton is not going to let himself be humiliated. He's in talks with McCain before long if he's not already. He's going to salvage his name before this election is over. Like I said ...

This tops even Andrew Sullivan's CDS, and that ain't easy to do.

Kevin Drum 8:07 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (32)
 
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It's a wonder some people can breathe without concentrating

Posted by: paulo on June 27, 2008 at 8:16 PM | PERMALINK

I may be crazy.

Yes, you are crazy.

Posted by: on June 27, 2008 at 8:36 PM | PERMALINK

Of mortification, Kathryn Jean Lopez is an expert.

God bless 'er.


Posted by: Tilli (Mojave Desert) on June 27, 2008 at 9:01 PM | PERMALINK

I don't get this. How will Persident Clinton be humiliated, and how will talks with McCain preempt Clinton's humiliation?

Posted by: A Different Matt on June 27, 2008 at 9:09 PM | PERMALINK

Obviously J-Lo has her mouth wrapped way too tightly around Bubba's head. Or thinks she does. Or wishes she did.

Posted by: has407 on June 27, 2008 at 9:15 PM | PERMALINK

Sweet Jesus!!!

I just clicked the link - Obama's kissing Hilary on the cheek. I'd speculate as to what Kathryn thinks is wrong with the picture, but everything I can think of seems beyond absurd. Given Kevin's comment, maybe that's the point. So help me out here - what's Kathryn suggesting here?

Posted by: A Different matt on June 27, 2008 at 9:18 PM | PERMALINK

The fat cells finally destroyed the few brain cells she had.

Posted by: R.L. on June 27, 2008 at 9:34 PM | PERMALINK

Uh-hu.

And "Larry Johnson" is just Bill Clinton's blogging pseudonym.

(Chelsea's is "Taylor Marsh")

Posted by: lampwick on June 27, 2008 at 9:49 PM | PERMALINK

And "Larry Johnson" is just Bill Clinton's blogging pseudonym.

That's a funny thought, though I think it much more likely that:

1. If Bill Clinton was to chose an avatar for online shenanigans, it would be one with a better toupee.

2. It is far more likely that his pseudonym would be something along the lines of "Hairy Johnson". Maybe it was already taken, who knows?

Posted by: enozinho on June 27, 2008 at 11:11 PM | PERMALINK

She had an earlier post, a few days ago, that was also rather cryptic, but I thought she was saying she believes Bill Clinton wants to run as McCain's VP. Seems consistent with this latest post.

"Beyond absurd" is an understatement.

Posted by: Swift Loris on June 27, 2008 at 11:12 PM | PERMALINK

Kevin, it's K-LO!!

for god's sake

the woman is deranged at the best of times.

Posted by: fourlegsgood on June 27, 2008 at 11:30 PM | PERMALINK

how is President Clinton mortifed? Don't you people see that his wife just kissed a Negro, in public, and he is forced to stand by and watch? Who wouldn't be mortified?

Seriously, if you need the sarcasm tag...

Posted by: northzax on June 27, 2008 at 11:54 PM | PERMALINK

And why do I care aboutthis woman, this .. Kathryn, uh... Jean.. Lopez whatever?

I mean, does she have millions of minds under her control?

Is she nationwide?

Posted by: Joey Giraud on June 28, 2008 at 12:44 AM | PERMALINK

Yes, you are crazy.
Posted by: on June 27, 2008 at 8:36 PM

Look at the written history of humans and their wars and tell me that 99% of people on this spaceship [Ark] arent insane.

Posted by: on June 28, 2008 at 1:16 AM | PERMALINK


Thanks, Kevin,

There's a half-hour I'll never get back! I followed your NRO link and wandered around in some kind of right-wing Dali world. Those people are just bat-shit crazy.

I thought the National Review was supposed to be the thinking-man's fascist organ. I'm not sure if their ignorance is willful or not, but the thread that ties all their straws together is a total lack of facts and logic. Somebody should check them for mad-cow. Or Zombie-ism.

In the Mouth of Madness . . .

Posted by: Cthulhu on June 28, 2008 at 1:39 AM | PERMALINK


Mmmm, brains.

Posted by: Zombie Homer on June 28, 2008 at 1:42 AM | PERMALINK

Kevin: "This tops even Andrew Sullivan's CDS, and that ain't easy to do."

Well, buddy, you and your blog did a pretty good job of providing those clearly afflicted by CDS with an online platform to spew their venom. So, I'd be awfully careful where you tread here.

Posted by: Out in Pasadena on June 28, 2008 at 3:05 AM | PERMALINK

Calm down, Out in Pasadena.

Posted by: Kyle on June 28, 2008 at 4:53 AM | PERMALINK

Hmmm... K'Lo's post is at the top of the list on Memeorandum right now, and yet no link love there for Kevin. Sad.

I dunno, its always seemed to me that Memeorandum leans a little to the right... but I've tolerated it just because it keeps me up on what people are talking about. But I definitely don't like it.

Does anybody else see that or am I out in left field?

Posted by: Mary Contrary on June 28, 2008 at 4:57 AM | PERMALINK

Which of the McCains she had in mind?

Posted by: Yoni on June 28, 2008 at 6:51 AM | PERMALINK

What is it with Sullivan? Was Maggie Thatcher the last woman he admired?

Posted by: Hedley Lamarr on June 28, 2008 at 7:36 AM | PERMALINK

I continue to be amazed at the preoccupation of so many in media and blogosphere with just "knowing" what Bill and Hillary are thinking and what they might do...it's sickening...all the while during the primary Hillary said there would be a coming together and now there IS...course that MUST be all due to Obama...couldn't be something that H&B want to happen...and WHERE IS BILL???? And, why isn't he there shining his light to dim the effect of Barack and Hillary??? If he had been there the idiots "reporting/opining" would have had a hissy fit! It's like there is no other news happening anywhere in the world...and we wonder why the voters are IGNORANT...GEEZ

Posted by: Dancer on June 28, 2008 at 9:17 AM | PERMALINK

"I may be crazy."

I.e., "Don't conclude that this column is propaganda if you think what I'm about to write is weird/wrong; just dismiss me as the kind of nut that somehow, unfortunately (and amazingly repeatedly) gets involved with a media outlet that reaches tens or hundreds of thousands or millions of people every day."

Hm-kay.

Posted by: Swan on June 28, 2008 at 9:25 AM | PERMALINK

Kevin, basing a blog post on a quote from K'Lo and pointing that she's as crazy as a shit-house rat is the epitome of picking low-hanging fruit.

Posted by: Jose Padilla on June 28, 2008 at 10:30 AM | PERMALINK

Maybe K-Lo is just part of the Clinton machine designed to make all Clinton detractors look insane.

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that everything they say, their proxies say, housewives in Kentucky say, and bloggers say about them has to be vetted by some guy named Penn. Never been a more efficient machine in the history of the universe.

Likely they're orchestrating this Bill/Barack subplot too just to make the convention more exciting. My guess is that by October they'll be doing photops with Bill and Barack drinking beer together. I doubt they'll let Bill talk though.

Posted by: B on June 28, 2008 at 10:42 AM | PERMALINK

They'll have Bill standing against the wall with a good looking woman sipping a drink eyeing everyone else with disdain.

Posted by: coldhotel on June 28, 2008 at 12:12 PM | PERMALINK

She may be crazy? Is she kidding? She's been demented as long as I've know about her.

Feel some sorrow for Lopez, though; she was in her 20s when Bush was elected, he is her can-do-no-wrong he-man, brush-clearin', evil-fightin', "no law will stop me!" hero. It must be tough to be in the last few months of your hero's reign, and see him subjected to near-universal scorn and derision. Yes, it must be tough.

Personally, I could give a rip. But someone must feel some sorrow for her, right? Right?

Posted by: Douglas Moran on June 28, 2008 at 3:03 PM | PERMALINK

Who is this woman? And why should we care what she thinks or says? There will be plenty more of this before Nov. 4, and most of it will be 'black-bashing' of the worst sort. Just get ready!

Posted by: bigapplegeorgiapeach on June 28, 2008 at 4:47 PM | PERMALINK


Ah-hhahahahahahahah. She's deranged, I tell you, DERANGED, crazy, a mad-woman:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/2211812/Bill-Clinton-says-Barack-Obama-must-'kiss-my-ass'-for-his-support.html

Bill Clinton says Barack Obama must 'kiss my ass' for his support
By Tim Shipman in Washington and Philip Sherwell in New York
Last Updated: 9:07PM BST 28/06/2008
Bill Clinton is so bitter about Barack Obama's victory over his wife Hillary that he has told friends the Democratic nominee will have to beg for his wholehearted support. (snip)

But his lingering fury has shocked his friends. The Democrat told the Telegraph: "He's been angry for a while. But everyone thought he would get over it. He hasn't. I've spoken to a couple of people who he's been in contact with and he is mad as hell. (snip)

Joe Klein ... said he also heard that he was "very, very bitter", from people who have spoken with him. ... I think his behaviour is really, really shocking."

___________

Oh, that Lopez woman. She's crazy as hell, isn't she. About two nuts away from a cereal bowl.

Posted by: not now on June 28, 2008 at 5:16 PM | PERMALINK

ah, yes, The Telegraph. That well known source of reliable information.

Posted by: sj on June 28, 2008 at 5:49 PM | PERMALINK

McCain-Hillary '08! What a ticket ...

Posted by: !!! on June 28, 2008 at 9:40 PM | PERMALINK

lame, sj, just lame. that article was extensively sourced, both off and on the record...

Posted by: not now on June 29, 2008 at 12:56 PM | PERMALINK
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