Bush Derangement?????

Those of us on the right often talk about the "Bush Derangement Syndrome" which seems to afflict many on the far left of the politicial spectrum. I have long suspected that the derangement goes deeper than just President Bush and yesterday we got proof of that.

John Edwards and Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized Barack Obama's praise of the Republican Party and Ronald Reagan - an anathema for many Democrats, particularly union members considered crucial to winning Nevada's Democratic caucuses Saturday.

Now if you take a look at what Senator Obama said, it was really thin praise.

Obama told the Reno Gazette-Journal editorial board Monday that "Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not. He put us on a fundamentally different path because the country was ready for it," Obama said."I think it's fair to say that the Republicans were the party of ideas for a pretty long chunk of time there over the last 10 to 15 years in the sense that they were challenging conventional wisdom," Obama told the newspaper.

Hardly a ringing endorsement of Republican principles eh? However that did not stop Senator's Clinton and Edwards from jumping on the attack.

Two Obama supporters said they received automated phone calls Friday evening in which the senator was described as supporting a Republican agenda.
Gregory Martin, a financial adviser in Reno, said the caller, who had a woman's voice, said she was calling to bring to his attention recent comments Obama had made "in support of the Republican Party and Bush's vision for America." The call also said Obama was in favor of storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain and was identified as coming from "friends of Hillary Clinton," Martin said.

Emphasis mine. You saw what he said. Would you call that "supporting a Republican agenda" or supporting anything President Bush has supported? No - all he said is that the Republican Party had ideas!

There you have it my friends. Something to contemplate any time that a politician on the left talks about wanting to compromise with their "friends" on the right in an effort of bipartisanship, don't believe them! It is clear (based on the above comments) that they do not respect the right and their ideas.

Remember this gem from DNC Chairman (and major Friend of Bill) Howard Dean?

I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for . . .

He is not the only one..... Remeber that the next time you are tempted to stay home to teach the squishys "a lesson". At least they don't hate you and everything you stand for like many Democrats do!

UPDATE: Michelle Malkin has a screen shot of Hillary Clinton's campaign website that is a must see (before it is taken down). Mrs. Clinton lists Ronald Reagan as one of her "favorite" Presidents! Doncha just love politics!