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10. No, it goes back further. It was coined by Krauthammer during early DU years.

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 09:04 AM

18 hrs ago

ODS was just a flip of Krauthammer's coinage.

https://www.deseret.com/2003/12/7/19799473/charles-krauthammer-bush-derangement-syndrome-is-spreading/

He always loved sprinkling in a few words from his psychiatry training to imply Democrats were deranged. But then again, I love him being really fucking dead.

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Just like "Russiagate" was gaslighting. Tommy Carcetti 17 hrs ago #19