Greenwald Derangement Syndrome

[DirkGently]

5. Has GG even made Obama the focus of his investigation here?

One thing I always find telling about who is arguing honestly about what they think, and who is carrying water, is the lightspeed leap some make from a seemingly non Obama-centric issue to omigod-he's-trying-to-take-down-our-guy!

I'd have to go back and make a list, but there's a seeming endless stream of the same, ferocious-but-substance-free attacks on any kind of critique remotely related to the government -- save the Republic Congress specifically -- since 2008.

These are Republican programs, enacted by the most reviled Republican President since Nixon, supported by Republican judges, championed by Republican members of Congress.

It may turn out that the present administration bears responsibility for not "fixing" it all, but I think even Obama's critics would acknowledge he didn't invent this nasty wheel.

Why isn't that the pro-Obama take, I wonder? "He's trying to sort it out, needs more work, and our support?"

Why is the argument that everything's finejustfine, nothing to see here?

Are the supporters afraid that Obama IS responsible for what's going on, and rush to defend on that assumption?

If so, that's a pretty cynical form of support for the President.