https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2009/04/14/tea-party-derangement-syndrome-its-here/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 18:43:18 -0400<![CDATA[You all remember Bush Derangement Syndrome when George W. Bush was blamed for virtually everything that went wrong from the Iraq War to your leaking faucet? [It hasn&#8217;t really gone away.-ed. I know. I know. Maybe in 40 or 50 years] Well, we now have the arrival of a new phenomenon we can call Tea Party Derangement Syndrome. In TPDS tea party participants are accused of everything from being closet racists to armchair Timothy McVeighs. You can see some amusing examples of this emerging syndrome in the latter comments to my post of the other day &#8211; Tea Party role reversal: how to deal with agent provocateurs from the left.]]>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:20:51 -0400<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2009/04/14/tea-party-derangement-syndrome-its-here-n216998