UNITED STATES: "Obama derangement syndrome: The president is driving some people mad. That may be to his advantage in the short term," Lexington, The Economist, 18 April 2009.

Polls say the man is deeply and widely admired at home and abroad, but there's also a small segment that simply goes nutso over Obama with the fast comparisons to Hitler, Stalin, David Koresh, the anti-Christ, Charles Manson, what have you.

The top-selling book in America is Levin's Liberty and Tyranny (guess which side he comes down on regarding Obama?) and Glenn Beck's bizarre clown act on Fox reigns supreme (claiming we're on the road to fascism).

And so the recent trend of absurd, over-the-top hatred of the president continues in America . . ..