The Munchausen President

The Lonely ConservativeAugust 2, 2011

After listening to President Obama speak about the Debt Deal, my mother-in-law sent me and email comparing President Obama to mothers with Munchausen Sydrome by Proxy. Women who suffer from it, or more accurately, whose children suffer under it, do things to make their children sick so they can take them for treatment and dote on them. It’s really pretty twisted and tragic.
The government-run Med Line Plus explains:

The mother may fake symptoms of illness in her child by adding blood to the child’s urine or stool, withholding food, falsifying fevers, secretly giving the child drugs to make the child throw up or have diarrhea, or using other tricks, such as infecting intravenous (given through a vein) lines to make the child appear or become ill.
These children are often hospitalized with groups of symptoms that don’t quite fit any known disease. Frequently, the children are made to suffer through unnecessary tests, surgeries, or other uncomfortable procedures.
The parent is usually very helpful in the hospital setting and is often appreciated by the nursing staff for the care she gives her child. She is often seen as devoted and self-sacrificing, which can make medical professionals unlikely to suspect the diagnosis of Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
Her frequent visits unfortunately also make the child accessible to her so that she can induce further symptoms. Changes in the child’s condition are almost never witnessed by hospital staff and almost always occur only in the mother’s presence.
Munchausen syndrome occurs because of psychological problems in the adult, and is generally an attention-seeking behavior. The syndrome can be life-threatening for the child involved.

Okay, one can argue that all politicians have Munchausen. But Obama and the Democrats are the masters. They create crises, then turn around and make all sorts of noise, and garner all sorts of attention, telling us how much they care, and what they will do to make it all better. Like I said, it’s pretty twisted. the rest