WASHINGTON – Just when liberals thought it was safe to start identifying themselves as such, an acclaimed, veteran psychiatrist is making the case that the ideology motivating them is actually a mental disorder.

“Based on strikingly irrational beliefs and emotions, modern liberals relentlessly undermine the most important principles on which our freedoms were founded,” says Dr. Lyle Rossiter, author of the new book, “The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness.” “Like spoiled, angry children, they rebel against the normal responsibilities of adulthood and demand that a parental government meet their needs from cradle to grave.”

While political activists on the other side of the spectrum have made similar observations, Rossiter boasts professional credentials and a life virtually free of activism and links to “the vast right-wing conspiracy.”

For more than 35 years he has diagnosed and treated more than 1,500 patients as a board-certified clinical psychiatrist and examined more than 2,700 civil and criminal cases as a board-certified forensic psychiatrist. He received his medical and psychiatric training at the University of Chicago.

Rossiter says the kind of liberalism being displayed by both Barack Obama and his Democratic primary opponent Hillary Clinton can only be understood as a psychological disorder.

“A social scientist who understands human nature will not dismiss the vital roles of free choice, voluntary cooperation and moral integrity – as liberals do,” he says. “A political leader who understands human nature will not ignore individual differences in talent, drive, personal appeal and work ethic, and then try to impose economic and social equality on the population – as liberals do. And a legislator who understands human nature will not create an environment of rules which over-regulates and over-taxes the nation’s citizens, corrupts their character and reduces them to wards of the state – as liberals do.”

Dr. Rossiter says the liberal agenda preys on weakness and feelings of inferiority in the population by:

creating and reinforcing perceptions of victimization;

satisfying infantile claims to entitlement, indulgence and compensation;

augmenting primitive feelings of envy;

rejecting the sovereignty of the individual, subordinating him to the will of the government.

“The roots of liberalism – and its associated madness – can be clearly identified by understanding how children develop from infancy to adulthood and how distorted development produces the irrational beliefs of the liberal mind,” he says. “When the modern liberal mind whines about imaginary victims, rages against imaginary villains and seeks above all else to run the lives of persons competent to run their own lives, the neurosis of the liberal mind becomes painfully obvious.”

The liberals are the problem. Obama keeps taking our rights away and the liberals think it's okay. What do they see in this man who calls himself a president, but is a dictator. Liberals- do you just like to be controlled by the government or what? Do you like having your guns and freedom of speech taken away? Do you like your business going under or where you work, because of obamascare? Do you like having your jobs taken away? What is it about him that has you so hypnotized? He's ruining the American dream. And he is a muslim wanting to muslimize the U.S. How can you be so blinded by his communistic ways? You're hooked on a loser of a man. I believe he wakes up every morning thinking how he can screw the American public. Please explain to me what you see in him. I really want to know.

Deb,

What exactly is the problem that you believe liberals have caused?

Which of your rights has Obama taken away?

Why would you think liberals would think it is ok to take rights away?

You say “the man who calls himself president” Isn’t he, in fact, president?

If Obama is a dictator, when did that happen and doesn’t our constitution still work?

What would lead you to belive liberals like to be controlled by our government?

Are there some liberals who do not want to be controlled by our governmnet?

Does some one want their freedom of speech and guns taken away? Who does?

Do you know of any business going under because of Obamacare? I don’t.

What makes you think anyone is hypnotized? Do you mean like Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter?

What has Obama done to ruin the American dream?

Obama a Muslim? Where did you get this idea?

What is an ecample of Obama muslimizing America?

Explain “communist ways.”

If Obama is “a loser of a man,” how can he be as powerful as you suggest?

I have no idea what Obama has on his mind when he wakes up in the morning. How is it that you do?

What purpose would Obama have in “screwing” the American people?

Glaucon - all you are doing is reversing my questions. You're not giving me any concrete evidence that what I'm saying isn't true. I hear of stories on christian websites that he Is a muslim. He has brought more muslims over here than any other president. He's not my president. I don't claim him. He just happens to be the liberals president. He gives money to terrorists countries. He lessened sanctions on Iran and now they are continuing their nuclear projects. He does not support Israel our long time friend. He's making it easier for Iran to attack Israel. I just read where he is taking something like 20 billion from medicare. home health - people who depend on the home health care. The businesses will suffer for lack of funding. He is targeting conservatives and Christians through the IRS. There are so many things he quietly does with his pen and a phone. If you were a Christian, you wouldn't want these things happening. There is so many things he's done that I can't even remember them all. I read it in all kinds of websites. You just watch and see how many Muslims turn up in America. He's bringing tens of thousands illegal aliens - mexican and muslim - illegally just for their vote. He lied about obamascare. People are not being able to keep their insurance. I read that in a magazine at a doctor's office. I hear it all over the place. He is a liar and a selfie. He thinks only of himself and how he can control us. I don't care what you say, I will never believe otherwise. He has made many anti-Christian remarks and plenty of pro- muslim remarks. He is a muslim by every Christian website I read. He's a farce. And I'll never bow down to him or anyone else. You go ahead and serve your master. You'll see in the end of his term what he's really all about. Hes taken prayer out of schools. They teach islam in the schools now. No one realizes how dangerous islam and sharia law are. He knows and wants to bring it here. He hates Christians. And he loves muslims. Why would he appoint two muslim brotherhood's to the whitehouse as his advisors? They are a terrorist organiization. I mean what more do you need? I know, though, that it's a lost cause trying to convince you of anything, because he is your savior. That's too bad.