(As previously defined: Bunched Knicker Syndrome.)

Apparently Jeff Wennberg went shopping at Costco, brought home a giant industrial-sized can of hyperbole, and scooped out a heaping helping over at one of the Ground Zeroes of the B.K.S. epidemic in our state: Vermont Tiger.

(In fact, I think the Tiggers buy their underwear pre-bunched. It’s a lot easier to work up a good fit of outrage when you’re really, really uncomfortable.)

So Jeff, having recently taken the reins of Vermonters for Health Care Freedom from Darcie Johnston, suddenly feels himself besieged on all sides by the forces of anarcho-Islamo-socialism.

The onslaught begins… after the jump.  

Apparently Vermonters for Health Care Freedom (VHCF) is making progress. The fury and frequency of attacks leveled against the organization from advocates of the single-payer takeover of Vermont’s health care system have reached a fever pitch.

Fury! Fever pitch! Yeah, I drove through Montpelier earlier today and saw blood running through the streets. Now I know why: Jeff Wennberg was under furious, feverish attack. Sadly, it’s the price he must pay for “making progress.” Osama Bin Laden didn’t bother attacking Costa Rica or Belgium; he came after the big dog, the U.S. of A. Likewise, the minions of Socialist Medicine have naturally trained their fire on the biggest threat to their subjugation of the American Health Care System: Jeff Wennberg.

Single payer zealots seem most offended by the use of the word “freedom” in the organization’s name.

Zealots! Yep, Al Qaeda is on board with Governor Shumlin’s reform plan.

Speaking personally, Jeff, I don’t mind if you use the word “freedom.” Nobody, thank God, has a copyright on it. Actually, what’s more objectionable is when Darcie held that “health care forum” a few weeks ago in Lyndonville, and it was billed as a dispassionate informational session organized by “Vermonters for Health Care Reform.” Now, that was truly disagreeable. Misleading. Mendacious. A big fat lie. I’d rather you just stick to “Freedom,” thanks.

In fact, at least one of the single payer advocates is so incensed he has publicly called for media outlets to refuse to carry VHCF’s paid messages. Apparently nothing protects freedom like censorship.

“At least one.” Uh, Jeff, that’s a far cry from a furious horde.

Oh, and you might want to look up “censorship” in your favorite dictionary. Censorship has to be done by someone in a position of authority. Your critics and opponents can call for all sorts of things; but by definition, they cannot “censor” you.

Look, Jeff, you’ve signed on as head of the biggest anti-health care reform advocacy group in Vermont. That’s a very visible position. You’re going to attract a lot of attention. And, roughly speaking, half of it is going to be negative. That’s not furious, feverish attack; that’s the nature of the political game that you’re now playing. Get used to it, or get out.