TAKING PALIN DERANGEMENT SYNDROME TO THE NEXT LEVEL:

Allegedly set off by Bristol Palin’s appearance on “Dancing with the Stars,” a rural Black Earth man kept police at bay outside his home for 15 hours Monday and Tuesday before he surrendered to police.

Steven N. Cowan, 66, railed at the television as the daughter of former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin appeared on the ABC program, his wife told police Monday after she fled from the town of Vermont house, according to a criminal complaint filed in Dane County Circuit Court.

Too much time reading the Daily Dish, I guess. At least, I heard he was screaming “It’s not Sarah’s baby! It’s not Sarah’s baby!”. . .

But reader John Spaulding writes: “We’ve driven them nuts. Literally.” For some, no driving was necessary. They were close enough to walk already.