I have this horrible nightmare of a black-dressed Cheney robot with a rifle stalking me now.  Thanks.

I want to take issue with this...

ABOVE: Gentleness, forebearance toward inferiors.
BELOW: Joyousness in obeying superiors

I don't believe there are "inferiors".  Ancient China is not a model of altruistic love and happiness.

In any case, just swapping Presidents, no matter how good a President we get, will not fix this country's issues.  We have structural and political problems that one person cannot solve.  The root causes that brought us Reagan, Nixon, Bush, Bill Clinton are still going to be there.  

In the column, I explain why and how BushWorld was going to fall apart. It has everything to do with a lack of inner truth, and how thieves eventually turn on one another.

It isn't, in the end, Bushworld, that is crumbling.  The whole setup has innate problems that have finally become manifest.  Fix the underlying problems or the next Bush will be worse.