"and that's who he really took his orders from."
This line keeps coming to mind. It is applied to Kurtz in Apocalypse Now. He has gone rogue and set himself up as a god among the tribes. He has become powerful and corrupt and depraved. His methods, unsound.
Bush didn't really expect to be president, and I dont think he expected a 2nd term until 9/11. I sometimes think the drugged look we often catch on W, that glazed vacancy behind the bully's bravado, is the remnant of his conscience slowly grasping the horror.
The soldiers, the generals, the CIA, they all want him gone. State especially. They have bided their time, and now they emerge, in leaked reports and non-fiction bestsellers. In CDs of brazen photographs, and military memos they circle Caesar and draw daggers.
Colin Powell pre-emptively quits, remaining obedient while salvaging whatever dignity or self respect he has left by refusing to front for the junta if they stay in power.
A memo emerges showing that Gen. Sanchez had asked for more than he was given, directly contradicting a top Bush soundbite.
Someone requested a CIA study of the future if Iraq, it was leaked a couple months after Cheney et al got it, so they could continue to lie about Iraq for a while. Tenet's revenge?
Prominent republicans, from the rare rational moderates, to hardcore libertarians are publicly disclaiming Bush for having betrayed their principles one too many times in pursuit of his theocorporate version of fascism.
Rats flee the ship, from O'Reilly to Carlson, they cover their asses, refusing bush while slandering Kerry. A few gather around the limping Dan Rather and raise their cute little rat fists.
Dupes in pickup trucks intimidate canvassers or trample yard signs and the Constitution, while crooks in public buildings work to stop the voters from voting. Smell the fear?
I know I missed some, please help out!