Up until Katrina and the destruction of New Orleans, it was possible for Bush and Rove to keep up the air of invincibility that had everyone, including the Democrats the nominal opposition, intimidated. The high point of that supreme power was displayed by Karl Rove, when a low level functionary called John DiUlio, had the audacity to tell writer Ron Suskind that there was no policymaking apparatus in this administration because everything was decided for its political impact. Apparently incensed by DiUlio’s candor Rove was quoted as remarking ” We are going to fuck him like he has never been fucked before”.
Ktarina exposed the Potemkin village nature of Bush’s reign.People realized that all the strutting, preening and smirking were just that and there was no substance behind the man.When that realization struck,the unraveling has been quick.The final blow may well come from the indictments to be handed over by the Prosecutor Fitzgerald.
All of this reminded me of what William Shirer said in his classic Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Up until the debacle of the Whermacht at Moscow, Hitler was able to strike terror in the hearts of the people of Europe.Moscow represented the turning point in the psychology because the myth of invincibility that Hitler had so assiduously cultivated was destroyed.From that point on the fate of the war was determined by the Red Army, not the Germans.
So, we now have a coward exposed in all his hollow glory.No matter how much he shouts about terror, no one is listening.The end is near.