The Problem With Having an Insane Leader

First, let’s me state the obvious: George W. Bush is insane. The problem with a nation having an insane leader (as in Germany’s Hitler, Uganda’s Idi Amin and Panama‘s Manuel Noriega) is that in the beginning, the leader’s insanity seems to work to the advantage of the people who let him rise to power. But having been granted immense and unprecedented power, an insane leader will always make rulings that not only are not helpful to his followers, but also run counter to the best interests of his nation. An insane leader simply wants unlimited power. And that is the state of the Republican Party today. The Supreme Court justices that the Repubs so masterfully elevated to the highest court in the land are now having to make rulings against the sociopath who put them in power in order to save the Republican Party. Loyal Repubs like Senator John Warner (R-VA) are having to step back and decide whether the Prez should be slapped down for overreaching. An insane leader will ALWAYS bite the hand that feeds him. And that means curtailing the power of those who anointed him. That’s the way it is. Interestingly, Idi Amin was abandoned by his father and grew up with his mother’s family. Manuel Noriega was given up for adoption at age 5 by his father and the maid his father knocked up. Hitler’s father was very strict and savagely beat his son. What about the boyhood of our insane leader? He’s a mama’s boy who had little contact with his father. Does this matter? It may explain a thing or two. But the important point is the United States has an insane leader who has decided he has the power to do anything he wants to do. And his henchmen are prepared to destroy anyone who opposes him. If the President’s henchmen wise up and realize that their insane leader will do ANYTHING--including destroying his henchmen--to increase his power, can they stop him? I have no idea. Do you?