Dubai Might Be Bush's Waterloo

The current Republican revolt over United Arab Emirate control of American ports, when the President was already at the very weakest point of his two terms, might mark the official beginning of lame duck season. The naked Emperor is finally being seen as such by some that had been most loyal in his court. He doesn't seem to have gotten the memo that all that political capital he bragged about after his re-election night has long since been frittered away. Now when he fulminates about vetoing any effort to block the port deal it just solidifies for the remaining Bushbot holdouts what his critics have been saying for years: This President is aggressively ignorant and stubborn, a dangerous combination that has lead this nation and thousands of well-meaning American soldiers to their ruin.

Or, to use high school as a metaphor, like Harriet Miers the Bushbots seemed to have had an incurable crush on him ("You are the best governor ever!" she once wrote). But don't forget Mr. Varsity Quarterback-in-Chief that unconditional puppy love doesn't last forever. After your fans catch you making out with that trampy cheerleader from the cross-town rival their wrath can be swift and merciless. One day they're doodling hearts around your picture in the high school yearbook, the next they're X-ing out your eyeballs with magic marker.