It does, at least, give me an opening to toss out an idea I had recently to explain why so many of the rabid nutzoid left keep jumping up and down and thinking Bush is going to be impeached, imprisoned, "hung," etc. I believe it all goes back to the 2000 election, and their psychological inability to accept the fact that Bush won. Note all the bumper stickers they slap on their Volvos: "Reelect Gore," "Bush is not my president," "I didn't vote the son of a Bush," etc. Or the way they think they have the right to accost him, threaten him, or demand meetings with him at their convenience.
Since they can't wrap their tiny brains around the concept that Bush really is the President of the United States, they keep judging him by the standards of a private citizen. For instance, if a private citizen revealed classified information, he would be in trouble. But if a president does it, it's not an illegal leak, it is a declassification of information, because the president has the power to do that. He's not just a guy from Texas that Ben Affleck hates worse than reading his own reviews, he's the head of the third branch of government. He is not subserviant to the courts and Congress in the same way a private citizen would be because that would screw up the balance of powers.
If you look at it that way, you'll understand why they keep running off on these quixotic crusades to sue Bush or have him arrested for not running all his command decisions past a judge. Or you could just assume they're nuts, and that would suffice, too.
Good analysis. I also think the seething hatred stems from 2000...of course with some residual hate from Clinton's impeachment.
I kinda like the they is nuts explanation but yours is very good.....
"He's not just a guy from Texas that Ben Affleck hates worse than reading his own reviews,"
Ha! Good one.