If he were indeed a “dictator” none of the black-clad-sourpusses would have left the chamber alive last night.
You've obviously heard that joke about the man and his wife who were invited to a costume party, but didn't have anything to wear. So the wife shoves a lemon down her pants. "What's that for?" asks the guy. "Well," she replies, "since I haven't got a costume, I'm going as a sourpuss." So the guy grabs a potato and sticks it down his pants. "Well, if you can go as a sourpuss," he says, "then I can go as a dictator!"