Rummy.. is taking on Bush (and Bush senior over the war).
He's saying. I'm sure that the people are behind me. I know they are absolutely behind us, we can "stay" the course for at least another year or three.
Bush (sorry, I mean Condi) is like "how can you honestly believe that? your self delusions are getting the better of you" and Rummys like.. "I'll prove it to you". You watch.. call off the whole voting thing for the mid-terms, you'll see..
and of course such a plan has a certain beautiful attraction to it... so, many in the Junta would've been willing to consider it.
Then.. they basically lose the election, and Bush is even genuinely suprised that they took "such a thumpin" - he really believed in Rummy.. and he also really wanted to keep believing in never doing the unthinkable and casting *anybody* out of the circle (Bush doesn't gotta do a lot, 'xcept believe in some few basic precepts).
But with this .. well you know the rest.
;-)
Ha ha> OK I'm insane I admit
