This post has really got me thinking. I agree that there are interesting parallels to Napoleon in Obama. The Russians bungled everything in 1812, but hubris and providence destroyed Napoleon regardless. Russia was his great over-reach and he stayed in Moscow with maps of India because he had illusions he was the next Alexander the Great (just as Obama thinks he is the next Lincoln, FDR, gee I’ve lost track which famous person he thinks he is this week)
As Napoleon’s political capital collapsed, the Prussians and much of Europe knew to detach themselves from him as he began his downward spiral in 1813. In fact, when Napoleon was in Russia, General Malet back in Paris had devised a plot to overthrow Napoleon’s government (hmm maybe Bill and Hillary can figure how to salvage their power in the background)

The other prophetic thing that I see about Waterloo that does make me think DeMint used the correct analogy is that all the cards were in Napoleon’s favor to win this battle. He figured he had about a 90 percent chance of winning. However, he lost the battle by having the worse communications that sent D’Erlon running around the field useless (think Pelosi) and Ney was completely unsupported and still fought with amazing bravery. He had no game plan that was clearly explain (think Healthcare) and when it was too late he drove his entire Imperial Guard straight into a trap. The thanks Marshal Ney got was to have Napoleon blame the whole debacle on Ney (he was thrown under the bus by Napoleon) and so I believe many Democrats will feel the sting of Obama’s narcissistic treachery. Hopefully, in this “sped up media 24/7 world we live in”, this will all play out and by 2011 he is on the way out defeated by a worthy opponent who will restore American democracy…..
Heaven knows we don’t want a Louis XVIII.

Now, wretchard….. ( or some Napoleonic scholar) let’s see which speech emerges when Obama confirms the worst of our fears about the economy and his failed bills and then we can call that his 29th Bulletin!!!!!)