Only some large dread, derived from Bushie Sr's coterie - could prompt so public a rebuke. Shades of the grudge-keeper in Giant, the Upanishads of Texas oil-critters..
Coke & booze together can make a mediocre personality positively unstable. But not to fear - Muricans will elect Anyone who Walks Tall. (Or not really-elect, as the case may be.)
Ashton