I don't know how popular to his men the General is. But one doesn't need to look far to see during the time of the Roman Empire ,what happend when an unpopular Emperor/Dictator , went against a popular General.
Two phrase's come to mind here. Praetorian guard , and Pin Cushion .
But Obammy would be in good company for the likes of him.
Caligula ( Little Boots , Obama re-incarnate ,in love with his sister and married his Horse )
Nero ( Obama as he is seen today ,this guy was addicted to opium and just plain NUT's
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Galba ( Couldn't count to ten ,he had to have a slave read to him under a podium in order to make any speeches . Teleprompter ! )
Otho ( Mama's Boy ,and i do mean Her Boy ! Oedipus personality ring a bell ? )
Vitellius ( Died of syphilis , no one would kill him because they didn't want his nasty blood on their swords )
Commodus ( image of Obama's ego himself ,a real Gladiator guy was brought in to be his friend . And not the General like in the Movie either. )
Pertinax ( Ruled with an Iron Pinkie. " Now you people just better stop that ,or i will get soooo mad !
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Didius Julianus ( A real Weiner , Whined all of the time and sucked his thumb )
Florian ( A real gay Blade , talked like a Homosexual hair dresser )
Avitus ( So bad the Christians of Rome killed him ,so they could stop throwing up )
Carus ( the first sex change operation on record. Hummmmmmm
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Domitian ( a Crook from Northern Italy ,stole from the coffers of Rome ,and corrupted the Senate . Abolished the Pax Romana , and made his Praetorian guard run around in the nude for his own entertainment. One day he fell down bunches of time's ,so badly he fell apart a whole lot .
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