The Madness of King George is one of my favorite movies. A British film released in 1994, and adapted by Alan Bennett from his own 1991 play, it tells the true story of how King George III gradually went insane while he was still on the British throne.
The bizarre $15 billion law suit against the New York Times, which was just summarily dismissed by a clearly nonplussed judge, makes me think of that film. At what point does it become officially obvious that the leader of your country has bats in his belfry and is totally out to lunch?
At what point do even the people who voted for him realize that he has become totally bonkers, wackadoodle and is nutty as a fruitcake? And then what do they do when they finally admit that he has gone off his rocker, is mad as a hatter, and isn’t playing with a full deck?
Maybe there’s a metaphor for that.