Cromwell will have fared the better in that case.
But you see, all that is not important. Bush has a higher calling and responsibility. As with the jihadists, he believes it's proper, effective and good strategy to lie to the American people about his loyalty to the Constitution and the American public, since he has a supreme vision of a new North American Superstate, currently referred to in government NewSpeak as "The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America" (http://www.spp.gov), composed of Mexico, Canada and the US. We should not question his goals nor his methods since, after all, he knows what is best and he is the "Decider".
Sure, implementing all this will be nasty, brutal and murderously chaotic for the citizens of this nation, but not to worry, he has a new 98,000 acre ranch in Paraguay where he and his elitist ilk can ride it all out. The man does think ahead.