"The American people agreed with me."
That would be the 51% misguided and misinformed American people. I could think of many more adjectives to describe those 51% and the first one that comes to mind is takers.
One definition of "imperial" on dictionary.com is, "of the nature or rank of an emperor or supreme ruler."
At his news conference Monday, a petulant, threatening and confrontational President Obama spoke like an emperor or supreme ruler. All that was missing was a scepter, a crown and a robe trimmed in ermine.
This president exceeds even Bill Clinton in his ability to evade, prevaricate and dissemble. I didn't think that possible.
Not only did he supply long answers to relatively easy questions, but much of what he said bore no relation to reality.
He spoke of having had the debate over...
Another good word to use is "bought" as in: he was bought off for X number of dollars.