Actually, I think it’s working quite well and you’re just disconnected.
This reminds me of the Chin Dynasty, circa 220 BC, in which it was a capital offense to refer (even obliquely) to the emperor’s death, or even refer to a possible future time in which the emperor was no longer around.
We don’t have a President, we have an Emperor. 
Bush gets hit on the head by an asteroid. Bush gets chewed by an escaped T-Rex from Jurassic Park 3. Bush gets ripped apart, eaten and farted out by the DC Comics character Lobo (who also killed Santa Claus).
Secret Service, suck my Free Speech. Nya nya nya nya nyaaaahh nya.