Sentence:  In the old days, such impertinence might have seen Mr Aswani taken directly from the studio to the cells; this time, though, it was the prime minister who paid the price. Rendered a nationwide laughing stock by his <WSD>blustering</WSD> performance, he resigned a day later - the first casualty of a new era of Egyptian politics, where ministers' careers are ended not by presidential decree, or by mass street uprising, but because they themselves feel they have failed. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Engaged in or involving the process of blustering, speaking or protesting loudly.