How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for. I don't know if this man is really taking care of America. This government has been shameful.
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
Anyone who assumes that this country is standing still is not a good American, or rather, he is an apathetic and dead one and makes no contribution to the society.
The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.
All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.
A man who prides himself on being better than his fellow-men thinks it a disgrace if he does not do something more than they do, whereby his superiority may be apparent.
The question for Obama is how he can rein in the furies of populism while making us all feel the malefactors of great wealth are being sufficiently punished.
Poverty us no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.
There's no doubt that what has emerged in the years after 9/11, unlike the situation in Britain, there were practices sanctioned in the U.S. that fall far below the standard of conduct that should have taken place. It is for the American system of government, in all of its branches, to address that. It is not for a British politician.
Through his mastery of storytelling techniques, he has managed to separate his character, in the public mind, from his actions as president. He has, in short, mesmerized us with that steady gaze.
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