Project Gutenberg 2007-08-04 Public domain in the USA. 87 Lee, Gerald Stanley 1862 1944 20008716 The Ghost in the White House Some suggestions as to how a hundred million people (who are supposed in a vague, helpless way to haunt the white house) can make themselves felt with a president, how they can back him up, express themselves to him, be expressed by him, and get what they want Produced by Audrey Longhurst and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Ghost in the White House" by Gerald Stanley Lee is a thought-provoking political commentary written in the early 20th century. This work explores the complex relationship between the American people and their president, highlighting the struggle for genuine representation and connection in governance. Lee uses the metaphor of a "ghost" to describe the abstract and often disconnected nature of political authority, arguing that for a democracy to thrive, the voices of the people must materialize into a palpable force that is recognized and respected by those in power. The opening of the book introduces the concept that the White House is haunted by the "ghost" of the nation, meaning the intangible and often voiceless expectations of the populace. Lee presents a critique of how presidents often find themselves isolated, dealing with the nebulous idea of "the people" rather than tangible citizens. He stresses the urgency for the next president to build a real connection with the nation, suggesting that the way forward is through the collective strength and expressiveness of the public. The author is determined to propose a new framework where citizens are empowered to articulate their needs, thereby transforming the governance landscape from one dominated by the elite back to the hands of the populace themselves. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- Politics and government Democracy HN Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Politics 479617 476513 2024-09-09T13:26:11.559396 2023-09-10T06:10:35.981257 text/html text/html 473835 2007-08-04T13:40:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 176088 2007-08-04T13:40:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 241095 2024-09-09T13:26:19.291383 application/epub+zip 249157 2024-09-09T13:26:13.232419 application/epub+zip 217536 2024-09-09T13:26:12.255392 application/epub+zip 459584 2024-09-09T13:26:24.073341 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 405528 2024-09-09T13:26:18.530385 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314930 2022-08-10T09:54:38.526640 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 445927 445839 2024-09-09T13:26:10.303481 2023-09-10T06:10:34.803236 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 445866 2007-08-04T13:40:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 153498 2007-08-04T13:40:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 445931 2007-08-04T13:40:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 153461 2007-08-04T13:40:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20179 2024-09-09T13:26:24.219382 application/rdf+xml 11081 2024-09-09T13:26:12.623397 image/jpeg 2725 2024-09-09T13:26:12.438398 image/jpeg 228193 2024-09-09T13:26:11.604429 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog