HIGH HOPES, HARD FACTS.

INAUGURATION of United States presidents; INAUGURAL addresses of American presidents; OCCASIONAL speeches; BUSH, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; IDEALISM; POLITICAL systems; DEMOCRACY

Offers a look at the Inauguration of United States President George W. Bush for a second term in office. Praise for Bush's second Inaugural Address; Belief of Bush that the purpose of U.S. foreign policy must be the expansion of liberty; Question of U.S. hypocrisy and the chasm between rhetoric and reality; Relations between Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin; Lack of support from the Bush administration for Taiwan's stand against China; Statement that there is a conflict between the United States' ideals and its interests; Discussion of Bush's Middle East policy; Reference to the lack of postwar planning conducted by the Bush administration prior to the invasion of Iraq; Discussion of democracy in various political systems around the world.