George Will, a conservative columnist, notes that Disraeli's gibe about Gladstone might well apply to Mr Obama-he is "inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity".

保守派专栏作家乔治·威尔更是写到，当年英国首相迪斯雷利对其前任格拉德斯通的评价用在奥巴马身上再合适不过了，“陶醉于自己的‘裹脚布’中不能自拔。”

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"You and the cat are both my favourites. But you two never get along. Why is that?" Mr. Gladstone asked his dog.

“你和肥猫都是我的最爱，可我就不明白了，为啥你俩总也处不来呢？”格莱斯顿先生问他的狗狗说。

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"The goose and the duck are always good friends." said Mr. Gladstone to his wife.

“鹅子和鸭子从来都是好朋友。”格莱斯顿先生对他的太太说。

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He could look for new ideas, invent new issues, try to play Disraeli to Mr Blair's Gladstone.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

Gladstone, Mr Bogdanor declares, saw Britain not as a single nation, but as a partnership of four nations.

ECONOMIST: Ireland and Gladstone and all that

Despite his failure ever to meet Gladstone, Mr Bognador draws heavily on the Old Man's philosophy to argue that Tony Blair's recent transformation of the British constitution is more likely to strengthen the union than to break it apart.

ECONOMIST: Ireland and Gladstone and all that