USA HISTORY

“My Dear Nephew, “Never allow yourself to lose sight of that fact that politics, and not poker, is our great American game. If this could be beaten into the heads of some presumably well-meaning but glaringly unpractical people, we should hear less idiotic talk about reform in connection with politics. Nobody ever dreams of organizing a reform movement in poker ____ “Mr. Lincoln, a very estimable and justly popular, but in some respects an impracticable man, formulated widely different error regard to politics. He held that ours is a government of the people, by the people, for the people. Imaintain, on the contrary, that it is government of politicians, by politicians, for politicians. If your political career is to be a success, you must understand andrespect this distinction with a difference."-William McElroy, journalist, “An Old War Horse to a Young Politician, “ published anonymously in the Atlantic Monthly, 1880.McElroy’s letter uses humor to make a point. Which of the following statements reflects McElroy’s true criticism?