It's interesting to compare the living ex-presidents by party and present occupation. It seems we have two Democrats and two Republicans. Soon to be three Democrats and the same two Republicans. What's amazing to me is how closely these ex's hew to their parties base principles and priorities. Remaining true to the attitudes of their base supporters.
The average Republican is a greedy and selfish individual thinking the government exists for his benefit and not for those poor, lazy people who think they are entitled to share in the largess of the richest nation in health care and adequate wages for their work.
Democrats are poor hard working people who are always ready to share. They are the people responsible for Social Security. Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act better known as Obamacare.
First is Jimmy Carter who at age 91 has been building homes for poor people for nearly forty years since his retirement. He is a key figure in Habitat for Humanity and after recovering from brain cancer is going to Canada to help the poor there build homes.
George H.W. Bush retired twenty three years ago and helped Bill Clinton raise funds for the flood victims in Haiti who lost everything. After that he went back to just living with Barbara which must be a chore in itself. He is 92.
Bill Clinton along with Hillary and their daughter Chelsea set up and run the Clinton Foundation which raises millions and buys Aids medicine for people all over the world and helps millions of people in programs all over the world. He is 70.
George W. Bush lives in Dallas where he paints pictures of his toes in his bath among other things. He occasionally gives a high priced speech somewhere he gets paid to come. That pretty much rounds out his time for the last eight years. He also is 70.
Now one can see why I state that ex-presidents stay true to their basic party identity. I expect that next year Barak Obama will keep to this pattern.
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