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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
Is it just me or are old presidents now breaking the gentleman's code of not criticizing current administration choices, decisions and situations? I don't recall hearing from previous presidents in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.
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As nearly as I can tell, there are only two who do so. Bush Sr. publicly announced that he wouldn't second-guess Clinton.
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Originally Posted by pan6467
1. There is far more press covering ex-presidents and news can move within seconds across every part of this country.
2. Yes, there were ex-presidents before now that criticized how the government was being run. The Civil War is a great example. President John Tyler from Va. He tried to find a peace between the North and South and when it couldn't be reached, he took the South's side. OR Teddy Roosevelt felt that Taft was fucking up so badly he decided to split the party and run for president. Thus allowing Wilson to beat both of them.
3. Ex presidents are living far longer and in better health when they leave office. Most died shortly after leaving office.
So to say, this is something new, isn't true at all.
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Maybe we could limit it to the last 50 years or so. Other than Reagan's comment that Bush Sr. "didn't seem to stand for anything" (which might have been Alzheimer's talking) I can't recall a president in my lifetime who behaved in such a classless fashion.
Now you have Mr. "Astroturf-in-the-bed-of-my-pickup" lecturing us. Lined up right behind him is Mr. "I've lusted in my heart" who was pretty much raised and educated in his young years by a sharecropper on his parents' farm. Who nominated himself for a Nobel prize.
Reagan wouldn't even take his coat off in the oval office, because he thought it was disrespectful. I'm not holding my breath waiting for a classy act from someone who couldn't keep his pants ON in the oval office.