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TIME Magazine - Photos: Oval Office Secrets from Truman to Obama (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Apr 2012 OP
K&R - very fascinating!!! Cooley Hurd Apr 2012 #1
Some of these friendships really were strange bedfellows... Rhiannon12866 Apr 2012 #3
Interesting liberal N proud Apr 2012 #2
Who would have thought W could be so gracious? MrSlayer Apr 2012 #4
I learned a whole lot by reading this... Rhiannon12866 Apr 2012 #5

Rhiannon12866

(202,987 posts)
3. Some of these friendships really were strange bedfellows...
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 11:48 PM
Apr 2012

But I think they found they had more in common than they had real differences. No one knew better what each one was facing than another who had held the office.

 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
4. Who would have thought W could be so gracious?
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 01:24 AM
Apr 2012

President George W. Bush invited the entire Club membership to lunch at the White House to meet Obama before the inauguration in January, 2009. “We want you to succeed,” he told Obama. “Whether we’re Democrat or Republican, we all care deeply about this country. . . . All of us who have served in this office understand that the office transcends the individual.”

Doesn't get him off the hook for the terrible damage he did but I thought this was classy.

Rhiannon12866

(202,987 posts)
5. I learned a whole lot by reading this...
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 07:00 AM
Apr 2012

I knew that Ford and Carter became close friends, but LBJ and Ike?! Who would have thunk?!

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