{"id":288,"date":"2013-04-25T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highplainsblogger.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/25\/presidents-gather-and-demonstrate-collegiality"},"modified":"2013-04-25T15:05:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T15:05:00","slug":"presidents-gather-and-demonstrate-collegiality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=288","title":{"rendered":"Presidents gather, and demonstrate collegiality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019ll admit right here that I\u2019m a sucker for certain types of pageantry.<\/p>\n<p>One of those types involves the gathering of one of the world\u2019s most exclusive organizations: the Former U.S. Presidents Club.<\/p>\n<p>The four living ex-presidents, along with the current president, are gathering today in Dallas to commemorate the opening of the George W. Bush library and museum on the campus of Southern Methodist University, the alma mater of Laura Bush, the former president\u2019s better half.<\/p>\n<p>Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton (both Democrats) are joining former Presidents George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush (both Republicans, father and son) to mark the occasion. They\u2019ll be accompanied by yet another Democrat, President Barack Obama. <\/p>\n<p>As Laura Bush said this morning on National Public Radio, one of this country\u2019s great symbolic traits is how these individuals can gather \u2013 even in the midst of a contentious political atmosphere \u2013 to take special note of a historical moment.<\/p>\n<p>Ex-presidents all have gathered for the opening of the Clinton library, the George H.W. Bush library and the Carter library. These men all share a unique bond in that they\u2019ve sat at the center of power, leading the world\u2019s most powerful nation. <\/p>\n<p>And they\u2019ll meet once again to mark the occasion of another president\u2019s library and museum. <\/p>\n<p>For one day at least, the nation can put aside the difference that divide it.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s wrong with that?<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ll admit right here that I\u2019m a sucker for certain types of pageantry. One of those types involves the gathering of one of the world\u2019s most exclusive organizations: the Former U.S. Presidents Club. The four living ex-presidents, along with the current president, are gathering today in Dallas to commemorate the opening of the George W. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=288\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Presidents gather, and demonstrate collegiality<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}