Tonight I watched American Experience on our PBS channel, Part 2 of the Harry Truman biography dealing with his post-WWII years. As expected, Truman's conflict with General Douglas MacArthur figured prominently in the segment covering the Korean war. The archival film footage included the part of MacArthur's famous farewell address where he spoke of old soldiers: They never die, they just fade away.
After the Truman documentary ended, I surfed channels briefly, watched a few minutes of the Anderson Cooper program on CNN, and saw a video clip of Bill Clinton speaking somewhere, pissing and moaning about how Mrs. C was being treated disrespectfully. The thought occurred to me: Old presidents, like old soldiers, should just fade away.
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