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Bill Clinton visits George HW Bush (Original Post) Miles Archer Jun 2018 OP
What does the bracelet on his right wrist signify? BigmanPigman Jun 2018 #1
I noticed the bracelet also. I do not know. riversedge Jun 2018 #8
Drudge tried to make out something nefarious about it- I called him on it and he retracted TexasProgresive Jun 2018 #10
Thanks! BigmanPigman Jun 2018 #14
This will NEVER happen with tRump. FarPoint Jun 2018 #2
Nice. That reminds me when the two parties could be civil to each other and sinkingfeeling Jun 2018 #3
Yeah, that's why I posted it... Miles Archer Jun 2018 #12
I feel terrible asking, but is he suffering from a Parkinsonian-like condition? moriah Jun 2018 #4
Last year he said he suffers from vascular parkinsonism. herding cats Jun 2018 #6
Yowch. Wish I'd been wrong. moriah Jun 2018 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Boomerproud Jun 2018 #15
This makes me smile Gothmog Jun 2018 #5
Nice to see! mcar Jun 2018 #7
Statesman to Statesman ffr Jun 2018 #11
A long time has passed since 1992. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2018 #13
Adults. Actual adults. BannonsLiver Jun 2018 #16
What a concept!! ailsagirl Jun 2018 #17
I think Bill would be a fun person to be around. A beer or a doob. roamer65 Jun 2018 #18
So cute Raine Jun 2018 #19

TexasProgresive

(12,165 posts)
10. Drudge tried to make out something nefarious about it- I called him on it and he retracted
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 06:09 PM
Jun 2018
Bill also has a bracelet he wears every day - and has done for the last 10 years.

The woven band was a gift from Los Ninos del Vallenato, a Colombian band who performed for Bill at the White House when he was president. He also saw them play when he visited Cartagena with Chelsea in 2000.

A few years later the head of the group was kidnapped and murdered by Marxist rebels in Colombia.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3579636/The-bracelets-Bill-Hillary-Clinton-wear-day-meaning-them.html

FarPoint

(12,487 posts)
2. This will NEVER happen with tRump.
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 05:46 PM
Jun 2018

Sarah Huckabee can be tRumps caregiver...

Past Presidents always seem to bond....but then there is an exception...tRump.

sinkingfeeling

(51,499 posts)
3. Nice. That reminds me when the two parties could be civil to each other and
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 05:47 PM
Jun 2018

occasionally work together for the sake of the country.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
12. Yeah, that's why I posted it...
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 06:15 PM
Jun 2018

...I don't see this kind of reunion happening with Trump and any of his predecessors, once he leaves office. He's already pushed them all away (although I'm not really up to speed regarding when / if he ever expressed an opinion about Jimmy Carter).

It's the world's smallest club..."Former Presidents." I can't imagine a Donald J. Trump Presidential Library, I can't imagine him getting together with whatever former Presidents remain after he leaves office. I imagine his primary, and only, concern will be how to cash in his chips after the little adventure he's living right now.

THINK of the WEALTH of knowledge he could tap into with ANY of these men if he were a different man, if he had the ability to pick up the phone and say something like "Barack, I'm stuck on this one. I'd like to know what you think."

What a waste. What a tragic waste. And a completely unnecessary one to boot.

moriah

(8,311 posts)
4. I feel terrible asking, but is he suffering from a Parkinsonian-like condition?
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 05:57 PM
Jun 2018

It's his head/neck/shoulder posture in the pic that feels similarly to the posture I've seen in several relatives who finally got to wheelchair status from stuff that messed with their dopamine and movement -- in one case actual Parkinson's, the others Lewy Body Dementia. I'm guessing not LBD or we'd have heard, but... ?

Glad if nothing else their staffs are trying to help us remember when people cooperated with each other, and glad Clinton came to see him. I hope everyone has visitors in the twilight times of their lives, especially after losing their spouses.

herding cats

(19,569 posts)
6. Last year he said he suffers from vascular parkinsonism.
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 06:02 PM
Jun 2018

Some of the symptoms are the same but the root cause is different(small strokes in VP) and the treatment is different, if I recall correctly.

moriah

(8,311 posts)
9. Yowch. Wish I'd been wrong.
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 06:08 PM
Jun 2018


After seeing how those types of illnesses destroy people, I wouldn't wish anything like that on my worst enemy.

Response to herding cats (Reply #6)

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,235 posts)
13. A long time has passed since 1992.
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 06:17 PM
Jun 2018

Still no fan of the Bushes and I doubt I ever will be, but I'm glad for the chivalrous attitude between political opponents in comparison to what see today.

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