1.0 link 220064 <![CDATA[Bush Gets His Bounce]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-kaminsky/bush-gets-his-bounce_b_220064.html Of all the perks ex-presidents enjoy, the best one has to be the automatic upgrade in how people view their contributions and character.

The disdain for a president ending his term fades quickly. Americans start going soft on the guy moments after he returns the keys to Air Force One.

Jimmy Carter messed up everything. Economy? Shambles. Iran? Botched. Killer Rabbit? Escaped.

But ex-president Carter rules. As he hammered for Habitat for Humanity he constructed a new image for himself, and the...

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