‘There is nothing more pathetic in life than a former president,’ said John Quincy Adams – but a year on, what to produce of our most newly minted ex?There’s the library. Theres the memoir. There might be a foundation. Maybe some paid speeches. Perhaps a new hobby, or like oil portray. Maybe,in the case of George HW Bush, accusations of groping by eight women.
The life of a former president has a few set pieces, or but still plenty of room for surprise. John Quincy Adams was elected to Congress. “There is nothing more pathetic in life than a former president,” he is said to fill concluded.
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Source: guardian.co.uk