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Bubba Update: Former President Bill Clinton offers a Lesson In mortality For Baby-Boomer Generation (New York Daily News)
Hang in there, Bubba, hang in there.
That was the prayer of Bill Clinton fans everywhere when the ex-President checked into New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia – leaving it momentarily unclear when and whether Elvis would leave the building.
He did, of course, the next morning, with all his usual rock-star swagger and a couple of new stents in his famously large, cheeseburger-loving heart.
Beyond the expressions of goodwill that streamed in was another reality.
Clinton wasn’t the only person who had to suddenly face mortality – so did a generation of baby-boomers for whom Clinton is like a living mirror.
For those born in the two decades or so after World War II – Clinton came along in August 1946, almost exactly a year after America dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan to end the war – Clinton inhabits a unique place.
He’s not just another President. He is one of them.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/02/14/2010-02-14_brush_with_mortality_for_bubba_boomers.html#ixzz0fWzT4AC7
Bubba boom: Former president Bill Clinton offers a lesson in mortality for baby-boomer generation.
