[quote]Clinton sleeps on floor so elder Bush can have bed

Sunday, March 6, 2005

NEW YORK (AP) -- On their tour of tsunami damage in Southeast Asia, former President Bill Clinton once allowed his predecessor, former President George H.W. Bush, to sleep on the plane's only bed while he stretched out on the floor.

The government plane in which the presidents toured the disaster area had one large bedroom and another room with tables and seats, according to an interview with Bush in this week's Newsweek.

Bush, 80, said Clinton offered ahead of time to give the older former president the bedroom so he could lie flat and avoid paining his body. Clinton, 58, decided to play cards in the other room that night.
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[quote]"We could have switched places, each getting half a night on the bed, but he deferred to me. That was a very courteous thing, very thoughtful, and that meant a great deal to me," Bush said.[/quote]

Honestly, has the Right gone so far in demonizing all democrats that they are truly surprised when we turn out to be decent human beings??? Bush sounds surprised that Clinton possesses what most would describe as plain old common decency.

Gotta love Bill, after having heart surgery I'm sure the floor was good for him. It's obvious Bill Clinton has compassion and cares for others.

[quote=ncMindy]Gotta love Bill, after having heart surgery I'm sure the floor was good for him. It's obvious Bill Clinton has compassion and cares for others.[/quote]

Yeah, and unlike the greedy Bush family, he didn't ask "What's in it for me?"