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(81,222 posts)The much-maligned Jimmy Carter did what, shortly after leaving office? His first acts? Joining up with Habitat for Humanity, and putting his own hammer and nails where his mouth was.
The man who beat him in 1980, went on to two terms, and is lionized and damn near sainted by a lot of red-state America? What did he do immediately after leaving office? HIS first acts? Straight-up moneygrubbing. He even talked about it BEFORE he left office - referring to his post-White House destination of "the mashed-potato circuit" of speech-making for big bucks. His lead-off speech-making trip? A TWO-MILLION-DOLLAR all expenses paid speech-making junket to Japan.
Hit the road to do unpaid charity work versus hit the road for the biggest paycheck. That right there tells you the main difference between Democrats and republi-CONS. That, right there.