Bill ClintonBeing President is like being the groundskeeper in a cemetery: there are a lot of people under you, but none of them are listening.
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Being President is like being the groundskeeper in a cemetery. Those above you are only concerned with the grave they are in, not the graves below. You can’t patch up a wall that’s falling apart or mow the grass on the lawn that is overgrown. The only thing presidents can do is keep getting elected and re-elected.
And sometimes, for better or worse, things go well for them. But, at best, they are only caring for grander statues in the cemetery.
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