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President Clinton?
Authored by: PJ on Wednesday, September 26 2012 @ 11:03 AM EDT
I'm not an expert, but he is called that all the
time, so I did too. If anyone knows a specific
rule of etiquette on this, let me know, please.

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President Clinton?
Authored by: fxbushman on Wednesday, September 26 2012 @ 12:10 PM EDT
Just as Mitt Romney is called "Governor Romney".

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President Clinton?
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, September 26 2012 @ 02:19 PM EDT
The refering to former Presidents as President X is an invention of modern
media.

What gets my goat is when they refer to Senetors and Congressmen.

The term Congress refers to both legeslative bodies togeather, so the term
Congressman would refer to members of both.

The proper reference would be to Senetors and Representatives.

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should be Governor Clinton
Authored by: NobodyYouKnow on Wednesday, September 26 2012 @ 03:53 PM EDT
...is it still appropriate to call an ex president by that title?

No. The explanation I heard is that there is only one President. On the other hand there are multiple governors and senators, so former holders of those offices still go by their titles.

So you'd call him Governor Clinton.

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Forms of Address
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, September 26 2012 @ 05:29 PM EDT
Per the site shown below (can't seem to get clickable link to work), Mr/Ms
President is not correct usage for former holders of the office.

http://www.formsofaddress.info/FOA_president_US_former.html

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