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(32,640 posts)If he appeared to get upset at all, he would have been dismissed as one of those "angry black men." The Right wing FUROR over the report he slapped a table while talking to Boehner was unbelievable.
And he knew when to let his sense of humor shine, and when the gravitas of the office was neccessary.
There may be those who say it would be "refreshing" to have someone in office that will say, "Kiss my ass" or drop a mic during official duties, or get aggressive in the media like Avenatti does, but he understood that others would indeed do that for him.
God, how I miss the respect for intellect, the arts, education and the basic dignity of human beings that the Clinton and Obama White Houses brought us.
I feel now like I did after 9/11, like we are never going to have that again.