2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: John Sununu: Democrats are "vermin" [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)No, I was just a servant of the people, a uniformed government employee!
I was not in a position to tell him I thought he was a pompous ass. I (along with others) was interacting with him in an official capacity and when that monkey is on your back, you pretty much have to shut up and suck it up. I will say I found him smarmy and unpleasant, and I have it on unimpeachable authority that he had the "Roman hands, Russian fingers" problem--it was an oft-discussed issue, but no one who was interfered with by the man dared or desired to move forward with official complaints, as that sort of reporting was regarded as career-ending at the time.
I've met plenty of people who--from a distance--might be regarded as "ugly" or "less than attractive" -- but once you get to know them, the ugly disappears completely and their inner self shines through, to the point where their "ugly" face acquires a certain charm.
All I can tell you is that this guy wasn't one of those!