Reply #182: I would have....

[Clio the Leo]

.... I would have MUCH rather he gone off on the President over the phone (as it's generally accepted in the community for an older man to be upset with a younger one, even if the younger one happens to be the leader of the free world.) Such a relationship invokes respect because of it's very nature. But there's a way to handle things.

What is NOT generally accepted in the community is to for either party to air their issues in public .... especially OUTSIDE of the community if you get my meaning.

If the President really said, "you're demeaning me," I doubt he meant "since I am the President."

There is an underlying issue that I think a lot of us are upset about. An issue that has nothing to do with the fact that one of these men is the President and one an esteemed memberof Congress. An issue that transcends beltway politics.

Ya get me? ;)