[FormerACLUmember]

He really was incredibly gracious, thanking everybody for the kind words and joking with them. I was shocked. I just assumed he'd be a surly jerk.

Yes, he was gracious and generous. Not in the slightest surly...not narcissistic, not arrogant, just a very nice, kind humble person. And beneath his booze befuddled exterior, he is highly intelligent and deep, at least based upon our conversations of the evening.

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I guess he doesn't want to die until he has a few drinks and small talk with everybody on the planet.