It's a club. Rarified air and all that crap...
Naaaah, that's just your imagination.
Look, some of my husband's business associates are very liberal democrats and we see them in a social setting. I pride myself on being tactfull and cordial which is polite and proper.
BUT I do happen to see a vast difference between making a dignified no-nonsense presentation and the kind of good ol' boy kneeslapping joking that took place with Bush.
We've lived under the boot of the lying/cheating Clinton years and suffered too long for Bush to just blow us off. IMHO, he owes us some respect too. And today I saw none.