That sure is a good pot of coffee

I saw former president Bill Clinton in an aid appeal/interview for Haiti on Newsnight yesterday. Hearing it was the BBC - THE BBC - he probably thought he would go out on one of the main bulletins of the day, rather than Newsnight which only garners a million viewers. Watching him speak, I felt something was missiing from his personality, something he was hiding from us. Such as "There is complete devastation here," in my mind, he continued "but look on the bright side, they can still serve me cups of coffee." Since that book Game Change, I look at him differently. Despite the increase in equal opportunities during his tenure, I don't think African-Americans view him anymore as 'our first black president' and not just because of Barack Obama, but because of what Hillary's husband said about Obama. Ol' Bill still oozes charisma, but its now as black as oil to me - maybe Clinton expects it to serve him coffee too.