annual kick-off meeting for my restaurant company. We've had many such dinners and speakers. Our team thought he was one of the very best.

He stayed and mixed with our attendees, there was zero pretentiousness displayed. He came across as warm, cordial, humble (I spent the dinner with him at my table), funny and gave a message with a moral point.

Too many on this board create or spread vicious rumors with no first hand experience with the man at all. He certainly earned my respect at that dinner. The people on this board who I'm referring to have done a good job of earning my disdain. Unless you can cite some first person examples, I'll continue to believe my lying eyes and disregard the sludge at the bottom of the barrel..