deal with that kind of treatment? [ applause ] >> what presidents has ever had to deal with that kind of treatment? >> so there he was at the national action league here in new york city last week. a predom the nantly african-american crowd. some say, okay, we had bill o'reilly on the next day. he said he may have been playing to the crowd. now mr. eric holder says, i wasn't playing the race card. i was talking about the lack of civility in washington, d.c. back in the old days people were much more civil. now they are not. >> the back room are deals that lbj made democrats and republicans do that were unsavory. things we saw in "lincoln"? it was almost blackmail. >> or the civility paid to ashcroft, janet reno, meese, john mitchell. look at those in the position eric holders has held and the resistance or criticism they