I don't think while leaving the library, a thumbs up was appropriate, no matter what. But then, of course, I'm kind of old fashioned.
Shows lack of class.
The Thumbs Up --- seriously inappropriate. Think about it if Clinton died and Bush went to see him and Thumbbed Upped reporters. They would scream like bats. Amazing. That people cannot see through this man whose only depth is the never ending sinkhole of his low character just frightens me.
This is one of those "a picture is worth a thousand words" moments. It screams that John F. Kerry is a classless act.
It wasn't appropriate at all. Not a the place he was. I'm old fashioned, too. From the old school.