I seem to be scrapping more posts than I complete and post recently. Some are just a little "salty"
but most that you never see are typed by the kid who grew up in a neighborhood where nonsense and insults were usually dealt with physically and immediately. And, if nonsense and insults were removed from current political discourse, each news hour would have 58 minutes of empty air time.
So far, my self editor is keeping me on line and out of jail.
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He used to pen eloquent responses to critics and foes, then put them into an envelope and place them into a drawer, and they never saw daylight again until the next 'letter' was deposited in the same drawer.
There was one notable exception:
His daughter Margaret once fancied herself as a singer/performer. At one point she gave a recital that was attended by a Washington critic who later wrote a less-than-flattering review of her performance. Her father, President Truman, wrote a letter threatening to 'punch the critic in the nose' the next time he saw him - and this time he DID mail the letter!
Here's the story:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/remembering-the-time-a-president-threatened-to-punch-a-washington-post-critic/2017/02/25/d2053ffc-f9e6-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html
One interesting note from the episode: After the letter was released to the public there was mixed feelings among the public.
However, here's an interesting response:
An American in Australia felt that Truman’s act had been a national embarrassment and asked, “How long must Americans living abroad be humiliated by such ill-chosen words and threats by the President?”
Wow!!!! How would THAT person ever survive TFG!!!! 
they got it comin' to 'em, then scrap it. Let them live for now. 
