I see that the story du jour is that your President may have fired an assistant because of what she said that he had said about his daughter not being slim enough to be in pictures with him. Is this really the kind of issue that POTUS should be in the news about? I'm not sure which is worse, the fact that it may have actually happened the way it was reported or the fact that this kind of lame crap has become normal.
Robert, from your profile I suspect you're too young to remember what Truman said when a critic criticized his daughter's singing. He sent the critic this letter:
""I've just read your lousy review of Margaret's concert. I've come to the conclusion that you are an 'eight ulcer man on four ulcer pay.' It seems to me that you are a frustrated old man who wishes he could have been successful. When you write such poppy-cock as was in the back section of the paper you work for it shows conclusively that you're off the beam and at least four of your ulcers are at work. Some day I hope to meet you. When that happens you'll need a new nose, a lot of beefsteak for black eyes, and perhaps a supporter below! Pegler, a gutter snipe, is a gentleman alongside you. I hope you'll accept that statement as a worse insult than a reflection on your ancestry."
But, of course, Truman was a Democrat.
