Want a good example of just how different he was from the poll-watching, wishy-washy milquetoast pols of today? Try this little gem from his magnificent 1948 presidential campaign: “You’ve got a terrible Congressman here in this district. He’s one of the worst obstructionists in Congress. He has done everything he possibly could to cut the throats of the farmer and the laboring man. If you send him back, that will be your own fault if you get your own throats cut.”
