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racy, more raucous than those of NRAdministrator Johnson. Roared the
General in his best Johnsonese: "What they [the
Republicans] did was to go into the purple silence and produce a
kippered herring in a dark can. You know, a kippered herring is one
that smells and hasn't got any—well—insides. "These pirates have
reached way back into the dark ages of the Old Deal and pulled out Mr.
Fletcher. They are going to Fletcherize their social program—you
know—you take almost nothing into your mouth and then you chew it and
chew it and chew it until it really is nothing. "Social program
from that crew under the Jolly Roger! You might just as well try to
pick fleas out of a sand pile with a pair of boxing gloves on your
fingers!"
