IV 8 FOP

[rich]

no doubt, the Ghastly Fop

"The Ghastly F., true to his legend, is engaged in the long,
frustrating, too often unproductive Exercise of tracking down ev'ryone
with whom he yet has unresolv'd financial dealings. To some, he seems
quite conventionally alive, whilst others swear he is a ghost."

Nixon is still alive and he' still haunting us

On 9/29/09, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
> Little tidbit on page 118 with the Nixon Bucks. Doc is pondering if
> the Chinese Communists might be behind the funny money, that the
> excellent engraving must indicate a "Fiendish Oriental Provenance".
> The letters are unnaturally capitalized. So is he just  saying Nixon
> is a FOP, phony as a 2 dollar bill or is there more? Typed FOP into
> Google and the top of the list was Fraternal Order of Police. This is
> pretty pointed and followed by Nixon's imaginary "...if it's  Fascism
> for Freedom, I can dig it. " line.
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> I think part of the intended role of  the fictional Burke Stodger and
> the real John Garfield is to direct  the curious readers, especially
> the young ones to Reagans role in HUAC  and the Hollywood blacklist,
> and to Nixon's role in supporting  Joe McCarthy as he ruined the
> lives of hundreds of Americans and turned labor unions and the
> Democratic Party of FDR against the American left.
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