Word: pussycats
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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...Prohibition. Flaying the Republican plank for being "long, indirect, ambiguous, insincere, false,'' the Democratic nominee declared: "Words upon words, a dense cloud of words! . . . Senator Borah said it sounded Wet to him. President Butler said the words were Dry." Governor Roosevelt charged his opponent with using "pussycat words" in his acceptance speech and deliberately misrepresenting the Democratic position. "The difficulty under which the President labors [is] obvious," he declared, "and the reason for his use of meaningless words is clear. It is the difficulty that always attends sacrificing principles for votes. . . . His statement proceeds . . . to mislead the people...