"Other politicians are crooked too, and they don’t build a goddamn thing. East Texas and South Louisiana—they finally got their heads together and cut a big piece of the pie for themselves. But things have always run crooked in this part of the country, always . They wouldn’t know what to do with clean government. Old Dougal fell down pretty hard in the long run, but that’s just Texas. Texas is ornery, Texans like to chew their good old boys up a little bit before they bury them. But Huey learned plenty from Dougal, and he doesn’t make Dougal’s mistakes. Huey is the Governor of Louisiana now, he’s the big cheese, the boss, the kahuna. Huey’s got himself two handpicked federal Senators, just to shine his shoes. You’re bad-mouthing Huey up in Boston—but Huey is sitting just over yonder in Baton Rouge. And you’re getting in Huey’s face."