Young Republicans

[Phil Wise]

If Oedipa was a Young Republican in 1966, what might that have meant?  My
understanding of Republican Politics dates from Reagan; I have heard that
Nixon, in love with power as he was, was not necessarily beholden to the
same interests.  And Lot 49 was pre-Nixon.  How much do we have to take the
evolution of the parties into account?

Phil

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Monroe" <davidmmonroe at yahoo.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: Young Republicans


> Okay, found it, "'Metzger,' Oedipa whispered,
> embarrassed, 'I'm a Young Republican," Ch. 3, p. 76,
> though it seems she is more immediately "embarrassed"
> by Metzger's preceding outburst ("'Fine,' Metzger said
> ..."), which thereafter gets "even louder."  Still,
> the point remains, there seem Reasons for, there seems
> Significance to, a character's ostensible political
> affiliation here ...
>
> > --- David Morris <fqmorris at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > At the time of the quote Oedipa is not "young," is
> > > she?  And she is "embarassed" with the (former)
> > > title.  I think that means she WAS a young
> > > Republican.  I interpret her embarassment as
> > > stemming from a realization of how "domesticated"
> > > she was as a youth compared to the youth of the
> > > novel's present day.  Nowhere does it say she's
> > > become a Democrat, though.
>
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