Pynchon mention by Al Gore

[Matthew Ryan]

It's from GR's "proverbs for paranoids":
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry
about answers."


On 5/29/07, Daniel Harper <daniel.e.harper at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It's the second hit for "al gore charlie rose" on Google Video.
>
> About forty-four minutes in, he quotes TRP as saying "if you can get them
> to ask the right questions you don't have to worry about getting the right
> answers." I'm not familiar with the quote, probably in a part of GR that I
> haven't read. It also appears to be a very loose attribution rather than a
> direct quotation.
>
> It's a great interview. Love seeing someone so prominently in the public
> eye talking about the clear need for reason in our modern-day political
> process, and in the general way that we discuss social issues.
>
> I don't agree with all of his positions from 2000, and think he's a bit
> conservative for my taste... but I'd vote for him in a second in 2008.
> Nobody else on the public stage even comes close in my book.
>
> --Daniel
>
> On 5/29/07, Bryan Snyder <wilsonistrey at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Whoa... really.  I'll be looking tomorrow...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org ] On
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> > Of 13erg at sbcglobal.net
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 3:51 AM
> > To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> > Subject: Pynchon mention by Al Gore
> >
> > anyone catch al gore mentioning TRP in his interview this week with
> > Charlie Rose?  I did a search through my 3129 unread messages from the
> > mailing list and no mention of gore.  or al gore for that matter - no
> > wonder I don't read these messages - not enough gore!  I'll just go back
> > to watching TV now.
> >
> > bob
> >
> >
>
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