COL49 - Chap 1: Oedipa says no to drugs

[Bekah]

What this means is that in the 60s of COL49,  the Republicans were  
basically the "outs" and the Democrats the "ins."   I remember those  
good days - except for the Vietnam war - which Pynchon doesn't seem  
to get into much.   1964 or so it wasn't such a big deal as it became  
after 1965 - when the baby boomers started getting drafted.

Bekah


On May 4, 2009, at 6:21 AM, Bekah wrote:

> Nixon ran for President in 1960 and lost to Kennedy then he ran for  
> Governor of California in 1962 and lost to Pat Brown (Jerry's  
> father).  So he angrily dropped from sight for several years.    
> Meanwhile,  Goldwater ran for President in 1964, lost but stuck  
> around in the public eye for a few years.   And  Reagan ran and won  
> the race for Governor of California in 1966 to start out his  
> official political career.
>
> Bekah
>
>
> On May 3, 2009, at 6:45 PM, rich wrote:
>
>> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 7:11 PM,  <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Robin's described Oedipa and Mucho as affluent Young  
>>> Republicans.  Are we absolutely certain she would have been a  
>>> Nixon supporter?
>> _______
>> being the mid-60s wouldn't Barry Goldwater been more of a presence
>> than Nixon w/i Republican circles?
>>>
>>
>>> Oedipa wants OUT.  Hilarius wants IN.  No wonder she says no.   
>>> Had it been some hedonistic offering at a party, or by Metzger in  
>>> the motel room, she might well have said yes.  It's the invasion  
>>> she doesn't like.  Hilarius is part of THEM.
>>>
>>> Laura
>> _____
>> every time I hear the name Metzger I think of the white supremicist
>> Tom Metzger who strangely enough was living in Southern Cal in the  
>> mid
>> 60s and working in electronics in the defense industry--though he
>> wouldn't make his name until later decades w/ the KKK and the white
>> aryan resistance and thus just one of those kute correspondences I
>> suppose--he'd fit right in Lot 49
>>
>> rich
>>
>> rich
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