Conservative Cornellians

[Dave Monroe]

Referring to conservative Cornellians (Wolfowitz is a 1965 Cornell
graduate in mathematics), Corn showed his familiarity with university
alumni when he said: "I was accepted at Cornell and nearly attended.
Thank you for giving us both Thomas Pynchon and Ann Coulter."

http://www.news.cornell.edu/chronicle/04/9.23.04/Corn-Lowry_debate.html

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0409&msg=93524

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0409&msg=93553

Is this Corn calling Pynchon conservative ... or is the writer simply
assuming he is...

The ur-text isn't clear enough to provide an answer. "Referring to
conservative Cornellians" is a clumsy, ambiguous transition. My guess
is that David Corn intended "Thank you for giving us [alumni as
different as] Thomas Pynchon and Ann Coulter," and Segelken (the
Cornell Chronicle reporter) was too busy tracking the political
ping-pong to catch it

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0701&msg=114628