tergiversation

[Nathan Newman]

Ehh- I've always said I don't believe in pop analysis of other peoples
political motives.  But it was a fun theory :)
Although being the brilliant analyst that you are, you probably just quickly
saw the implications of that Watergate story in the press, assumed the
collapse of Nixon and the rise of the Reagan Right into the coming GOP
vacuum.  So the 1972 timing actually works perfectly :)

-- Nathan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 2:48 PM
Subject: tergiversation

Nathan Newman wrote:


>Actually, to engage in a bit of pop psychoanalysis, I assume that with the
>rise of Reagan in the GOP, being a YAFer lost whatever rebellious chic it
>once had and you, being the contrarian you are, had no choice but to become
>a leftwinger :)

Timing, Nathan. I stopped being a rightwinger in 1972. The whole
period of mad apostasy lasted from my senior year in H.S. until early
in my sophomore year in college. I'd been elected Secretary of the
Yale Political Union on the Party of the Right ticket late in my
freshman year, but by the time I was serving as secretary, I was
already falling away.

Doug