Percy-L: Literary, Religious, Scientific, and Philosophical Discussion of Walker Percy

["Eckert, Robert G SPC MIL USA FORSCOM" <robert.g.eckert AT us.army.mil>]

The latest knothead conspiracy theory--The leftist media supporting another 
Kennedy.

Invoking Percy into present troubles must be relevant. Why else do we read 
him?

Even low ranking stupid ideas belong here.

WWPD



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From: "Karl M. Terrell" <kterrell AT sheastokes.com>
Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008 13:33
Subject: Re: [percy-l] knotheads
To: percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org


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> I agree. While I wouldn't want this list to veer way off into the 
> land of political ranting, the parallels between WP's 1971 
> literary vision of 'knotheads' to what we've seen in the real 
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> fall since 1994 of the knotheads, after their capture of Congress 
> and dominance over political rhetoric) is most interesting indeed. 
> To draw that parallel out, it seems entirely appropriate to 
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> From: percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org <
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> To: 'Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion' <
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> Subject: Re: [percy-l] knotheads
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> It’s Percy oriented because it was what Percy was writing about. I see 
> Percy’s themes and predictions in society constantly, yet have no one to 
> whom to offer my comments on the recognition because few read Percy any 
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> [mailto:percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Petrica
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> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 11:55 PM
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> To: Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion
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> Subject: Re: [percy-l] knotheads
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> You know, this level of political "discourse" is really getting old. Since 
> it's hard to see what it has to do with Percy-oriented "literary and 
> philosophical discussion," perhaps you could take it somewhere else.
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> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:39 PM, Eckert, Robert G SPC MIL USA FORSCOM < 
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> PALIN WAS A CLEAR INDICATION THAT MC CAIN'S ADVISERS WERE NUTS.
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> THAT CAMPAIN WAS ALL ABOUT TACTICS AND NOTHING ABOUT ANY PHILOSOPHY; AND 
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> THE GOP HAS NO LEADERS IN CONGRESS, AND WILL RISE WITH GOVS LIKE BOBBY 
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> PALIN REMAINS THE DARLING OF THE NUTS, E.G. TALK SHOW HOSTS.
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> IN THE LAST ANALYSIS REAGAN WAS A PRAGMATIST.
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> I LIKE THE TERM "KNOTHEADS".
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> THE NEO CONS WERE NEITHER "NEO" NOR "CON"...
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: marcus AT loyno.edu
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> Date: Monday, December 1, 2008 8:53
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> Subject: [percy-l] knotheads
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> To: percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org
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> > Here's a Percy trace on Wikipedia:
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> > >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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> > According to Rod Dreher and Steven Greenhut, the Knotheads
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> > are one of the three emerging factions, along with the
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> > States Republican Party following 2008 election. The
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> > Knotheads are by far the most right-wing of the three
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> > factions. In Dreher's words: "The knotheads believe that
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> > Obama's victory came thanks to the treason of some
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> > conservative intellectual elites and McCain's failure to be
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> > more like Reagan, whatever that means 20 years after the
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> > Gipper left the White House. Sarah Palin is the
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> > The term knothead first appears in a political context in
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> > Walker Percy's 1971 novel Love in the Ruins. Although a
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> > Catholic conservative himself, Percy satirized hard-core
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> > pressure, and large bowel complaints." It is not known
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> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knotheads
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