Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: cjl@uncecs.edu (Charles J. Lord) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Tom Clancy Summary: Sorry, but Quayle *did* cite him... Message-ID: <12265@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 13 Dec 89 04:27:53 GMT References: <12095@cbnews.ATT.COM> <12144@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: Triangle R&D Corp,RTP,NC Lines: 21 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Charles J. Lord In article <12144@cbnews.ATT.COM>, illgen@hq.af.mil (Keneth..Illgen) writes: > Even though Ronald Reagan appeared on one of his book jackets as > an avid reader I can't imagine his (or the present) administration > referencing a Clancy novel to determine policy. Well, when he was still a Senator, Dan Quayle held up a copy of _Cardinal.._ while addressing the Senate regarding the evils of SDI cuts and said something to the effect of "Gentlemen, *this* is what it's all about!" Critics never seemed to jump up and point out that the book was fiction therefore SDI must be fiction... but that was when no one suspected DQ would become VP and thus never took him seriously ;-) -- * Charles Lord ..!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!cjl Usenet (old) * * Cary, NC cjl@ecsvax.UUCP Usenet (new) * * #include cjl@ecsvax.BITNET Bitnet * * #include cjl@ecsvax.uncecs.edu Internet *