Mr. Buckley describes his guest as "a tough and knowledgeable controversialist," and Senator Gore sets about proving him right with his passionate defense of the Tennessee Valley Authority, which Barry Goldwater, in 1964, had proposed selling to private enterprise. WFB: "Why, Senator Gore, shouldn't parts of the TVA be sold to privately owned companies?" AG: "... I'll ask you: Why should it? I know of no reason why it should." WFB: "Well, the presumption is, isn't it?, that that which can be owned privately ought to be, in a non-socialist society." AG: "Well, is there any reason why any part of the TVA should be owned privately? It seems to me that this is an integrated, successfully operating utility, one of the greatest successes of the world ... Unless we want to sell all of it, why do we wish to dismember it?" WFB: "Well, it seems to me that it breaks down rather naturally into component parts. I can't imagine anybody..." AG: "Well, so does your hand, but why would you sell one finger?"