view:   popular   all   [add view (must be logged in)] gore vidal talks about pretty much everything   40 views  [1] posted by nir on Oct 01 2009 6:32am tags:   interview   gore vidal   from his re-evaluation of his support for obama ("...he’s inexperienced. he has a total inability to understand military matters. he’s acting as if afghanistan is the magic talisman: solve that and you solve terrorism") to the media ("they’re busy preparing us for an iranian war."), republicans ("when you foreigners hear the word ‘conservative’ you think of kindly old men hunting foxes. they’re not, they’re fascists."), gay relationships ("don’t make the error that schoolteacher idiots make by thinking that gay men’s relationships are like heterosexual ones.") and much about his own life, these are some of the boldest and clearest-ringing words i've heard in a while. related links: gore vidal interviewed on real time with bill maher  [link] you must be logged in to post comments. posted by Ortali on October 01 2009, 3:16pm amazing interview! i keep getting gore vidal and william f. buckley mixed up. however, gore vidal is more my kind of guy.