Tuesday, May 27, 2008

The wisdom of Vidal

Gore Vidal, veteran author of political fiction with a solid heart of fact, has been popping up on various political programmes over the last few days in the run up to his appearance at the Hay Literary Festival. Openly a supporter of Obama he is clearly biased, however his comments on Obama's rival are real gems. He described the Bush Republican dynasty and their circle as "a nest of ninnies" in conversation with Andrew Marr, while when answering the question of Sky political editor Adam Boulton, who asked if John McCain as a man in his 70s might bring maturity to the White House, Vidal responded: "No, senility." He also remarked that Hillary Clinton would be better suited to "a job in a law firm" than being President. While you can never be sure whether Vidal has influence, or if he gets wide coverage on US television, his comments are real gems and his reputation could gain him and his comments a lot of credibility. Certainly he seems to be keen, should Obama win the nomination, to fight his corner and undermine the McCain challenge.

2 comments:

Adam Abu-Nab said...

Heh, some excellent quotes from Vidal Sexsoon.

By the time he was 24, he proclaimed having 1000 sexual encounters with men!

But still remains a more credible source than William Buckley!

fight one

vs vidal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYymnxoQnf8

fight two

vs chomsky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEIrZO069Kg

Adam Abu-Nab said...

...apparently he's got quite a punch on him!