Interview with Gore Vidal
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Gore Vidal (American writer) interview SOT
- (Speaking about Republican Presidential candidate John McCain) He has never done anything in the Senate / Nixon said about the senior Bush that he is a lightweight / Nothing real there
- (Asked about McCain's reputation as Vietnam war hero) He should have been courtmartialled for losing the plane / He got away with murder
- (Asked whether McCain can win the presidential elections) Yes because it will be stolen for him / How do you think Bush won in 2000 and 2004
- (Asked about problem white working class seems to have with Barack Obama) So the wealthy newspapers tell us / West Virginia has never gone against the New Deal / If you smear the guy all the time then they will believe that / Lies are at primitive level but believed at primitive level
- (Asked whether Hillary Clinton will withdraw gracefully) Don't know how graceful it will be / Always favoured her between the two / Hopes she gets good job as lawyer / Not disappointed for her / She would be better because she knows more about it
- (Asked whether Obama can provide change) How can he measure himself / Apparently he is a bright man / Listened to his speech on race / Spent my life listening to remarkable pieces, I am not fetched by them / Not gloomy about Obama presidency / He can't be worse than what we have got
- (Asked if Obama might be better than George W Bush) You would be better / I would be better / The doorman here in the hotel would be better / Senator McCain is to me Mr Magoo wandering around in a daze / Revealed that he gave an interview and said you can't talk to the president about anything because he will change the subject and get on baseball scores / That's the word around Washington but his heir is saying that about his leader and nobody is surprised / The tolerance for sheer stupidity is beyond anything normal
- (Asked about Ted Kennedy) Not in good health / I don't give a goddam about Kennedys ...
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- Gore Vidal,
- Disappointment,
- Senior Adult,
- Wealth,
- Absence,
- Adult,
- Airplane,
- Barack Obama,
- Baseball - Sport,
- Channel 4 News,
- Color Image,
- Contemplation,
- Defeat,
- Film - Moving Image,
- Giving,
- Grace,
- Health,
- Heir,
- Hope - Concept,
- Hotel,
- Human Interest,
- Improvement,
- Interview - Event,
- John McCain,
- Jon Snow - Newscaster,
- Lawyer,
- Listening,
- London - England,
- Men,
- Murder,
- New Deal,
- Newspaper,
- Occupation,
- Patience,
- Politics and Government,
- President,
- Raw Footage,
- Real Time Video,
- Report - Produced Segment,
- Scoring,
- Senate,
- Speech,
- Talking,
- Text,
- Topics,
- Video with Sound,
- Violence,
- Walking,
- West Virginia - US State,
- Winning,
- Wisdom,