Democracy Now!
May 14, 2008
Legendary Author Gore Vidal on the Bush Presidency, History and the “United States of Amnesia”
With a career spanning more than six decades, Gore Vidal is one of America’s most respected writers and thinkers. He’s authored more than twenty novels and five plays. His latest book is Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir.
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The Wisdom of Gore Vidal
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Gore Vidal is a great American who understands that democracy is not a spectator sport. Thank you for your honesty and sharing your knowledge with this country. You bring to mind the old saying, “Silence is Treason”
Can’t beat Gore Vidal, there’s no one quite like him.
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He’s always magnificent once he gets going.