Posted on 11/14/2013 7:40:55 AM PST by Paladins Prayer
A famed man of letters and sexual liaisons who never had a kind word for traditionalism, the late Gore Vidal hobnobbed with the rich and influential and locked horns with William F. Buckley on television. During one of these debates, Vidal called Buckley a “pro-crypto-Nazi,” prompting Buckley to call him a “queer.” Only one of these accusations was true, but both pale in comparison to a charge Vidal’s own relatives are now leveling at the writer.
That, as the Daily Mail puts it, he was a “globe-trotting paedophile who preyed on underage boys.”
[snip] his is why Vidal has plenty of company. Hardcore liberal Bay Area radio host Bernie Ward was sent to prison in 2008 for possession and distribution of child pornography. It was learned in 1983 that far-left Massachusetts congressman Gerry Studds had an affair with a 17-year-old boy a decade earlier (he was re-elected). It was recently revealed that British Liberal Democrat politician Cyril Smith was a “serial abuser of boys” and that this fact was covered up by other liberal politicians; another Liberal Democrat legislator, Derek Osbourne, was arrested this year for....
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“It’s just about love!” I’m sure he went to Thailand because he cared about those boys.
As Reverend Wright would say, I’m sure he “loved the Hell” out of them.
One of live TV’s greatest moments, I wish Buckley had followed through. And like you I’m glad Vidal is no longer with us.
I'm guessing that's because most mature men and women naturally don't want anything to do with them, which is no excuse, of course.
Worthless piece of *. I have always been a wide ranging reader, and I’ve done a lot of American fiction in my time. I never have read a single novel by Gore Vidal.
His name is still very familiar, because he was constantly talked about. But I just looked through a list of his books in Wikipedia, and I haven’t read a single one of them. I assume I picked up some of them in libraries or bookstores, read the first paragraph page, and then put them down again.
Not just politically stupid. Pure junk.
I never use the words "gay" and "friends" in the same sentence.
Trust me you didn't miss anything. In my college U.S. History class, I had to read a book about Aaron Burr called BURR by Gore Vidal. It was one of the driest, dullest book I have ever read to date. At the time, I never really knew who Gore Vidal was. The book was very painful to read because of the writing style. How Gore Vidal ever made a living at writing, I will never know. I never read another book by Vidal and never will. Like you said, the book is pure junk.
Exactly. I sometimes read writers I don’t agree with. For instance, I don’t agree with Sinclair Lewis’s political views, but I read all of his novels, back in the day when I used to read anything. They were well written, and instructive about what leftists of his kind believed.
If you pick a book up off the shelf and read the first page or two, you usually can tell if it’s worth continuing. Gore Vidal was not.
For the youngsters who have no clue - great moment in TV history!
"William Buckley Vs Gore Vidal"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYymnxoQnf8
video run length = 00:01:11 minutes
This is the well know incident between William Buckley and Gore Vidal that occurred during ABC's coverage of the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago. This version has slightly better sound quality and syncronization.
The entire leftist mindset if of having no consequences for their actions.
Given the current headlines, this article deserves a bump. The Sodomy Lobby and Lavender Mafia are having a rough week.
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