Gore Vidal

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Biography: Gore Vidal was born in 1925 to West Point aeronautics instructor Gene Vidal and his wife Nina. The Vidals endured a rocky marriage divorcing ten years after Gore's birth. Young Gore spent much of his childhood with his blind grandfather, Senator T.P. Gore of Oklahoma. He is also a cousin of Tennessee ex-senator and ex-vice president Al Gore [...]

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October 12, 2010

Morning Meeting: Oct. 3, 2010

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Gore Vidal TODAY'S FACT: President George Washington announced that Nov. 26, 1789, would be "a day of public thanksgiving and prayer," the first in the [...]

October 12, 2010

In This Week's New Statesman: Melvyn Bragg Guest

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Exclusive: Unseen Ted Hughes poem on Sylvia Plath's death | Gore Vidal interview | New PD James story. This week's New Statesman is a special issue [...]

October 12, 2010

Gore Vidal Quotes - The Quotations Page


Gore Vidal; Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Gore Vidal; There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would [...]

October 12, 2010

The New Generation Front Bench: Ed Pays His Debts Labour Uncut

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In the famous line of Gore Vidal's which is inked on the walls of the members' tea room: “every time a friend succeeds, a little bit of me dies”. Their friends and enemies who voted for the wrong guy are passing them already. [...]

October 12, 2010

Dead End Follies: Norman Mailer Vs Gore Vidal On The Dick Cavett Show

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At the December 15, 1971 taping of The Dick Cavett Show, with Janet Flanner, Norman Mailer headbutted Gore Vidal during an altercation in which there were mutual insults and name calling between the two before both went on air. [...]

October 12, 2010

Cuban-Americans: The Only Ethnic Group The Left Feels Free To Hate


“Let me address the FOX News Network…. two words. It’s all I need: “You lie”… Fox News is “essentially the voice of the Republican Party.” – Rick Sanchez, September 18, 2009 Americans of Cuban heritage are, in fact, the most overwhelmingly Republican ethnic group in the U.S. Even with the third gene [...]

October 12, 2010

DotSpots | Gore Vidal: America Is The Crookedest Place On Earth

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Says Republicans 'are the small-town enemies of everybody' Acclaimed novelist Gore Vidal was no friend of the Bush administration. After President George W. Bush gave his first inaugural address, Vidal told Democracy Now's Amy Goodman [...]

October 12, 2010

Gore Vidal's Julian And The Fall Of Rome

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(I am a wikiphile, but the article is also wrong when it says that Gore Vidal himself writes in the very short introduction that the novel “deals” with the changes wrought to Christianity by Julian—Gore Vidal summarizes Julian's life [...]

October 12, 2010

Audio From TruthDig: Gore Vidal On Impeachment And The Media | War ...

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Audio from TruthDig: Gore Vidal on Impeachment and the Media. Submitted by davidswanson on Wed, 2008-06-18 18:39. Impeachment · Media · Listen to this. Login or register to post comments; "" · Email this page · Printer-friendly version [...]

October 12, 2010

W City News Blog Archive Dr. Tim Ball Back On Alex Jones Tv 1 ...

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If Gore Vidal is an evil globalist proponent, why would he comment on his beliefs about 911 on Alex's film and contribute to it. Did Alex do enough homework on Vidal back then and is he doing it now? [...]

October 12, 2010

Gore Vidal: CNN Is A Lousy Network - FishbowlNY


The formidable Gore Vidal, who has been a curmudgeonly mainstay on the American literary landscape for more than 50 years, is growing increasingly cranky about the media's handling of the Presidential candidates. Vidal is ardently [...]

October 12, 2010

New Word Sudoku Puzzle For Monday, 10/4/2010

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Today's 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the words GORE VIDAL. Yesterday was Vidal's birthday. GORE VIDAL 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku Puzzle Each row, column and 3x3 square contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once [...]

October 12, 2010

Cynical-C | Norman Mailer And Gore Vidal Feud On The Dick Cavett Show

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Norman Mailer and Gore Vidal Feud on the Dick Cavett Show. Aug 13, '10 9:57 AM. Author Chris Categories Uncategorized. (via 3 Quarks Daily). ‹Previous Post Mr. Evil Hates String Cheese · Next Post Bach's Chaconne on Cello›. Comments [...]

October 12, 2010

GORE VIDAL INTERVIEW I Do What I Think Needs Doing. - Behind ...


As to the question I most hoped for an answer from my interview, since it would be meaningful due to my high regard for Gore Vidal: what is Vidal's definitions of the words wisdom and love? His reply, as I speculated it would be, [...]

October 12, 2010

Karen Aldridge To Play Regina Taylor's Heroine In Trinity River World Premiere ...

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Oo-Bla-Dee, Drowning Crow, The Dreams of Sarah Breedlove and Magnolia, among others. McSweeny directed the revival of Gore Vidal's The Best Man on Broadway. [...]

October 12, 2010

Dumbass Quote Of The Day : Dispatches From The Culture Wars

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Gore Vidal in the 1990's adopted this way of understanding Pearl Harbour. It is of interest that Gore Vidal dismissed / ignored the expansionistic and brutal features of Japanese imperialism in among other places China. [...]

October 12, 2010

The Oxford Dictionary Of Humorous Quotations (Oxford Paperback)


In The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations, noted writer and satirist Ned Sherrin has gathered nearly 6,000 quotations drawn from an international cast of humorists and pundits, ranging from Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and Oscar Wilde to Groucho Marx, Monty Python, and Roseanne. Forty themes, fro [...]

October 12, 2010

Unlikely Pen Pals: Edmund White's Terre Haute Opens In Hollywood Oct. 9

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Mike Farrell and Jim Parrack co-star in the Blank Theatre production of Edmund White's Terre Haute, inspired by the unpublished correspondence between one of America's most famous writers and a notorious homegrown terrorist, opening Oct. 9 in Hollywood. [...]

October 12, 2010

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October 12, 2010

'The United States Is Not A Republic Anymore', Says Gore Vidal ...

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Gore Vidal: No, Congress has never been more cowardly, nor more corrupt. All Bush has do is to make sure certain amounts of money go in the direction of certain important congressmen and that's end of any serious investigation. [...]

October 12, 2010

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Response to Original message. 3. K&R, Updated at 9:06 PM. - And these are just the ones who've been caught "'Conspiracy stuff' is now shorthand for unspeakable truth." ~ Gore Vidal. Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top [...]

October 12, 2010

The Tattlesnake Another 'Who Said That Quiz' Edition

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Gore Vidal d. Sean Hannity. 7. “The Republicans have lost their standards, they've lost their principles. Really, that's why the machine in the Republican Party is fighting against me.” a. Barack Obama b. Sharron Angle c. Harry Reid [...]

October 12, 2010

Gore Vidal Et Al To Obama: Do Not Concede! | War Is A Crime .org

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Gore Vidal, Author Bob Fitrakis, Professor of Political Science, Columbus State Community College, Attorney; Editor of The Free Press (freepress.org) Harvey Wasserman, Senior Editor, FreePress.org, Author of SOLARTOPIA! [...]

October 12, 2010

Senile-Ol'-Coot Of The Day | Black & Right

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Whatever senility evolves from when you're younger, Gore Vidal definitely has it now. These are the small-town enemies of everybody. They just dislike everyone. They couldn't come out and say: “We don't want a black president” – we've [...]

October 12, 2010

Nobel Prize Snubs In Literature: 9 Famous Writers Who Should Have ...

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"Gore Vidal should have gotten the Nobel years ago." U-huuuh. It's the "Nobel," not the "Narcissus." And if it's any consolation, Vidal has awarded that one to himself every year since he found his first mirror. [...]


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