Gore Vidal on Campaign ’08 and America’s Future
Posted on Apr 27, 2007
Robert Scheer sits down with Gore Vidal to hear his take on the upcoming presidential campaign, religion and the future of the American empire in this first installment from Truthdig’s series of interviews with the iconic author and historian.
Transcript:
Robert Scheer: What’s going to happen now with our politics? How do you look at this crop of Democrats? What do you think is … ?
Gore Vidal: Oh, chaos.
Scheer: Chaos. Who do you like in this horse race?
Vidal: Nobody.
Scheer: No one?
Vidal: Well, Cousin Albert [Al Gore] I like.
Scheer: I like Cousin Albert also. … First of all, what’s with this guy? I mean, why doesn’t he get in fighting trim? … Why is he holding back … ?
Vidal: Well, I think, you know, his psyche was probably damaged. … I don’t know him at all, personally, and always rather avoided him, but … he’s got the only program that you can sell to the people, and he can be relied upon to keep us out of a war. That’s enough for me. The environment and no war.
Scheer: That’s enough for me also—this could be the boomlet right here, you know? …
Watch and listen:
http://www.truthdig.com/interview/item/gore_vidal_on_campaign_08/
You can also catch another excellent audio interview conducted yesterday by Now for news, with Gore Vidal on murder, NRA, Impeachment (and the media)
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