[lbo-talk] gore vidal is an old, cranky prick

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Oct 28 17:21:15 PDT 2009


On Oct 28, 2009, at 6:21 PM, Lenin's Tomb wrote:


> He's funny, he's sharp, he has always been way ahead of most of the
> liberal-left on empire, Israel, Kennedy, etc. What's not to like?

His anti-imperialism comes from the right. He's a nativist who defended Pim Fortuyn when I interviewed him just after Fortuyn's assasination. From a cultural purity angle.

Doug



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