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

[Gar Lipow]

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Oct 28, 2009, at 6:21 PM, Lenin's Tomb wrote:
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>> 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

He has worried on occasion about the "Chinese Threat" and the
"Japanese Threat". He goes very "Yellow Peril" without every actually
using the term.