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Some of his political positions were similarly quarrelsome and provocative. Mr. Vidal was an outspoken critic of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians, and once called Norman Podhoretz, the editor of Commentary, and his wife, the journalist Midge Decter, “Israeli Fifth Columnists.” In the 1990s he wrote sympathetically about Timothy McVeigh, who was executed for the Oklahoma City bombing. And after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he wrote an essay for Vanity Fair arguing that America had brought the attacks upon itself by maintaining imperialist foreign policies. In another essay, for The Independent, he compared the attacks to the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor, arguing that both Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and George W. Bush knew of them in advance and exploited them to advance their agendas.

D1B wrote:RIP to a great American

Some of his political positions were similarly quarrelsome and provocative. Mr. Vidal was an outspoken critic of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians, and once called Norman Podhoretz, the editor of Commentary, and his wife, the journalist Midge Decter, “Israeli Fifth Columnists.” In the 1990s he wrote sympathetically about Timothy McVeigh, who was executed for the Oklahoma City bombing. And after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he wrote an essay for Vanity Fair arguing that America had brought the attacks upon itself by maintaining imperialist foreign policies. In another essay, for The Independent, he compared the attacks to the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor, arguing that both Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and George W. Bush knew of them in advance and exploited them to advance their agendas.

dbackjon wrote:RIP to one of the greatest American historians and novelists.

His intellect runs circles around the likes of the Baldy's of the world, which is why they feared him.

America is a much dumber, sadder place today.

dbackjon wrote:RIP to one of the greatest American historians and novelists.

His intellect runs circles around the likes of the Baldy's of the world, which is why they feared him.

America is a much dumber, sadder place today.

AZGrizFan wrote:

D1B wrote:RIP to a great American

So, essentially, he was expandspanos's dad.

Baldy wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
So, essentially, he was expandspanos's dad.

Which is exactly why jon and D bag 1 are fighting to get in line to blow the nutjob before they put his ass in the oven.

AZGrizFan wrote:While in NYC this past week, The Griz Goddess and myself attended a broadway play written by Gore Vidal called "The Best Man"....a play about the runup to a political convention starring James Earl Jones, John Laroquette, John Stamos, Cybil Shepherd, Kristen Davis and some others...very funny stuff and despite being written almost 40 years ago the humor was still relevant today.

D1B wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:While in NYC this past week, The Griz Goddess and myself attended a broadway play written by Gore Vidal called "The Best Man"....a play about the runup to a political convention starring James Earl Jones, John Laroquette, John Stamos, Cybil Shepherd, Kristen Davis and some others...very funny stuff and despite being written almost 40 years ago the humor was still relevant today.

Broadway play?

AZGrizFan wrote:While in NYC this past week, The Griz Goddess and myself attended a broadway play written by Gore Vidal called "The Best Man"....a play about the runup to a political convention starring James Earl Jones, John Laroquette, John Stamos, Cybil Shepherd, Kristen Davis and some others...very funny stuff and despite being written almost 40 years ago the humor was still relevant today.

Ibanez wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:While in NYC this past week, The Griz Goddess and myself attended a broadway play written by Gore Vidal called "The Best Man"....a play about the runup to a political convention starring James Earl Jones, John Laroquette, John Stamos, Cybil Shepherd, Kristen Davis and some others...very funny stuff and despite being written almost 40 years ago the humor was still relevant today.

John Stamos????

Grizalltheway wrote:

Ibanez wrote: John Stamos????

He's a sexy bitch, and don't you try to say otherwise.

Ibanez wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:While in NYC this past week, The Griz Goddess and myself attended a broadway play written by Gore Vidal called "The Best Man"....a play about the runup to a political convention starring James Earl Jones, John Laroquette, John Stamos, Cybil Shepherd, Kristen Davis and some others...very funny stuff and despite being written almost 40 years ago the humor was still relevant today.

John Stamos????

dbackjon wrote:RIP to one of the greatest American historians and novelists.

His intellect runs circles around the likes of the Baldy's of the world, which is why they feared him.

America is a much dumber, sadder place today.

AZGrizFan wrote:

Ibanez wrote: John Stamos????

John Stamos. THAT John Stamos. He's hot as hell.

JohnStOnge wrote:

dbackjon wrote:RIP to one of the greatest American historians and novelists.

His intellect runs circles around the likes of the Baldy's of the world, which is why they feared him.

America is a much dumber, sadder place today.

Nobody was afraid of Gore Vidal.

You weren't saying that while he was alive, tough guy.

youngterrier wrote:“The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country— and we haven’t seen them since."

-Gore Vidal

JohnStOnge wrote:

You weren't saying that while he was alive, tough guy.

Well, no...but I never saw anybody say he was somebody to be afraid of. Every time I saw stuff about debates he had he got owned. He was pretty darned ineffective in my opinion. D1B's a lot more effective than he was. So is YT. And YT is only 18 years old.

CID1990 wrote:

youngterrier wrote:“The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country— and we haven’t seen them since."

-Gore Vidal

What the hell do YOU know, Pup? I was reading his sh1t in Playboy while you werent even a cumstain. Vidal was a great writer but his politics were shyte.