Gore Vidal's remarks on "The US vs. John Lennon"

[DaveDaShrubber]

Kind of makes you wonder how Rush Limbaugh would feel if his boyfriend Elton John started getting the John Lennon treatment from the feds.

[EricandDish]

There's no question that he and Martin Luther King were killed because of Vietnam. And to think: Lennon would be still alive (and still married to first wife Cynthia) if it hadn't been for Kennedy getting killed because The Beatles would of never arrived in America. In my opinion, there's only one celebrity that compares to Lennon in which fame destroyed them: O.J. Simpson. Because like him, something happened to Simpson after when he became famous.

[TheFreeMentality]

@EricandDish "if it hadn't been for Kennedy getting killed because The Beatles would of never arrived in America"

Why do you say that?

"In my opinion, there's only one celebrity that compares to Lennon in which fame destroyed them: O.J. Simpson. Because like him, something happened to Simpson after when he became famous"

What do you mean by that?

[MetrazolElectricity]

Amazing cause Vidal is a billion star weights above Mr. Lennon in terms of the intellect, spirit and discipline

[Graysonisright]

@MetrazolElectricity Yes, to be one of the greatest music creators in history does not require any intellect, spirit or discipline.

[oceandenis]

@MetrazolElectricity Totally agree

[geoandbenji]

Lennon for Pres

[smeejit]

I love all GV's essays & memoirs.

[GenTsoChicken1]

The more things change the more things stay the same. America will never learn.

[jjpalomino]

@GenTsoChicken1 That may be true, but we should never give up trying.

[Guedingen]

Many thanks.

[oceandenis]

@Guedingen my pleasure

[tubetrekker30]

Gore Vidal was awesome in this amazing documentary.