Gore Vidal Obama 'Too Intelligent' for America; Vidal Adds He Wanted to 'Murder' Bush

[amperro]

I wonder if they think he is "very bright" now.

[pupil8]

We should view the president as just another government employee that can be fired at any given moment and not as a leader that we follow blindly. I dont care if your obama, bush or whomever. Do the job right and you might stick around, asshole!

[mrpapafunky7879]

there were pretty smart guys before bush,not sp blatantly corrupt.but 4 bush to get 2 tems.people must of been stupid

[korovamilk21]

wow unitedPOOPer, your loathsomeness suggests acute anal retention; Vidal's elocution seems to have you rectally constipated whilst exhibiting verbal diarrhea, quite a conundrum.

[unitedpopper]

the lies told by the left about the war was alllllll an attempt to destroy the republican name and bush too for being a republican so they can get democrats back in power also. it's a 2 prong strategy. the left has no morals. whatever they wanna do it doesnt matter by which means they take to get there. no matter how bad they absolutely do not care.

[unitedpopper]

yeah way to go for wanting to muder bush. for what ??? the lies told by the leftist media about the wars. its all pure hate mongering because they dont like war and all the lies are the attempt to pull us out of it because they simply dont understand who the enemy is we are fighting and they wont take the time to even look it up. because they really hate war and wanna destroy bush to get their new guy in there.

[FFGG22E]

well put my friend, well put.

[korovamilk21]

the majority of you have obviously never read anything by Gore Vidal as you are busy watching Fox News & HLN during Fox commercial breaks. if you bothered to read at least one of his essays, you'd be quickly introduced to the concepts of articulation, wit, constructive criticism & sarcasm.

[unitedpopper]

@korovamilk21 yeah whatever. i know 2 things about this fuckin loser. when he gets mad he'll call you a racist like he did to that one guy. and obama is one of the dumbest if not the single dumbest presidents in american history bar none. and this dipshit had no idea who the hell obama really was. an american communist. far off the fuckin mark just like an intelligent loser or sorts. or not.

[trisoctehedron]

@korovamilk21 I don't think many of the commenters would like those things you describe Vidal's work as having--for the same reason I (a short guy) don't like to go to football or basketball games.

[carcharodonshark]

Who the hell is Gore Vidal anyway? Who cares what he thinks? I sure don't. Obama is an idiot and least experienced president we've ever had. And it shows big time!!

[mjmanning123]

@carcharodonshark Um, everything you say is wrong. First of all, if you don't know who Gore Vidal is, you don't know shit about political history. Go join those redneck teabaggers.

[unitedpopper]

@mjmanning123 us "redneck teabaggers" are number fuckin 1 ! you cant even break any of our arguements and tell us why what we want is bad because you absolutely cannot ! there is nothing wrong with what we want and wanting to get back to the constitution and freedom for every american instead of stealing from tax payers and offering it up to the greater good. stupid welfare grubber.

[mjmanning123]

@unitedpopper wow, you're the sort of stupid that we see hung on a wall in the post office.

[FFGG22E]

So far, I don't think I've ever heard Obama say anything all that smart.

[youfatstinkypoo]

The interviewer is an absolute idiot "I'm not sure if after Bush the country could take the shock of such a smart guy" ... what was she thinking? What absolute idiocy.

[brian8793]

This guy is a racist. We have more Blacks and Mexicans that other 1st world Countries. Is that why he thinks we are uneducated?

He says we're dumb? I live right next to A.S.U. We have over 60,000 students, and we grow every year.

This guy is FULL OF SHIT.

[HYDRASHOQ]

Alzheimer is a bitch.

[mah29732]

Gore Vidal, an obvious traitor and old time supporter of the Nazis during WWII.

[bigbossman999]

Right thats why he served his country in world war II...when did you serve exactly pal?

[mah29732]

Stop playing the stupid chickenhawk game. Vidal joined the American First Committee. He made a statement he had wished for a former sitting American President to be murdered.

You haplessly ignore this to defend your pal Vidal? How about Vidal also inserting disinformation in the OKC bombing stating it was an "inside job"?

[bigbossman999]

Chickenhawk game? You said very IDIOTICALLY that he supported the nazis, beyond that being completely slanderous, it was also UNTRUE. That's why i pointed out it's even more ridiculous considering he enlisted and fought THEM. He shouldnt have said that about Bush, but what do you expect, the guy is OLD and senile. He shouldve said Bush is a half wit draft dodger who COMPLETELY screwed this country up,c aused a near depression, messed up katrina, etc etc, list goes on, but left it at that.

[mah29732]

Have you whined about all the natural disasters that have happen so far under Obama? Such as the flooding disasters in various parts of the country? That Obama spent ten times more than Dubya ever did?

Really, it seems you don't give a damn about Gore Vidal's comments about even "joking" about him being murdered. I'm sure a hypocrite like you would whine if someone on the Right states something similar about Obama.

[mah29732]

Really, senile's your excuse for why Vidal made those statements?

[bigbossman999]

Yes same reason McCain said so many idiotic things throughout the campaign, he seemed like his faculties had left him. This guy is in a wheelchair, slurs his speech, hes obviously suffering from early onset of dementia.

[mah29732]

Is that why Vidal is involved with the 9/11 "Truth" movement? Wrote libelous lies stating the war in Iraq war for oil? Stating that Dubya's administration was a "junta"?

You call that "slurs" due to old timing? Really, you just try to find excuses.

[bigbossman999]

Look I hate those 911 truth whackjobs as much as the next guy, I also hate the "oibama birther" nutsos too. But as far as the Iraq war, are you saying it wasnt for oil? Imnot saying it was the ONLY consideration, but I think its not a coincidence they decided to pick a country to experiment democracy with that has one of the worlds largest oiil supplies. It makes it more suspect since Cheney and Rumsfeld SUPPORTED saddam in the 80's when he actually used chem weapons and iranians and the kurds

[mah29732]

...but Vidal believes in 9/11 "Truth". Yeah, your "hero" believes in 9/11 "Truth". McCain, on the other hand is no obvious Birther.

[bevan306]

Gore's got a point. How else can you explain the success of someone like Palin? Only in America

[classic7890]

vidal is irrational. if people are stupid then is it the fault of his beloved totalitarian gubmint skools? if people are sooo stupid and voted a mulatto who thinks he is black and has "a gift" as president then what does that say about said messiah and the people`s choice?

[mah29732]

And nothing about our current President simply voting PRESENT when he was Senator?

[unitedpopper]

@bevan306 sarah palin is one of the best governors in our recent american history. there is only 3 other governors that have had approval ratings as high as she did. she did right by her people. and fuck those stupid interviews. if you were nervous you'd fuck it all up too. as would i. but she's really improved on interviews and nobody on the left wants you to know about that too keep you on her bad side.

[antbauer07]

Obama is way too smart for the job!- bullshit! You can't be too smart for presidency!

[antbauer07]

It's all bush's fault!

[MrMike2008a]

Pin headed dribble from a man in a diaper.

[SomWay]

I wish I had the chance to kick this senile, bloated prick in the posterior. I'm a mid eastern woman and I have lived in Europe where people are JUST as uneducated as Americans. Mr. Vidal is a bloody FOOOOOOL and he should just crawl into a whole and stay there.

[Hellpig]

as if americans needed another reason to shoot treasonous liberals like this

double tap center mass

[trisoctehedron]

You think it constitutes treason for a man to speak ill of some aspects of a country one of whose main claims to greatness is its freedom of speech.

Amusing.

[1zangelique]

Right on! Tell it Gore! The truth hurts, doesn't it people???

[KaiserSousey]

Pure Garbage.

[classic7890]

People uneducated !? Even Jefferson demanded an Amendment for a Federal Dept. of Education. Barry aka Barack wants a dumbed down populace, JUST LIKE THIS: watch?v=tKb78kJhaMw

[classic7890]

Vile disgusting extremists. Barry too smart !? LOL So smart he doesn`t even understand the 2nd Amendment and violates the Constitutional rights of primary bondholders !? Fuck off

[site786]

classic7890,

Maybe, but I bet he knows the capital's of all 57 states. Wait a minute...uh...duh.

[trisoctehedron]

Devotion to the Second Amendment and the rights of primary bondholders as the touchstone of intelligence?

You just proved Gore right.

[classic7890]

LOL@trisocteheron Devotion to, the founding fathers,the enlightenment, precedent ( 295 U.S. 555, 594 ) is the touchstone of common sense and intelligence. Secured Creditors have USSC precedent and 5th Amendment rights.I should say HAD until the Totalitarian in the WH did a Chavez on the Constitution, Bill of Rights and the People.

But to you, Vidal and the totalitarians those who hold Rights under the Constitution are deemed "terrorists" aka Kulaks/Wreckers.

FU Moron

[trisoctehedron]

Yo! The Enlightenment was about being rational in understanding the world and acting in it, rather than following some religion or ideology in lockstep through life. You seem to have made guns and certain financial arrangements your religion, so I don't think those Enlightenment folks would claim you.

[classic7890]

LOL@ you. The Founders were following in the footsteps of the enlightenment moron ! LOL Locke, Rousseau,Adam Smith et al. Locke maintained that rebellion was permissible when government subverts the ends. How do people rebel? By exercising their natural and unalienable rights moron ! LOL Where the fuck do these morons Obots come from anyway !

LOL

[unitedpopper]

@trisoctehedron and what is wrong with guns and religion ??? they both govern the people in an orderly society. in office i would rather have someone that has strong religion with morals so they wouldnt do whatever they wanted and instead follow the constitution because we are a constitutional republic, not a fuckin democracy.

[trisoctehedron]

@unitedpopper Dude, I'm 63 and grew up in East Texas. That was exactly the world you want, governed by men with "strong religion with morals". It sucked*. I prefer this one.

*Details of suckage available upon request.

[marmarluvzE]

Obama is soooo intelligent! Couldn't even get "Cash For Clunkers" right. Can't speak when his telepromter malfunctions. I will admit there are some really stupid Americans. The ones who voted for the MORON! This man-child is an embarrassment to this once great country that he is taking down the crapper!

[archemedes314]

I find it amusing to hear an abject failure like Gore Vidal say Obama is too smart for the USA, and even more typical to hear Behar agree with him. When Gore says, in so many words, he wished he had murdered Bush, Joy, true to her left wing, liberal insanity, sadly reports, that ship had sailed, and that was a shame. I guess when you're OK with killing an unborn child, killing a Republican US President is just another day.

[trisoctehedron]

The Old get indiscreet. They will be dead soon so they have nothing to lose. The killing comment is an example. But hey dude, how many times have you heard and agreed with similar comments from the Right?

Vidal, born among the US upper class but with no trust fund, etc., and self-educated, parlayed a great writing ability and a hellova work ethic into a lifestyle that enabled him until recently to maintain two homes, 1 in Californa & a villa in Italy, among other luxuries.

Failure? Nope.

[archemedes314]

I guess some people measure success in terms of dollars and cents.

[putittogether]

Libtards have been running education for 5 DECADES, and they have more money per student than ANYWHERE on the planet, and they CONSISTENTLY have failed for 50 YEARS+. Education is broken because of GOVERNMENT.

[msb0000]

Bad education system b/c it's run by liberals.

[got2liv4him]

it's the policies that Obama espouses that cause the dumbing down of education in America... and these idiots on tv wouldn't know smart if it slapped them in the face! we are going to add this huge new government healthcare system and they tell us its going to be cheaper? maybe they are smart and are counting on us being stupid like Joy!

[Reggie1971]

Too intelligent? Yes, I'm sure the reason he kept his grades at Columbia a secret is rooted in humility.

I'm sure that's also the reason why virtually nothing Obama wrote while editor of the Harvard Law Review can be found. He's simply too modest too release it.

And why does he read everything off a teleprompter? Well being a supergenius he of course has this material memorized, but as I think he's made clear, BHO doesn't like to show off.

[TiaSaysSo]

The most poorly educated first world nation elects a man too 'intelligent' to be president,who in addition to maintaining the previous wars,is starting new ones,has spent more money than his all his predecessors,has broken pretty much all his campaign promises ,and would rather waste time on Olympic bids rather than heed the needs of the troops,and who cannot even pitch a baseball nor bowl to save his life..

But here's another murder that you still can commit Mr.Gore: Yourself.

[dragster178]

Obama a smart guy? WHAT HAS HE DONE?

[trisoctehedron]

Listen to Obama talk. (Pretend he's a right winger, so you can bear to do so.) Note the complete sentences, focused arguments, apparent possession of background knowledge about a wide array of subjects, and quiet and respectful demeanor. That's the way intelligent and educated people talk.

Does Obama rely on a telepromter? I have no idea. If he were Bush league I doubt that he could even READ his oratory and sound that good.

[Hirnlego999]

@dragster178

Not even geniuses can fix DC.

[atrocchia]

@dragster178 More than you'll accomplish if you lived 200 more years.

[fefe74e]

@atrocchia if you follow your logic hitler was one the best human being ever...

OBAMA = BUSH

[post105]

I guess Hitler, Stalin, and Mao were not smart at all huh?

Just a few of the worlds worst killers.

[henrycate]

Peanut Jimmy and Idiot Gore --- both senile old farts. "We have the worst-educated population of any First World nation" is simply BS. Have a look at Nobel Prizes and published scientific articles.

Listen to Gore or Jimmy: understand what they want you to do, and then go consider the opposite very seriously.

It helps to understand that they are both spectacular failures. Jimmy we know about. Gore Vidal failed at both writing and politics.

[trisoctehedron]

Henrycate, just for you I'll repeat my little summary of Vidal's life.

Vidal, born among the US upper class but with no trust fund, etc., and self-educated, parlayed a great writing ability and a hellova work ethic into a lifestyle that enabled him until recently to maintain two homes, 1 in Californa & a villa in Italy, among other luxuries.

Above all, he's been recognized as one of the most respected writers in the US for the last 4 decades -- by people who know good writing.

Success!

[NoCensorshipYT]

Gore Vidal is an idiot.

Progressive MORON.

[joymin4]

Imagine if he had made the same comment regarding murdering Bush about Obama instead what uproar you would be hearing from the Left. It would be all over the news.

[SHMUJEW]

angry old buttstabber

[SHMUJEW]

pot calling kettle pot calling kettle

[jbranstetter04]

This man reminds me of the British before and during the American Revolution. They thought of Americans as intellectual inferiors. I remember reading about George Washington and how he wanted nothing else but to be accepted by the British, and yet no matter how intelligent or brave he was, and no matter how great his character, he was never excepted because he was an American. He eventually realized that they were nothing to aspire to. He then royally kicked their asses in the Revolution.

[jchittwood]

These two creeps are proof of Michael Savage's theory that liberalism is a mental discorder and they are at the extreme end of the spectrum.

The bamster is so intelligent that he needs a teleprompter to tell him what to say.

[himyem]

Agreed. That SOB Vidal should be hauled off in cuffs for sedition. Can you imagine if a convervative said that about Obama? Most of the posters on these topics seem like patriotic, rational Americans, unlike the radicals running the country now . So how did this happen? How did we end up with a man in the White House who surrounds himself with Marxists-not socialists, Marxists--by THEIR OWN WORDS? Did ACORN just steal this election or were we all just naive? When will we say 'enough.'?

[argonne007]

@himyem I love this guy 'himyem' ... if I could stop laughing at his post long enough to type this!!! This fool clearly illustrates just what Vidal was speaking of.... Seig Heil himyem, you Nazi b+a+s+t+a+r+d! Or should I say McCarthy-ist B-A-S-T-A-R-D!!

[himyem]

@argonne007 Since you were probably asleep during civics class in high school, you might have missed the fact that treason and sedition are still against the law in the U.S.. And I'd say threatening to kill a sitting president pretty well qualifies. but never mind the facts. Like all the other libs, when you can't refute the facts, just call them Nazis. Washed-up authors like Vidal say they want to kill Bush, but WE are the fascists, right? Pathetic loser.

[TaskForceSixTwoSix]

Further proof that the neo-communist left is psychotic.

[TedT1478]

I heard a threat to kill a former president. I believe our queer friend will be hearing a knock on his door from the FBI. The FBI are intellectually inferior to hom. On the other hand they do carry handcuffs so maybe he'll be glad to see them.

[Sage80]

These leftists are very self-evidently psychotic. They see themselves as the anointed ones who should be allowed to run your stupid & uneducated lives for you. They are in constant fury over the lack of abandonment to themselves as your leaders & despise you for not allowing them to regulate every aspect of yours & everybody else's life for the betterment of the world. So they go on the shows of screeching banshees & joke about killing people they disagree with. Welcome to liberalism ppl.

[TaskForceSixTwoSix]

Quite right. Also the ignorance and irony of the leftists never ceases to amaze me. They condemn our substandard education system without realizing they're the ones most responsible for it. They wage constant warfare against voucher programs - which have clearly been proven to work - and constantly lower education standards. Their "grand" solution is to be the slaves of powerful teachers unions while throwing more money at an obviously degrading public education system.

[Sage80]

100% accurate. The teachers unions are the problem. While many teachers are commendable, the unions & their special interests (ie. money. And money that comes from nowhere) do little to better the achievement of the students.

[Sage80]

Oh this is beautiful. The old anarchist imitating the poor uneducated Americans with the approval of the renowned intellect, Joy Behar.

Firstly, insofar as there is problem with American education, who has a greater role in the system, Repubs or Dems? And why did the less educated population overwhelmingly vote for Obama? I guess he's too smart. he's too smart to lower unemployment below 10%. A sure sign of intelligence.

Now, imagine if a repub had said they wished they could have killed BHO.

[CaliBeach0007]

I wholeheartedly endorse your sentiments. Very perspicacious, as William F. Buckley would say.

Buckley dealt best (and most appropriately) with Vidal. As he proclaimed during one of their debates: "Now listen, you queer, stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I will sock you in your goddamn face, and you will stay plastered." Vidal and other reflexively anti-American figures (Chomsky comes to mind) deserve such treatment. Not to mention, Behar herself is the queen of idiocy/stupidity.

[Monty1994]

I liked it better when he was in self imposed exhile. This queen needs to shuffle off his mortal coil. We on earth have had our fill of him

[grayngreen]

twat ~

[duckvicious]

Buwhahahha!!!