Gore Vidal Documentary Part 1

[Claronium780]

William F Buckley hates getting called what he really is !

[gillan5]

America is with every day getting more and more conservative and right-winged. So for Vidal it would have been better if he had come here to us in Europe. A man of his stature is wasted in America, they are going down the tubes anyway since there TeaParty shit and other maniacs are driven this country into abyss slowly but surely.

[jabels53]

shoot the first person that thumbs downs this

[MetrazolElectricity]

@jabels53 noone has dared yet, your warning has helped lol

[jerico641]

See? There it is again in the beginning of the video: the conservative is the one who jumps to violence immediately when the heat's on. Even Buckley. They just have soooo many ideas and principles that are like gold to them, and they are always ready to hit or kick or shoot anybody who might question them. Or even if they THINK somebody might be questioning them. The only thing in this life that is "sacred" is life. The only way we'll preserve that is to give up violence.

[Stu4uInCinci]

Is this the PBS American Masters show titled "The Education Of Gore Vidal"? I cannot find that title anywhere on the Internet.

[goldsmithstudent]

rubtul12 you are absolutely right . And you have the RIGHT to be wrong. We have the first amendment which this commie wants to see it destroyed. This country was founded on individual responsibility. Socialism always fails for the people and makes the Government rich and if you cant see that your nuts

[hazzag14]

@goldsmithstudent the flip side is all the money goes to the private sector. The difference is we don't vote for the private sector.

[dokuniev]

@goldsmithstudent 

[DrewKeller100]

I dislike most of Vidal's views, but he's no coward.

[NathanPBridle]

I agree with most of what Vidal says and has said. He is a liberal.

[lapwiz]

Gore Vidal is not a liberal.

[NathanPBridle]

I think he is, in his social and political attitudes.

[tmgore64]

and I should track you down and kick your ass

[goldsmithstudent]

i don't have to move to n Korea, if this country doesn't straiten out we will be living just like them. I'm for the individual not for groups.like this maniac

[goldsmithstudent]

he is a communist. thats why

[Mahoivlich]

You should just get on with it and move to north korea....it's your kind of country.

[robtul12]

@goldsmithstudent it is no crime to be a communist. Joseph McCarthy is dead and so is that era of lunacy. This is a free country in which you are allowed to hold whatever view you wish. We have a first amendment that allows for that.

[goldsmithstudent]

this man should be put in prison

[sdggsgdd]

For?

[sisterdiggins]

Yes!

He has been around through nearly every dynamic phase of US history .

He has been a hinge of strength and rational thinking for all this time.

He has a clear mind , unfettered by trivia , and his delivery almost poetic, though not intentionally so , he presents his ideas with great sobriety.

Fascinating to read and to hear.

I hope he sticks around a few more years.

[trollfinger]

I'd say he'd stick around to see what Obama does. He's a strong old one.