Frost over the World - Gore Vidal - 23 May 08

Author Gore Vidal tells Sir David Frost why he believes Hillary Clinton has lost the battle to become the Democratic presidential candidate and why, if Barack Obama were elected president, it would be a sign of progress for the US. Also, Jihad Makdissi, a Syrian embassy spokesman in London, discusses the peace talks between Israel and Syria.

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News & Politics

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• aljazeera
• frost
• world
• sir
• david
• gore
• vidal
• hillary
• clinton
• barack
• obama
• US
• elections
• democrats
• makdissi
• syria
• israel

[borch1260]

A lot of Sarah Palin voters (the great mass of simpletons) seem to be commenting on this video.

[theGhoulman]

Listening to Frost breath through his nose like a frightened calf was incredibly irritating during the Gore Vidal interview. Though, I appreciate Frost let Vidal speak without interruption. Vidal was rather eloquent and funny. He loves to do the 'I'm a war time president' voice! lol!

So, to Gore Vidal George W. Bush sounds like Stewey from 'Family Guy'? lol! :D

[zatoichiable]

He is also one of those intellectual elite of the country who has been deceived by the handlers of Obama.

[trollfinger]

@YetAnotherLook

I know your comment was a year ago. You said it doesn't take a genius to oppose the Iraq war. There is opposing the war that is blindly accepted as the people who support the war. No insight or real input on the matter. Gore Vidal has been around deep politics for a long time. He understands when people are being mouth pieces on both sides, but possibly shows a lot of truths for the lefts arguments since that would be what he understands.

[trollfinger]

@jamotide

I think Vidal liked him because he sees American politics as as much of a show as it is. He sees the pretty side of what it takes, and Obama had a lot of clever people on his side. I said at the time "I'm not afraid of change. I'm more afraid of things staying the same" and I was off the mark. He's worse. Vidal said the republicans had eight years to perfect corruption, which mean democrats had the same time to work their angle.

[EWt5lg5alQWLqPViO9vk]

What a legend!



[jamotide]

wow, even a genius like vidal fell for obummers charme, wonder how he feels about him now

[patrick112590]

@pupil8 And we need saints like Christopher Hitchens to drive out all of the snakes.

[pupil8]

@patrick112590 We need more snakes to eat up all the vermin.

[EmmaYaBasta]

@jhop9898  Eh? General Ezer Weitzman stated that there was "no threat of destruction" but that the attack on Egypt, Jordan and Syria was nevertheless justified so that Israel could "exist according the scale, spirit, and quality she now embodies." Menahem Begin also said: "In June 1967, we again had a choice.The Egyptian Army concentrations in the Sinai approaches do not prove that Nasser was really about to attack us. We must be honest with ourselves. We decided to attack him."