A choice gobbet from the fab Gore Vidal on a Guardian page of contributions from various writers and artists, examining what the paper curiously refers to as the 'cultural legacy' of the soon-exiting George Bush. Something which should make for very few words indeed.
The piece can be read in full here...
Here's a bit more Gore...
"Although all politicians tell lies, Bush has gone right round the bend as a liar and he'll be remembered for a great many of the lies, starting with weapons of mass destruction and going on and on. That's the only legacy.
Oliver Stone, I gather, is doing father-and-son stories. I'm very fond of Oliver, but you don't need Freud when you're dealing with Caligula..."
Other contributors include Edward Albee, Naomi Wolf and Daniel Libeskind.
(*Photo nicked from hEyOkA mAgAzInE - where you can read Gore Vidal's Article of Impeachment)
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Vidal predicted right from the start that Bush Jr would turn out one of America's worst ever presidents. I once put it to him in an interview that he is a clairvoyant. He replied, "Only on a clair day".
Bless him :)
I always love the way he can't / won't use the word "administration" and just refers to it as a junta instead.
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