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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:17 PM Original message |
Gore Vidal: 'The US is not a republic anymore' |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ah, it's always great to hear from Gore Vidal. Thanks for posting this. |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Hope the media picks this up and discusses it. nt |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. *Our* corporate media? Nope, won't happen. (nt) |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I dunno.. |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. ? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. I got to talk to him briefly when I was making money calls for Andy. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. … and we will dig up Persepolis. |
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trusty elf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 06:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Beautiful picture |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Yes it is, tomeboy. |
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trusty elf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:51 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Breathtaking! |
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XRubicon (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. Watched "The Best Man" Tonight on TCM |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. I like Mr. Vidal.... |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. England went away and we ceased to be colonies? |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Who's the idiot? Yes, there was a Revolutionary War. We won, and England went away and we ceased to |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Duh indeed! |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Hi leftchick! |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 06:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. You shared this riveting bit of informaton with Anais Nin? |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. Vidal an idiot? |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
48. If you think Gore an idiot; You can not have much of a brain. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. You are Not Comprehending What He Said |
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wurzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. There was no "Revolutionary War". We just had regime change. |
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mrbluto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Irony Deficiency. |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. A subtle turn of the phrase is not your long suit, I can see that. |
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mrbluto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #40 |
54. Long suit. |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 12:24 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. riposte. Namaste'. |
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mrbluto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. You're hardly the Village Idiot... |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
53. Thanks Ben, that statement also had me thinking... |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. gore is always spot on about america |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. Nice interview |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. K & R |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 05:31 AM Response to Original message |
16. It's like reading clean air |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 05:57 AM Response to Original message |
17. "Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson" |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Sounds like an interesting read... |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
18. Not a republic, but more of a plutocracy. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
21. Thanks for posting, Leftchick |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. my pleasure |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
24. glad he sees kucinich as the patriot he is. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
26. Imperial Amerika is like Russia and China...an Inverted Totalitarianism. |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. That would be me! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. K & R. Depressingly accurate. |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
28. K&R. nt |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
30. K & R ! |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. We call it the Corporotacracy |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
36. K&R |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. If I were Gore Vidal... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
39. McCain is a traitor who crashed 5 planes and helped the VietCong. |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. The House of Reps doesn't even have the spine to Impeach |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
42. k and r |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
44. "Congress has never been more cowardly, nor more corrupt." |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
45. K&R Thanks leftchick! Sadly, this is all true. How are we ever |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. Amen.... |
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Stevepol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
47. He's hip to the voting machines too, the big reason we're not a Democratical Republic |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
49. Gore vidal; One of the great political minds of our time. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
50. K & R! |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
51. Gore Vidal the most Cynical of Cynics say Dennis Kucinich is the "Only Truth Teller?" |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 06:09 AM Response to Reply #51 |
57. "America has one political party with two right wings." G.Vidal |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
52. Ah, the US--Land of the Owned. |
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