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I agree, as all civilized folks must, that it’s bad practice to speak ill of the dead, especially the recently dead. And I will resist the considerable temptation to do so in the present instance, beyond remarking that a measurable fraction of the world’s nastiness and bizarreness is gone this morning.
We can pray that Gore Vidal will now rest in peace.
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rightasrain| 8.1.12 @ 12:03PM
And I will also resist the temptation to call Vidal a third-rate hack, a pseudo intellectual and all around malevolent human being.
Crassus| 8.1.12 @ 12:56PM
Gore Vidal was a good author even if one didn't share his jaundiced view of the United States. He was a horrible human being whom the world won't miss.
Jack in Wi| 8.1.12 @ 3:25PM
Good author, fine essayist, excellent historical fiction writer and believer in some fine old American ideals of the founders that were lost with Lincoln. As a human being, a sad case of personal corruption.
Occam's Tool| 8.1.12 @ 1:02PM
Lincoln was a good novel. Mr. Vidal was a rat bastard, similar to our commenter Jack in Wi.
Cpm| 8.1.12 @ 1:33PM
I agree with everything you just said.
JimH| 8.1.12 @ 1:44PM
Ah, who can forget Laugh Ins Lily Tomin as Ernestine phoning up Mr. Veedal. One ringy dingy…
Reggie Love| 8.1.12 @ 3:12PM
What Buckley said.
chasrome| 8.1.12 @ 4:42PM
May I assume that you also advise that we include in our prayers for Vidal some kind words for Joseph Stalin and his deceased associates and fellow travelers? Life is too short for this kind of nonsense.