tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post8718680860495663108..comments2023-09-06T01:53:41.634-07:00Comments on doug's Site: Gore Vidal: Writer, Political Provocateur and All-Around ContrarianDoug's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09219952832674415239noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-63422746162460106762012-08-07T12:22:32.000-07:002012-08-07T12:22:32.000-07:00Me too, Christy. Thaks for sharing that one. I ha...Me too, Christy. Thaks for sharing that one. I hadn't heard the description of Nancy (Davis) Reagan and her "silver ladder". LOL! <br /><br />He was a great wit and if he had been straight likely an interesting Congressman or Senator.doug noakeshttp://dnoakes.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-59026483499285320162012-08-07T01:16:11.000-07:002012-08-07T01:16:11.000-07:00From an article in The Eagle by Hillel Italie. I ...From an article in The Eagle by Hillel Italie. I expecially loved this first paragraph about him.<br /><br />{{ In a world more to his liking, Gore Vidal might have been president, or even king. He had an aristocrat’s bearing — tall, handsome and composed — and an authoritative baritone ideal for summoning an aide or courtier.<br /> <br />But Vidal made his living — a very good living — from challenging power, not holding it. He was wealthy and famous and committed to exposing a system often led by men he knew firsthand. During the days of Franklin Roosevelt, one of the few leaders whom Vidal admired, he might have been called a “traitor to his class.” The real traitors, Vidal would respond, were the upholders of his class.}}<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.theeagle.com/article/20120802/BC0304/120809936/1090/BC0304&source=RSS">http://www.theeagle.com/article/20120802/BC0304/120809936/1090/BC0304&source=RSS</a>Christy Kidhttp://christykid.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-63323021892899811222012-08-05T23:18:51.000-07:002012-08-05T23:18:51.000-07:00I won't quibble over that.
Welcome back Ku...I won't quibble over that. <br /><br /> Welcome back Kurt!doug noakeshttp://dnoakes.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-29096412542389580642012-08-05T21:56:32.000-07:002012-08-05T21:56:32.000-07:00Actually an oligarchy.Actually an oligarchy.Kurt Winstonhttp://periscope360.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-46092261847396691532012-08-04T13:32:21.000-07:002012-08-04T13:32:21.000-07:00I think "Myron" was one of the first of ...I think "Myron" was one of the first of Vidal's books I read as well, AA. His essays on the Nixon and Reagan Eras were dead on in their attack. He was indeed a unique personage in the realm of American commentary and there is no one on the horizon with the background needed in the broad sweep of the nation to attack the Establishment.doug noakeshttp://dnoakes.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-8998253693983455992012-08-04T10:44:21.000-07:002012-08-04T10:44:21.000-07:00I salute the passing of the bad boy of the America...I salute the passing of the bad boy of the American aristocracy. I read Myra Breckinridge back in the early 70s and its follow up Myron when I was a railway signalman, languishing in my box alone. I have also followed Vidal since then and have paid particular attention to his deconstruction of the military industrial complex. He was a multifaceted commentator who stands in stark contrast to the one dimensionality of the US media circus today. As you say Doug we are unlikely to see his type again, the American establishment is diminished by his passing, just when we thought they could not be diminished any more than they already have been.<br />With Gore Vidal's death the last vestiges of decency disappear from Washington's inner sanctum and all that remains there now are criminals, liars and madmen.Aaran Aardvarkhttp://aaranaardvark.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-60137759594094963152012-08-03T07:48:36.000-07:002012-08-03T07:48:36.000-07:00You're very welcome Lucija.You're very welcome Lucija.doug noakeshttp://dnoakes.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-45405202361694575332012-08-02T22:28:53.000-07:002012-08-02T22:28:53.000-07:00An excellent 'tribute' Doug, to quite a fa...An excellent 'tribute' Doug, to quite a fascinating man. Both text, & the video.Thank you.lucija jovanovichttp://scootch2.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-73137862135244477742012-08-02T12:44:33.000-07:002012-08-02T12:44:33.000-07:00Yes, I'm rather surprised, too, Chuck. Thanks...Yes, I'm rather surprised, too, Chuck. Thanks for your comments. <br /><br /> He really gave people a lot of courage to speak their minds, I believe, at a time when there wasn't a lot of safe venues of like-minded people to do so.doug noakeshttp://dnoakes.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-17237332475278188842012-08-02T12:39:57.000-07:002012-08-02T12:39:57.000-07:00"I am also writing this little note to give t...<i><b>"I am also writing this little note to give the man his due---"</b></i><br /><br />Ooops. <br />My previous comment was intended to be highlighted with this passage instead of what I ended-up with.<br />Oh well... giving the man his due is the point and you made it well.chuck thttp://deckhand.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-3093823415452540712012-08-02T12:37:02.000-07:002012-08-02T12:37:02.000-07:00I have been astonished at the lack of mention of V...I have been astonished at the lack of mention of Vidal's passing among my friends on Mutliply.... not just a few of whom are gay, liberal, intellectual and/or literary.<br />One might think he made such a mark on the world of politics, culture and social criticism that everyone would have something to say.<br />One might be wrong.<br /><br />Thanks for this entry.chuck thttp://deckhand.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.com