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Ryan10 Donating Member (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 11:33 AM
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Gore Vidal - Great Line re: The War on Terror.
Watched the History Channel's Lincoln presentation. Vidal spoke about Lincoln imprisoning people, suspending Habeas Corpus and closing down opposition newspapers under the authority of the President during a time of war.

He then said, "I won't name a certain current politician who is committing many of the same acts and masquerading under the guise of a war-time president. I mean the War on Terror is like the War on Dandruff. It's a metaphor!"
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 11:35 AM
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1. lol....I love the old guy.
He does a hilarious impersonation of DimWit's "I'm a war president" too.
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Saphire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 11:39 AM
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2. I saw that too, and thought it was a great comment.
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OldLeftieLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 12:07 PM
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3. I love Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal, interviewed in The Nation, November 7, 2005:

“Bush is like a plane of glass. You can see all the worms turning around in his head at any moment.”
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