Assassination Fantasies
Gore Vidal, another member of the Left-wing horde who is not in the least bit qualified as any kind of political analyst yet considers himself one nonetheless, has appeared on the Joy Behar show, with eminently (or, were I to speak the English of Sonia Sotomayor, “imminently”) predictable results.
Vidal’s moral compass can be deduced by his reaction to the long overdue arrest of Roman Polanski. Sky News quoted him as telling The Atlantic that,
I really don’t give a f*ck. Look, am I going to sit and weep every time a young hooker feels as though she’s been taken advantage of?
Rather than placing the blame on Polanski’s own decision to drug and rape a girl barely in her teenage years, Vidal made the claim that Polanski was instead a victim of anti-Semitism and xenophobia. Which will in all probability form the backbone of Polanski’s no doubt airtight defense at his (hopefully) upcoming trial.
Proving that level of vileness to be anything but a fluke, Vidal stated -- at around the 1:50 mark on the vid -- on Behar’s show, regarding President Bush, that,
That’s one murder that I miss not committing.
To which Behar gave the robust reply of,
Yes, well, it’s too late, anyway.
To be fair, though, anyone who only hates -- rather than actively seeking to do harm to -- the 43rd president is a paradigm of objectivity to the Left, so perhaps Behar was simply trying to burnish her credentials as a “moderate” by not quite joining in with Vidal’s assassination fantasy.
As with the repellent racist Joseph Lowery, this marks approximately the seven quadrillionth time that Democrats have gotten away with saying something for which conservatives would have been publicly, and gleefully, crucified.
This must be the mythical “respectful debate” whose passing the Democrats have long bewailed (well, since January 2009, at any rate).
Cross-posted at The Green Room.
October 30th, 2009 at 10:41
And they think we are unhinged and batshit crazy. Wow!
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October 30th, 2009 at 10:48
Yep, but we’re “bad” crazy, and they’re “good” crazy, of course, LA.
October 30th, 2009 at 11:38
http://boardinginbedlam.blogspot.com/2009/10/stop-making-excuses-for-inexcusable.html
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October 30th, 2009 at 11:52
Amazing! A kid jokingly says on a web site that he’s going to kill the messiah and the FBI shows up on his doorstep. These assholes are saying it in on national tv about a former president and getting a pass. Unfuckingbelieveable the depth of their hypocrisy and hatred and yet if we disagree with a policy of teh one’s, we’re racist.
October 30th, 2009 at 11:58
skiri’ki – do you have a link to that?
October 30th, 2009 at 13:57
I’ll try to find the story. It was a month ago or so. Let me see if I can find it.
October 30th, 2009 at 14:09
Here it is.
October 30th, 2009 at 15:11
Ah – so first let’s acknowledge that Gore Vidal has a new book out as of October 1, 2009.
So he’s doing the press circuit. Which he clearly believes gives him an international platform to spew whateverthehell he wants.
He’s made his career out of being provocative. With today’s media coverage of these kinds of stories, he went viral in a matter of seconds – which of course is what the self-voyeur wants.
But because he’s a hushed whisper – celebrity – he’ll get a free pass on anything he says.
He’s a pig, that much is clear. One with no ethics and no moral compass.
I’d say he should be pitied but I’m busy cleaning my Beretta.
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October 30th, 2009 at 16:12
Thanks, skiri’ki.
And thanks, Kris, for the info. I hadn’t done much digging on this. Living in DC, renting and not being American have all conspired to prevent me from owning a gun, but I’m likewise cleaning my imaginary heater in spirit (bit of a mixed metaphor, I know).
October 30th, 2009 at 17:39
“I’d say he should be pitied but I’m busy cleaning my Beretta.”
Kris, you crack me up. Love the way you write.
October 30th, 2009 at 21:05
Thanx skiri! Glad you enjoyed. I’m only half-kidding.
Kris, in New England´s last blog ..Saturday Symphony
October 30th, 2009 at 22:30
I know, Kris. I’m right there with ya.