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Go Home William F. Buckley Jr. vs. Gore Vidal

BOOKS AND ARTS AUGUST 26, 2010

William F. Buckley Jr. vs. Gore Vidal

BY WILLIAM BUCKLEY AND GORE VIDAL

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Just classic.

- scottgoose

September 7, 2010 at 12:01am

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Now that's entertainment!

- emcgargle

September 7, 2010 at 9:02am

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Back when there were still respectable Conservatives...

- davidfass

September 7, 2010 at 11:55am

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Buckley was great, I just wish he had been on the lib-left.

- Sancho

September 7, 2010 at 8:58pm

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Vidal was a better writer, but Buckley was a far better wise-ass.

- mwfreel

September 7, 2010 at 9:22pm

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When William F. Buckley Jr. threatens to punch you in the face, you know you've made it as a leftist intellectual. Here he is, doing the same thing to Noam Chomsky: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEIrZO069Kg

- jspafford

September 8, 2010 at 3:02am

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