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"I Told You So: Gore Vidal Talks Politics" is a compilation of interviews featuring the renowned writer and political commentator Gore Vidal. In these conversations, Vidal shares his insights on a range of political topics, highlighting his sharp wit and critical perspective on American politics and culture. His reflections provide a rich context for understanding the dynamics of the political landscape in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

So here they are, trying to get us into the army again to get us to fight in Europe, but the country is isolationist. One of the reasons why the world has been demonized is because they had to do it. The average American is an isolationist. — Gore Vidal I Told You So:...

Forget the Bush family, they are the most negligible family in the country. They are unintelligent, they are reasonably decorative, they are obedient to the great economic powers. Nixon said something interesting to Murray Kempton about Bush senior when he became President. Murray and Nixon used to have lunch, and when Murray said, Well, what is this Bush like? Nixon said, Oh, nothing, nothing there, just a lightweight. He's the sort of person you appoint to things, like the U.N., the CIA. But that Barbara Bush, she's really something; she's really vindictive!-which was the highest complement that Nixon could deliver. — Gore Vidal I Told You So:...

Apathy is just a lack of energy, which to me, is just the literal definition of decadence. So the energy gives out in a society - that is decadence. — Gore Vidal I Told You So:...

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