“We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.”
“The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country — and we haven’t seen them since.”
“Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.”
Vidal, 1925-2012
Who is the best leader in the Democratic Party right now?
Do you mean, Who can give the best speech? Who can raise the most money? Look, I’m not a sentimentalist. Nor am I a romantic. I don’t believe in the Great Man theory of history. Great men come along very seldom – and when they do, it’s pretty bloody. But, as Chancellor Bismarck once observed, God looks after alcoholics, little children, and the United States of America.
His take on the golden virgins of Hollywood/Polanski is a must read.
