Most Awesome Clip of Election Night: Author Gore Vidal Schools the BBC & the British Public in American Politics

by Damozel | Okay, right: as far as I'm concerned this was the most entertaining clip of all the clips from the entire evening from any network. Watch Vidal in action, free of any boring middle class inhibitions about coming across as gracious or conciliatory on the telly!  "Mad as a box of frogs," remarks the guy who posted it and he's not wrong. 

This is one why Americans should never watch anything but BBC News via BBC America.  Anchor David Dimbleby was awesome too, both during (meekly and bemusedly and humorously submitting to being schooled by one cranky old lefty curmudgeon) and afterward  ("Well, that was fun!")   BTW, Vidal's right about the Brits getting it wrong by associating Republicans with British conservative (who would be moderates here, if not liberals).  The GOP:  It's not a party, it's a mind-set!   

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[Rupert]

Happy to oblige! Nice summary of it :)