VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Gore Vidal And Byron DeLear Conversation

The highlight of Sunday's fundraising event where I interviewed Byron DeLear was a far reaching discussion between Gore Vidal and the Missouri Congressional candidate. Their conversation is broken up into five parts below which is then followed by some remarks by progressive radio personality Bree Walker and Nova M Radio founder Sheldon Drobny.

Part 1

Topics covered include: restoring representative democracy, big money and lobbyists, FDR, Gore Vidal's grandfather and his first experience with racism.

Part 2

Topics covered include: Missouri Compromise, Missouri Senator Jim Reed, Missouri's penchant for picking the president, DeLear's endorsement of Barack Obama, the Missouri primary, gerrymandering, the need for Democrats to become the values party in opposition to the GOP money party.

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Part 3

Topics covered include: Hillary as president, John Quincy Adams, Iraq policy, American empire, the Presidential Seal and the circus like atmosphere of the presidential election.

Part 4

Topics covered include: Military industrial congressional complex, President Lincoln, select money interests and lobbyists, media reform and the HELPME Act, the radical change in the country's philosophy under Bush and impeachment.

Part 5

Israel/Palestine peace, Jimmy Carter, warmongers, debt, treasonous Congress, Bush and Big Oil.

Bree Walker on the corporate media

Nova M Radio founder Sheldon Drobny

Comments

[theBhc]

Huh. Vidal is looking like my Uncle Fred.

[Lisa]

Hey!

Great post! Such unique stuff you find. BTW, ROTFLMAO on the Hitler thing.

LOVED what this guy said on FDR! I have been saying that for years. If we would just talk like FDR - who had NO 'fear' of being declared a "class warrior", we could get somewhere! When you read FDR's old speeches... just, wow! Sounds like a socialist!

Thanks for this. Cross posted the Hitler thing...gave you a hat tip. So... about 3 people might discover your site from me... LOL

Keep up the good work!!

[HPM]

Thanks Lisa!