[Petronius]

I could care less what he thought about Bush (or Nixon). He wasn't a brilliant political analyst. I admired his prose and he was funny (and that is a subjective value, you must admit). He's not my "hero."

I'm straining to think of American writers from the last 50 years who _I_ laughed as hard at. John Kennedy Toole, perhaps...

Clearly, you don't care for HST. Duly noted. I'll even put that in my diary. There's something deliciously stupid about a man trying to convince others that they shouldn't enjoy what they do, in fact, enjoy--whether it pertains to writers or ice-cream flavors ;>)

[A Jovial Cad]

Not really interested in what you have to say about this, or anything else, really, Petronius. Your posts on so many subjects amount to so much rank nonsense that I have long ago ceased reading anything you post unless, of course, you post directly to me. And it is equally dismissed. Get lost.