Posted on 10/11/2009 11:29:45 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Renowned American historian Gore Vidal says that President Barack Obama would lose 2012 presidential elections, calling the first black US president "incompetent."
In an interview with the Independent, Vidal sharply criticized Obama who took power when the United States was involved in two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
About the election of Obama, Vidal said that he was initially optimistic, but after witnessing the administration, he has relegated himself to despair.
"He's incompetent. He will be defeated for re-election. It's a pity because he's the first intellectual president we've had in many years, but he can't hack it. He's not up to it. He's overwhelmed," said the 84-year-old Vidal.
"[Obama] wants to be liked by everybody, and he thought all he had to do was talk reason," the novelist continued.
"But remember - the Republican Party is not a political party. It's a mindset, like Hitler Youth. It's full of hatred. You're not going to get them aboard. Don't even try. The only way to handle them is to terrify them. He's too delicate for that."
Vidal also predicted that "Afghanistan will be terminal for the American empire," which he sees as a positive development.
"This kid [Obama] has never heard a gun fired in anger. He's absolutely bowled over by generals, who tell him lies and he believes them. He hasn't done anything."
"He's not ready for prime time and he's getting a lot of prime time on his plate at once."
The intellectual once again called the 2000 election "stolen" by the Bush administration then added they were "probably" involved in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York City and the Pentagon.
This is not the first time he has assailed the government's public theory of the attacks. In 2008, Vidal said that 9/11 was "a coup d'etat" to overthrow the government, allowing the Bush administration "[to] make legal each and every breach of the constitution that [they] had in mind."
Damn! I thought he was gonna hit’em...
LLS
How do we know Obama is so all fired ‘intellectual’? He hides all of his school records.
Only thing Vidal is right about is Obama being incompetent.There are nascent embryonic Hitler Youth out there, but the only ones are very and easily provably in OBAMA’s camp. This is blatantly obvious for anyone who’s awake and has been paying attention. This is a classic example of intellectual astigmatism on Vidal’s part.
But I would NEVER expect Vidal to come over to the conservative side, though he is far from stupid. He’s just totally stuck in this Post Cold War “attitude”. It’s too late for him to change.
The man is a self proclaimed analyst of world matters. Like a stopped clock he is right once in a while.
vaudine
“he’s the first intellectually challenged president we’ve had in many years,”
An INTELECTUAL?? LOL!! He’s a COMMUNITY ORGANIZER! He is just CLEVER at BEATING the other side and RABBLE ROUSING!
Many years ago, Wm F Buckley and Myra Vidal were together punditing a political convention on network tv. Vidal foolishly called Buckley a Nazi, and buckley let him have it. Saying something to the effect that Vidal was nothing but a pornagrapher and a sexual deviate. For NBC or whatever, back in those days it was astonishing.
The GOP doesn’t have a leader...
“The only way to handle them is to terrify them.”
“Terrify them”
Too bad irony is so far outside of liberal intellectual capacity,’cause this is a good one.
Actually Obozo qualifies as an intellectual over all of the others you cite in that of ALL of them Obozo is the only one who has never actually accomplished anything in his entire life.
Oh no! Obama is losing the Loony Left! That was his most loyal constituency.
Luckily, he will still have illegal aliens and dead voters to rely on in the 2012 election.
I think he went there because “buggery” of little boys has been more accepted there for a long time.
Gore Vidal clearly demostarates the biggest problem with intellect and that is that most who consider themselves this way can barely function in life. IMHO a smart person with common sense beats intellectuals any day!
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