[Francohio]

TR had denounced James as "effete" and a "miserable little snob"--it takes one to know one-

Gore Vidal ... a very great writer ... and also a fat sissy.

Did I mention this guy is a great writer? Read "Burr," "Lincoln." And while we are being fair to the chubby sissy, let me add that he has never pulled too many punches when it comes to his own family. He has done several classy skewer jobs on Al Gore. He can't be all bad!@

[Southack]

"when Senator Gore nominated William Jennings Bryan for president, he made an alliterative aside, "I much prefer the strenuosity of Roosevelt to the sinuosity of Taft."

Well regarded writers recognize real alliteration when they read it, and that's no alliterative aside at all...