\nNYT<\/b>: And what about Mr. McCain? <\/p>\n
Vidal<\/b>: Disaster. Who started this rumor that he was a war hero? Where does that come from, aside from himself? About his suffering in the prison war camp?<\/p>\n
NYT<\/b>: Everyone knows he was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. <\/p>\n
Vidal<\/b>: That’s what he tells us.<\/p>\n
NYT<\/b>: Why would you doubt him? <\/p>\n
Vidal<\/b>: He’s a graduate of Annapolis. I know a lot of the Annapolis breed. Remember, I’m West Point, where I was born. My father went there.<\/p>\n
* * *<\/p>\n
NYT<\/b>: You live in California , where last month the State Supreme Court overturned the ban on same-sex marriage . As someone who lived with a male companion for 50-plus years, do you see this as a victory for equality? <\/p>\n
Vidal<\/b>: People would ask, How could you live with someone for so long without any problems of any kind? I said, There was no sex. <\/p>\n
NYT<\/b>: Were you chaste during those years? <\/p>\n
Vidal<\/b>: Chased by whom? <\/p>\n
* * *<\/p>\n
NYT<\/b>: Do you read a lot of contemporary fiction these days? <\/p>\n
Vidal<\/b>: Like everyone else, no, I don’t.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Superb barb, that last one. Even if it’s hard to take some of Vidal’s positions seriously, he’s always good a laugh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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