This is Part 1 of 2. Part 2 is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAzKpkEp_Y4

Vidal: "9/11 was a coup d'etat in which the American government was overthrown. And in no time at all with that crazy little Attorney General we had, Gonzales... everything he did while Attorney General was to make legal, every illegality, and every breach of the Constitution that Bush had in mind... or Cheney had in mind... And Cheney is a devotee of torture and all sorts of undesirable things, but he's got away with it because our media is so corrupt... and the Congress is hopeless."

Interviewer Jon Snow: "Gosh, you haven't got a good word to say for anybody."

Vidal: "NO, I don't. And they are in trouble, not I."

Snow: "They being?"

Vidal: "The current regime. A criminal regime. There are going to be trials once this is over."

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This 13 minute interview was broadcast in an edited form on the UK Channel 4 News, on May 22, 2008. You can view the edited 8 minute version here: http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/poli...

But I find this raw version a bit more interesting.

McCain is put through the grinder, and both Democratic candidates are criticized, but Vidal is no Republican, he does not throw them under the bus. Vidal seems resigned to accept that Clinton will not be the Democratic candidate for President, and acknowledges that he thinks she is the better candidate, because Clinton knows more about the Republic. What's left of it, that is.

That said, Vidal points out that the doorman would make a better President than W.

Could McCain win? Yes, by theft. Just like 2000 and 2004, which were Gore and Kerry victories.

As always, Vidal's unbridled opinion is a dash of cold water for the sleepy Republic.