Vidalotry #9: Ronnie and Nancy

In Episode Nine, Vidalotry explores Gore Vidal's humorous criticism of the Reagan administration. Host Ryan Breegle looks at Gore's initial dismissal of Ronald as a convincing politician, his good-natured jabs at Nancy, and his overall concern that the United States was governed for eight years by a talented cue card reader.
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SOURCES
Books:
Ronnie and Nancy: A Life In Pictures, Gore Vidal, The New York Review of Books, September 29, 1983
Audio:
Afternoon Plus, Thames Television, 1981
Merv Griffin Show, Jan 26, 1981
The Tonight Show, Dec 15, 1981
Saturday Matters with Sue Lawley, BBC, 1989

[@albertmorris6162]

I saw Gore twice: once as a boy on Miami Beach when Nelson Rockefeller was campaigning on Collins and 71st Street Beach. Nelson pressed the flesh even of a small boy, and I looked up into a face of a man with a complexion like a Moray eel. Gore stood at a distance scowling and taking notes. The second time, I was in my teens, already reading his books. It was on the Phil Donahue Show and my grandmother, Betty Batista, had tickets to the television audience. Gore's father used to come down to the Beach during the winter. Once, his father met my great-uncle, former Cuban dictator, Fulgencio Batista. Gore Vidal changed my life.

[@martinross6416]

me too. thanks gore.