NP but GV: In which we learn of a broken collarbone

[Mark Kohut]

Chris Buckley in The New Republic on Gore Vidal vs. W.F. Buckley http://t.co/K1M12r6i
 
Christopher Buckley on His Father's Old Nemesis, Gore Vidal tnr.com/blog/plank/105… 
My father, the late William F. Buckley, Jr. had a bit of history with the now-late Gore Vidal. In what actually might be the quintessential unscripted TV exchange, Vidal called him a “crypto-naz

"Words would have failed Buckley [perhaps for the first time]", as Gore said of Mailer when Norman threw a punch. 


From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
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And the referee, Howard K. was in Buckley's corner.......
 
All Buckley needed was a Brown Shirt.....

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You can find the debate on youtube as well. If you haven't seen it, it's pretty amazing:  at one point Vidal calls Buckley a crypto-Nazi, and Buckley calls Vidal a queer.   Howard K. Smith in the bacground going ,"Gentlemen, please ..." 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uajX66ibyMw



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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ypv7etrd_lI

On his famous duel with William Buckley, Gore peels reagan like an onion. 
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