Jun 06, 2007 04:30 AM
Vit Wagner
Publishing Reporter
"You can add presidential impersonator to the long list of talents possessed by Gore Vidal, the 81-year-old American literary lion whose impressive CV ranges from authoring novels, dramas, screenplays and essays to running for political office to acting in the occasional movie and making cameo appearances as himself on The Simpsons.
Although in a wheelchair during an interview yesterday at the Four Seasons Hotel, his voice gradually weakening over the course of 45 minutes, Vidal gleefully assumed the character of George W. Bush, in the process mustering up a Texas drawl to mock the U.S. president's supposed rationale for taking on Saddam Hussein and invading Iraq.
"He trahd to kill mah Daddy," mimicked Vidal, his face becoming animated with exaggerated vehemence.
"I'm gonna git 'im. I'm a wartime president, unnerstand? And I can do anythang I want. I can pick an enemy or a pre-emptive war, anytime I want.
.......SNIP"
http://www.thestar.com/article/222025