The L.A. Weekly contains a must-read interview with writer and social critic Gore Vidal. It is an extremely insightful interview that may help put the Bush administration's policies in historical perspective.
Here's a piece:
L.A. Weekly: "Speaking of elections, is George W. Bush going to be re-elected next year?"
Gore Vidal: "No. At least if there is a fair election, an election that is not electronic. That would be dangerous. We don't want an election without a paper trail. The makers of the voting machines say no one can look inside of them, because they would reveal trade secrets. What secrets? Isn't their job to count votes? Or do they get secret messages from Mars? Is the cure for cancer inside the machines? I mean, come on. And all three owners of the companies who make these machines are donors to the Bush administration. Is this not corruption?
So Bush will probably win if the country is covered with these balloting machines. He can't lose."