Title: Manipulative Nonsense
Product review: I had never read a Gore Vidal book before. I was looking forward to it and even enjoyed the first twenty pages or so. Then Vidal starts manipulating history. I had no idea why he was distorting things until he went off on his tirade about corruption and the 2000 election that has no place in this book. I actually agreed with most of Vidal's points about corruption in current government, but there is no excuse for his manipulation of facts. He guesses at motives, or makes them smoothly fit into his ideals. The more I read, the more insane Vidal became. Making absolutely stupid conjectures about the founders' actions and how they would look shamefully upon this America (when they lived in an America where Tarring and Feathering was common). There are much more accurate books on the foundation of the country and much better books about the current political climate. Vidal's corruption of history is despicable.
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