http://www.nytimes.com/video/2012/0...1465100/excerpt-gore-vidals-the-best-man.html This is from Gore Vidal's 1960 play "The Best Man". The character is "Joe Cantwell" played by Eric McCormack.....it is an absolutely perfect prediction of modern rightwing politics and rhetoric. The more classic version is the 1964 film with Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson. Check it out.
