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At the time, his film career was over. Vidal rejected him. He thought he couldn't play a credible president. He was right. In office, he faked it for eight years.
Obama's worse but hides it better.
At age 81, he visited Cuba . He headed a delegation of US intellectuals, historians and politicians. He suggested Bush could end up like Nixon. "We hope he will end up like Nixon, resigning the presidency," he said.
Comparing the two men, he added:
"When a building begins to fall to pieces, it is very difficult to stop its collapse.""Everyone who listens to (Bush) knows he is a liar. It is frightening to have to constantly listen to a man repeating and repeating I am a" wartime president.
"Of all the human vices, the worst is to lie."
"When the people do not understand what the emperor is saying, what the government is saying, there is no communication" or trust.
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