"Mass every Sunday," Jack would moan, "for four years."
--Not-very-Catholic newly elected President John F. Kennedy, complaining to his step-brother-in-law, Gore Vidal. In Vidal's memoir Palimpsest (1996)
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Has Gore Vidal told all that he knows about the JFK Assassination? It has been reported that he may know more than he has ever told. Only wondering and it would be very interesting if he had any more personal insight on this matter.
Posted by: Gerald Pechenuk | 05 February 2007 at 04:12
Gerald, Maybe Gore Vidal does know more, but if so, he didn't mention it in his latest memoir published this year.
Posted by: Sedulia | 05 February 2007 at 19:12
It is in fact a VERY Catholic thing to say! No one wants to actually go to church EVERY Sunday - why do you think there are so many of us lapsed Catholics?
Posted by: lapsed | 18 February 2007 at 02:43