Christopher Hitchens on Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon and Jesse Jackson (1988)

The whole video www.c-spanarchives.org/library...

[@MatthewHB87]

First rule of trying to debate Christopher Hitchens: 1. Don’t

[@psyskeptic9979]

I actually would--I love Christopher Hitchens and look up to him still, but I think Ben Shapiro's arguments against socialism would actually dig deep. I'm no Shapiro or Hitchens in terms of fluency, but still I'd have a go.

[@seanduffy8778]

A Non one difference is I’ve never seen Hitchens become petulant or evasive, and this is telling of the strength of someone’s argument. He nearly always annotates and doesn’t speculate with opinion. I have seen this many times when Shapiro has been asked a question he hasn’t any answer for. Most memorably in my mind when he appeared on the BBC and instead of answering, he became very aggressive and suggested there was bias in the BBC because they had questioned someone for the opposite side of the argument. That’s another thing I’ve never seen Hitchens do, talk over someone without having a point to silence them. Another thing is that Christopher studied a lot and visited a lot of the world that he comments on, and you can see the wisdom with which he explains his opinions. I don’t know that Shapiro has done that, and if so he lacks perspective. Finally, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Christopher Hitchens be proved wrong in the audience’s eyes. Shapiro very much seems like someone who recognised the income available from rhetoric, much like Nigel Farage. Not that I’m comparing the two politically, farage is the only person to admit to the motivation and that others also do it.

[@ReegusReever]

@@psyskeptic9979 Ben Shapiro is a fucking dafty

[@psyskeptic9979]

@@ReegusReever Have you been reading the Guardian again?

[@ReegusReever]

@@psyskeptic9979 Nah, pal; please infer more things from my disapproval of Shaprio...

[@AColonDashSix]

"They even have collection in churches" "What will they think of next?" Classic British dry humor

[@StephenKelly-ey6ne]

That was classic Hitchens one of his best.

[@kiwitrainguy]

When Christopher smiles like that I'm sure he is thinking "This is too easy" (for him).

[@blakeedward5520]

@@kiwitrainguy i dont get it. Can you explain the joke?

[@kiwitrainguy]

@@blakeedward5520 OK, I'll give it a try. They've been having collections for money in churches since at least the nineteenth century, so the idea of collecting money in a church to help Jesse Jackson is anything but an original idea. So the joke Christopher was making "what will they think of next" was to treat it like it's an amazing new idea. He was being sarcastic.

[@blakeedward5520]

@@kiwitrainguy ohhhh thank you!!!

[@JWMCMLXXX]

"That's feeble, even by the standards of the American Spectator... So your remark is ignorant as well as an -attempt- at a slur." - Hitchslap, c. 1989

[@DANNexMACHINA]

Love Hitchens smile when he says "What will they think of next?"

[@dengelke]

Sarcasm.

[@barbarac9805]

That little naughty grin behind his sarcasm is such an aphrodisiac. Lol

[@hankwhitley222]

1:48

[@kiwitrainguy]

When Christopher smiles like that I'm sure he is thinking "This is too easy" (for him).

[@kevinlawson6188]

"From the early days Bush was belittled as a man who stands for nothing." Now he's dead. Still true.

[@leeturton9254]

Bush was a corrupt cia oil man operating in the confines of his master's "laws"

[@TyphoidBryan]

Loved, LOVED seeing this clip. You know you're dealing with someone who's got their shit straight when he can take a giant misinformed, ignorant insult, not blow up in anger and respond in a highly intellectual, yet deeply stabbing, way. Hitch in this clip is priceless. What an incredibly confident and smart man he was AND IS. Get well soon, Hitch!

[@irishoak7269]

We lost a Lot, when we lost him.

[@bethh.9647]

@@irishoak7269 And isn't it wonderful to see these CPAN shows, this one from 1988, when CH was young and almost impish with that wry smile. Priceless and so missed!

[@chucknchar]

Learned of Hitchens later in my life and find his thinking fascinating and think we are diminished by his losted voice

[@ingriddubbel8468]

Lost voice not losted voice.

[@QueenofNonSequitur]

@@ingriddubbel8468 WTF 👎

[@steveconn]

@@QueenofNonSequitur It's called grammar.

[@QueenofNonSequitur]

@@steveconn I was supporting YOU, but thanks.

[@exsappermadman25055]

*Lost...

[@htsyami]

"What do you think of George Bush?" "Incredibly little." Lol.

[@johnmoeller8654]

Ironic given a decade and a half later he would concede he was the best president of American foreign policy in post WWII Americsn history

[@ryant1064]

Context my friend, context. It was because all of the others have been even WORSE on foreign policy. It was domestic policies that we still pay for.

[@ryant1064]

Jazzkeyboardist1 ahhhh the Christian weighs in. Thank you.

[@LOSTGAM3R]

HW Bush did not believe in Reagan's voodoo economics. So idk what you mean by "[his] domestic policies that we still pay for". HW was also incredibly skilled in foreign policy. But yes, Hitchens did change his mind on HW since this video. Which is good lol.

[@Thenumber12pwns]

@Jazzkeyboardist1 what a boring troll

[@theoldanarchist]

At 22, I was sent by a small Indiana television station to New York City to cover the Democratic National Convention along with a group of delegates. It was an amazing experience. But, the absolute highlight of the week was running into Christopher Hitchens, who gave me 15 minutes of his time for an interview. It is, honestly, one of the highlights of my life.

[@gobnaitaine2791]

Lucky you ❤️

[@chrisjones3901]

As I guess you see he a inspiration,stick to what you beleive but get the backup facts to support you,and you will do well

[@cephalopod7300]

Does the interview survive anywhere? Whether it was text or audio or video it would be great if you uploaded it for all to enjoy.

[@theoldanarchist]

@@cephalopod7300 I wish it did. Shortly after I returned from New York, I learned that the station had filed for bankruptcy. None of the footage I shot was ever aired, and I have no idea what became of any of it.

[@davidsessera1337]

One of my brushes with anyone great was when I called this show around 1993. I got to ask Christopher Hitchens a question. I was so nervous, and thought my question was not half bad. He thought it was a stupid question, and more or less told me so, and only needed 2 or 3 sentences to reply. Still I admired the man to the end, except for his viewpoint of the 03 Iraq war.

[@SeanMichaelWesley]

With you. He really had it wrong, in regards to the Middle East. Specifically Iraq.

[@NeedsContent]

Its interesting to look at old videos with a sober historical eye and see who had foresight, and who was talking out his own ass.

[@tnekkc]

Christopher was NEVER sober.

[@SlowDay1651]

So glad everyone knows who Hitchens is and will for years to come, while NOBODY knows who the fuck that human grasshopper is

[@kylew.4896]

@@tnekkc I think he's talking about the viewer. Not hitchens

[@samj.jaworski3812]

Indeed

[@dangerouslytalented]

Hitchens drunk is still the most sober man in that room.

[@johnruggiero4205]

The guy with glasses makes Hitch sound even smarter.

[@SIMKINETICS]

As a writer, Hitchens honed his skills at thoughtful articulation on paper. It's surprising that, even back then, his extemporaneous speaking style & content were a force to behold! Few great writers have been able to communicate so effectively with machine-gun verbal responses like Christopher's. What a fast & deadly accurate mind!

[@mirkovic]

and then he got in bed with Bush Jr and the neocons.... in a way UNDOING ANYTHING that he said or did before 2001... Alcohol? Underage sexual abuse? Love anyone to explain to me WTF happened???

[@GlowingMpd]

👍

[@irishoak7269]

He's unrivaled in his wit, I don't believe that is going to change.

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

The best to ever do it

[@abara5678]

What a great Man he was, educated and eloquent as hell!

[@iseeolly9959]

I just love the glint in his eye when he is already formulating his counter argument...."got em" is what he is thinking.

[@darkmater4tm]

Why does it seem to me that these tiny extracts from backwater 80's-90's shows have more meat than entire networks today? Do such shows exist today, and I just can't find them? Or was Hitchens entirely responsible for upgrading the level of the discussion?

[@call0fcthulhu]

***** nor one that will speak his mind like he did

[@Anonymous-or4ru]

Because today we live in a politically correct society full of people with no backbone, intelligence, education or moral fibre to care. Unless it involves how many Faceache friends they have or how many morons follow them on Twatter.

[@matthewreohorn3585]

K P , I AGREE, PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO READ BOOKS AS THEY TWENTY YEARS AGO , IF SOMETHING IS MORE THAN A SHORT PARAGRAPH , THEY GLAZE OVER , THE CONCENTRATION SPAN OF A GOLDFISH!!! AND THE POWERS THAT BE LOVE IT ..THE IMBECILES ARE IN THE BAG !!

[@Daniel-oo1wu]

Its hitch, trust me I looked

[@michaeloconnor8460]

@@Anonymous-or4ru nah, there's is no longer any such thing as conservative intellectualism, that died with Bill Buckley, there's hasn't been anyone since, now they're putting up Ben Shapiro and it's not a crime to be white types, it's dead.

[@TheMagmagoblin]

I've never seen anyone get the better of Christopher Hitchens.

[@yevgeniyzharinov7473]

I have

[@mfeist365]

"I love it when intellectuals brawl"? Plural, lol. Hitchens was the only intellectual in this clip. RIP.

[@kesmai69]

Christopher Hitchen we are less without him

[@dannya1854]

As I watch the guy Hitchens is destroying get more nervous, a smile is gradually forming on my usually grim face.

[@DendyJungle]

That's first caller was a real potato

[@piffmop1]

lol

[@thesurvivalthinker424]

Mo The cult of God, Country and Party. The tone of that superstitious fanaticism is incredibly transparent.

[@LloydWaldo]

I understood that reference.

[@jamiestewart48]

His comment to the bespectacled gentleman who mentioned Jackson raising funds in churches, "What will they think of next," with a wry smile killed me. Guy was a genius.

[@Contessa6363]

Typical caller a rabid Reagan lover who considers him a deity!

[@bddc201]

If only there were more people with the intellectual honesty, discipline and fearlessness of Christopher Hitchens.

[@csnowutube]

He made it 62 years. Smoker, drinker, world traveler couple of fights, volunteered for water boarding so he would know what he was writing about. I say he had a pretty good run. To those who miss him - I thought I would miss him too, but I haven't because there are so many videos of him, he wrote over a dozen books. It's like he never left. 8] peace

[@justwarren]

"Your comment is ignorant as well as an attempt at a slur..." and then proceeds along his narrative as if he has no more need to deal with the feeble comments of his detractor. He was an amazing amazing guy! I miss him too! He was so brash, so honest, so clever and glib and so fucking smart!

[@jameslatin2939]

glib is a pejorative term

[@justwarren]

@@jameslatin2939 Not necessarily. I CAN be used to suggest an ease of expression which would suggest insincerity but it can also be used as described here from the Free Dictionary; "Performed with a natural, offhand ease: was fascinated by his unfailingly glib conversation." But let's not quibble, you got the gist of my comment from the context of my statement I'm assuming.

[@jameslatin2939]

@@justwarren Of course I did! And now that I think about it-despite that fact that I do like Hitchens quite a bit-I don't think a little bit of the pejorative sense would be out of place. I'm sure many of his views were more persuasive than they would have been when expressed by a less eloquent tongue; though I think he usually had good things to say.

[@BuckishDweeb]

This video should be retitled: "Christopher Hitchens Debates Napolean Dynamite".

[@bobthebear1246]

*Napoleon, but 😆

[@JoeSmith-hv7oe]

Wlady- "I have mad bowstaff skills."

[@dstuart2918]

But remember, Napoleon was cool and kind.

[@Wesssss84]

Napoleon was the opposite of cool

[@evolutionhasevidenceopinio5234]

That's why I wasted my time watching 'n d', It's a Mind Numbingly Moronic movie & in life it is same for every religious person. M N M

[@jgowin66]

Mister, we could use a man like Chris Hitchens again!

[@alexandradane3672]

I adored Christopher Hitchens ……his wit , humour , intelligence , erudition, articulate eloquence and his all round decency and decent character . HOWEVER , I very rarely agreed with a word he said , his overall politics, beliefs and ideas . We were “chalk and cheese” AND I will continue to miss him to blazes! May he truly Rest In Peace , so prematurely gone . I had enormous respect for him. It’s so important to have such people at the fore , if we’re to maintain democracy, intelligent discussion , respect and accompanying humour in any discourse . At least , I think so.

[@roddyboethius1722]

What do you agree with that Hitchens said?

[@petermills542]

I miss Chris Hitchens ! Apart from his intellect & articulacy he was always unfailingly polite !

[@ultimateman1234]

Christopher, please, if only because it is his name.

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

He used irony in a masterful way. True style.

[@Phil1stalk]

I miss Chris.

[@Phil1stalk]

Andrew Goessling Why the dis'? It doesn't rhyme with, miss (Chris-topher). I'm a poet. And you don't know it.

[@richdibo]

He disliked being called "Chris," and insisted "Christopher."

[@Phil1stalk]

Richard Di Bernardo Hi friend, I'm not going to put up with this orgy of idiocy, This is the second comment about that. You're sadists. Hitchens loved the English language. The poetic diction, the American constitution, everything about it. Chris and miss rhyme. Three short words. It's succinct and brilliant. And it means everything I could possibly feel to emote when I'm permanently dumbstruck with grief and have little words. I don't think he'd mind this time. And certainly, being dead, I don't think he minds at all this time. He was also a gentleman of a higher nature and didn't intentionally pierce anyone with absurd minutia.

[@richdibo]

Hi friend, However Christopher is alive and well when we joyously think about him; he is now firing electrons rekindling our fond memories. According to his guardian.com obituary, "He did not He did not, in fact, like being called "Chris" - his mother would not, he explained, wish her firstborn to be addressed "as if he were a taxi-driver or pothole-filler" - and found "Hitch", which most friends used, more acceptable." On special occasions, but not always, he called-out offenders. I wholeheartedly feel and understand your desire to aptly remember him with rhyme. When I have a choice, I try to keep a guy's mother happy.

[@msmwkc]

Richard Di Bernardo I always heard that he didn't like being called Chris because the s-sound and the hitch-syllable would blend together.

[@hisvorpalsword]

Whatever your views, it seems pretty clear the standards of politics were much higher 25 years ago.

[@hisvorpalsword]

Yeah. Exactly.

[@trythinkingforachange4201]

Ha ha ha ha ha Boxcar baby, your feeble attempt at humor is pathetic. Sounds like someone was dumped by their girlfriend and can't cope.

[@cowlumbus]

$11 says this guy is prob very religious too...

[@uppercutgrandma4425]

The political "after school club" widened it's stage. There's just soo much more access to this platform of opinion and observation.

[@sweeepzone5155]

Because our minds hadn't been eaten away just yet by reality TV and social media. People were able to discuss without the need for clickbait conflict.

[@ghostofxmaspast]

Christopher Hitchens has the sweetest smile.

[@no-oneman.4140]

A man whose courage was as vast as his intellect. Incredible shame he's not around today, no one has filled this man's shoes.

[@oskarmamrzynski]

Christopher Hitchens: Hitchslappin' on TV since 80's.

[@kezabel7201]

Oskar Mamrzynski that needs to be a T-shirt

[@iamnoone705]

Is it just me or is Christopher Hitchens gorgeous?

[@christiancristof491]

I mean, not exactly. He was a truly fascinating man though, that's why one would probably find him handsome.

[@jacquelinebaechli7058]

Emma Lewis totally goegeous! He was the whole package... bright, eloquent, funny and a flirt

[@hannaholtom1511]

Agree!

[@nikkigonzales3150]

He was absolutely gorgeous.

[@sammyjo2852]

Emma Lewis He was gorgeous here, but later in life, when he got heavy and sloppy, not so much.

[@dddebolt]

Hitchens is my favorite, the end. Also at 2:40 dude saying Nixon is one of the most "astute politicians of the century" is beyond laughable.

[@pineapplepeanuts]

I think he's right. Its just that he was effective in the worst ways imaginable. This is politics after all. Nixon was synonymous with it.

[@GuruJudge21]

I think it's fair to call him a great politician, a terrible president, and an even worse person, but welcome to politics.

[@bobthebear1246]

Nixon tried so hard to be another Eisenhower, and even occasionally succeeded...but always fell way short.

[@bobwilson360]

@Jazzkeyboardist1 Nixon EXTENDED the war with 6 times the casualties of Bushes atrocity. And Hitch was wrong about it. None of which negates his other views.

[@bernardsimsic9334]

@@bobwilson360 this is the error of all " intellectuals"who never ever have to actually put their ass on the line in a war depending on the war they are for it.

[@shufflebottom7]

Oh my god (who is not great), He's Fucking Brilliant!

[@FyodorShuss]

Hitchens' rebuke at 8:20 is pure gold.

[@rstevens7711]

Dear young'uns See the man in the jacket and open-neck shirt? The one with the English accent? The one who skewered Wladyslaw Pleszczynski? That man was a real radical. A great thinker and a brilliant seer of the dangers which would face the world in the 21st century. We really miss him.

[@ColdCypher]

Good lord. Love how detatched and disinterested he is when he addresses his opponents feeble and ignorant attempt at a slur.

[@robertcombs55]

Hitchens was my era's Mark Twain....

[@absoftitanium]

'Nixon was an ass-toot politician.' Right on.

[@ianitaleja663]

Where have the days gone with real interviews and educated and honest discussions!

[@DannySullivanMusic]

agreed dude. 100% true

[@GlowingMpd]

👍

[@GlowingMpd]

@@DannySullivanMusic “…dude”?

[@iR0NmAnKiD]

We need this man in 2020. RIP

[@Wildfan-sg3fh]

This man does what every conservative does when faced with answering for scandal(s.) Go and blame the media for the type of coverage

[@rejectionrole1237]

If you'll excuse the cliche, this comment aged like fine wine. It's becoming more and more relevant.

[@dstuart2918]

And he works for the media.

[@lewisbracken5520]

@@rejectionrole1237 not relevant in the slightest. the mainstream media is no longer for for purpose. Coverage of Trump has been 96% negative, yet the economy is doing great, no new wars, less drones, peace talks.

[@kentallard8852]

victim complex is a major component of rightwing politics

[@sbc8861]

@@kentallard8852 Oh gosh, leftists are the masters of self-pity. That's why they're happily burning buildings down, destroying businesses, attempting mass murder in Portland, threatening the lives of non-leftists who want to speak on college campuses, and whining endlessly about Fox News while claiming The NY Times, ABC News, MSNBC, CNN, WaPo, NPR, and others aren't biased.

[@lagaman11]

Smile, cause you just got "HITCHSLAPPED"!!!

[@AudiophileTubes]

Hitchens is one of the great minds of our time.

[@MrAnthonyVance]

I find Christopher Hitchens NEVER boring and ALWAYS brilliant. He always strikes me as SUPERIOR in all discussions.

[@ClintsGrievances]

I've never seen a man so uncharismatic as Hitchens' opponent in this video...

[@TheDailyShark]

Hitch was a beautiful genius. Even when he was dead wrong (Iraq War) he was better read and far better spoken than any of the rest of us.

[@seanolaocha940]

Brent Haynes How was he dead wrong about the Iraq War? Surely you don't think Saddam should have been left in power??

[@DH1986]

I was against the war because I didn't consider Iraq to be a threat to national security. I was sure that the middle east would have been better off had we removed him and spent the 20 years necessary to stabilize the region, but that wasn't something I was willing to commit to. I think Hitch said something like, "I love the war, but I hate the execution." The U.S lost interest, prematurely withdrew troops, and created a vacuum that made the world a much more dangerous place. Whether or not the Iraq War was good depends on your level of commitment I guess.

[@jackgray3267]

Seán Leahy 600 000 dead Iraqis in 3 years after invasion compared to 300 000 dead Iraqis over 24 years under Saddam...what was better outcome?

[@GuruJudge21]

Again, the invasion was handled terribly, by buffoons and war criminals. Saddam Hussein would have killed a great deal more people had he been left alone, and as he was only so tame in the first place out of fear of reprisal. Also, you're very wrong, Saddam caused more deaths in the Iraq-Iran war alone, and most of the deaths during the invasion were as a result of sectarian violence. I hate war, but we cannot genocidal dictators free reign.

[@aintnuthinbutathang1646]

None of you who replied have mentioned that the US supported Saddam and funded him for years when he was invading Iran and using chemical weapons against them and his own people. The US only deemed him an enemy when he nationalized Iraq's oil supply. Our government didn't give a fuck about saving people from a cruel dictator it was just another good for business war and you're pretty naive if you still think it was anything else.

[@karlconnolly3994]

Art Garfunkel has let himself go.

[@nicolettaskarlatos]

One of the brightest stars in the sky dimmed the day he died. Christopher, you are missed. Rest in Peace.

[@Kjellarnek]

"What do you think about George Bush?" "Incredibly little." Hahaha so fucking dry and brilliant.

[@Seytom]

Agreed. Hitchens was one of those people who committed so strongly, personally, and fundamentally to things and seemingly couldn't bear people who didn't do the same. I don't always agree with him, but I do love to hear him speak.

[@roywallace5899]

What a brilliant speaker what a brilliant mind we need more people like him

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

Agree. We need a new voice like that of Hitchens

[@adub4ever]

We could use a Christopher Hitchens around today to humiliate the Right wingers. We miss the Hitch.

[@stevenhunter3345]

Sadly, Hitchens became essentially a right-winger himself and an unscrupulous warmonger and apologist for American imperialism. He disguised it all, of course, under the banner of fighting terrorism and Islamic extremism, but the war Hitchens supported in Iraq was no more about fighting terrorism than Vietnam was about fighting communism. These were wars of choice, wars of profit, and wars of American aggression. Hitchens saw that about Vietnam but was a blind fool and a shameless propagandist for our invasion of Iraq. I miss the Hitch in this video... not so much the later neoconservative Hitch.

[@BenignViewer]

***** Hitchens did not support the Iraq war for the same reasons and justification the administration gave for it. He vehemently detested Sadam Hussein's dictatorship and acts of genocide and persecution. That was why he believed in the War in Iraq; he articulated this in the infamous debate he had with George Galloway in 2005. He also had similar positions on Iran and North Korea based on their human-rights contraventions. A leftist he was, but a staunch interventionist also.

[@stevenhunter3345]

Benign Viewer "Hitchens did not support the Iraq war for the same reasons and justification the administration gave for it." Neither did the administration. All of the nonsense about the Hussein regime developing nuclear weapons and the alleged connection between 9/11 and Iraq were false and known to be false by the warmongers in the administration. Incidentally, Hitchens maintained that Hussein was supporting international Sunni terrorism, and that there was a link between him and 9/11. So on that point, he was certainly in line with the administration. And whatever imagined moral reasons Hitchens had for supporting the war, the fact remains that he supported an aggressive, imperial, and profoundly immoral war. And for someone who once so eloquently spoke against imperial power and on behalf of the oppressed, it was deeply sad to see him employ that eloquence in defense of imperial power in Iraq.

[@BenignViewer]

***** I agree with you by and large, I would only contend on whether the Iraq war was 'Imperial' in nature or not. I don't know enough from memory to declare either way, so I'll read further and let you know where I stand. Alas as for an immoral war, such a thing is decided almost always after the fact. I can't really contend this point as it is subjective, but I personally don't think the Iraq war was immoral. Definitely a mistake, and an example of deceit on behalf of the administration. Hitchens never agreed or supported a link with Hussein and Al Qaeda though - nor did one exist.

[@modernmod89]

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[@jimbob9086]

That guys first mistake was being named "Wladyslaw Pleszczynsrf". Second was trying to debate the Hitch.

[@colin-campbell]

Jim Bob My friends, colleagues and fellow comrades regularly refer to me as the “second coming of Hitch” if you’ll pardon the expression. I regularly take part in intellectual debate and enjoy Johnny Walker Black Label, breakfast of champions.

[@TariqBusy]

I like how he quickly put that rhetoric down when the lady called about Jesse Jackson. I'm sure he wasn't a JJ fan, but he knew who the real thieves keeping secrets are. Bush. Reagan. Iran Contra.

[@groovo1]

we need Hitch and Vidal today

[@barbaralatham5107]

groovo1 Amen to that!

[@joancampbell2809]

groovo1 I AGREE!TWO OF THE MOST BRILLIANT MINDS GONE TOO SOON.

[@bobthebear1246]

Ah, yes. Gore Vidal. Another great mind, and what an absolutely amazing writer!!

[@Kitties_are_pretty]

groovo1 I know, Vidal Sassoon was such a treasure.

[@QueenofNonSequitur]

@@Kitties_are_pretty Uh...it's Gore Vidal. SMH

[@PaulEnotbuyingit]

In hindsight, Hitchens saw 20/20.

[@user-sg1se8cl7l]

Doctor Gloom except for the Iraq war unfortunately

[@nomore5668]

@@user-sg1se8cl7l That isn't true.

[@OShaughnessyC]

Miss him so much! Brilliant mind, eloquent speaker. And sexy, too.

[@kokomobedford5054]

DAMN HITCH! Wladyslaw was SWEATING by the end of this... crushed him.. ugh so good....

[@ethanjohnson9521]

he was a legend.

[@god-of-war-fan]

lmao hitchens was simply using ad hominems here

[@sunshine3914]

& stammering something awful halfway in.

[@UnizzyMD]

The OG hitchslap

[@ReegusReever]

"What do you think of George Bush?" "Incredibly little..."

[@goodspelr]

That was awesome, thanks for uploading.

[@James-oo1yq]

If only Hitchens was still with us...imagine what his thoughts on Trump might be 🤔🤔🤔. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lewisbracken5520]

probably say he's a bit clownish, but not at all dangerous. no new wars, less drones than Obama, good economy, peace talks etc.

[@James-oo1yq]

Richard McEllan 130,000 Family's might disagree...alongside thousands yet to die!

[@rabidbigdog]

There is a video of Hitchens being asked if Trump would ever be a likely Presidential candidate and he responds "Oh dont waste my time."

[@James-oo1yq]

Edit 170,000. Death and destruction under Trump is beyond belief

[@AwfulWaffle8474]

lol i know....i just love the 'hitchen sigh' right before he commences the hitchlap and then cutting off the other dudes apology....priceless

[@jaskbi]

I love hearing Hitchens talk

[@540BC]

YES! we love old school Hitchens! thank you mr uploader. or ms

[@coolmamac]

Hitch=brilliant.

[@coolmamac]

wachingdocs=potato head.

[@coolmamac]

Stop projection watchingdocs. Your speculation is quite worthless.

[@SullenMorbius]

Classic Hitch ... 08:18

[@donalddbagley]

A beautiful man with a beautiful mind. Hitch will live as long as I do.

[@isaachaze1]

it's so nice to see a young, vital Hitch. i've been watching the vids of him towards the end lately.

[@adamlambert165]

8:19 is brilliant.

[@Micscience]

You gotta love Hitchens. Even if there are many things that you may dislike of him. You can at least say he would own up to what he thought. Bad or good R.I.P. Hitchens

[@HughMorristheJoker]

Reagan's policies helped lead to the worst wealth inequality since ancient Egypt.

[@elenafoleyfoley168]

Always loved Christopher Hitchens outspokenness, the man knew what he was talking about, cannot say the same for who would interview him as they always tried their very best to undermine him, but look at who they were dealing with, Christopher was master at sarcasm 😂 a brilliant funny man 💔

[@bethh.9647]

Brian Lamb here was the best. Thoroughly respected CH, had him on something like 23 times.

[@BiffWebster100]

"What do you think of George Bush?" "Incredibly little..." haha

[@Cletus_the_Elder]

Even as an awkward teen, Hitchens was formidable.

[@sydneymorey6059]

Hitchens a breath of fresh air, NO. A cyclone of fresh air. Good old Hitch.

[@answersquestioned]

Thanks for this upload. 👍 Interesting and enjoyable.

[@offwiththefairies77]

Classic hitchslap around 8.20. lol. And you've just gotta love those dimples! R.I.P Hitch.

[@chrysalis72]

So gorgeous when he was young. I love and intellectual with dry humour wit and sarcasm.

[@newipad]

I had forgotten how handsome he was in his youth. Boyish good looks.

[@bleedingxhearts2]

i was born a year after hitchens was discussing politics on c-span. amazing. growing up i never could have dreamed of the far reaches of intellect and how long its been around.

[@YoshimizRobots]

Holy Hell, what Hitch would say about 45...

[@KyleLwrence]

Nobody was a more outspoken critic of both the Clintons. He hated Hillary Clinton, he probably would have supported Trump to spite her.

[@lordoftheflies7024]

@@KyleLwrence no, he wpuldnt have. He wpuld have supported Bernie Sanders. Did u NOT hear Hitchens call himself a socialist? He oposed money in politics, US healthcare, big banks and saudia arabia. How does this sound like a vote for Trump.

[@cephalopod7300]

@@KyleLwrence He hated Clinton, sure, but Trump is like the antithesis of everything he stood for. He would have taken the guy and his enablers in the Republican Party to pieces on video and in print.

[@albertrogers8537]

By far the most honest,intelligent, and world-benevolent leader that we have seen in Russia sicne the overthrow of Tsarism, was Gorbachev. The reason given for adding Ronald Readan's nametor that of Washington's National Airport is the assertion that Reagan brought about the end of the Cold War. To the extent that this has happened,it was because Gorbachev was unlike his predecessors. Reagan was just as stupid about the Cold War as any POTUS before him.The airport's corect name is Washington National Airport, but if you need to honour the man who ended the Cold War, his name is Mikhail Gorbachev.

[@greenhornet299]

This is a Brilliant man.......I love listening to his Videos.....

[@jimmuncy5636]

We need another Christopher Hitchens. He was fearless, very knowledgeable, a peerless debater with high energy even when he had advanced cancer, and seemed to speak authoritatively about virtually any political subject. He was in a class by himself.

[@benbunyip]

Sadly, I think this breed of human being will be no more.

[@petetheodocion9542]

Lol I’d forgotten about that little slug Wladyslaw

[@lynnebarnes5645]

What a very handsome man Hitchens was when young.

[@seth210]

Really appreciate when it ended.

[@catslolwithus7773]

I wonder how many people watched this program live...

[@tonyhancock8479]

Such a shame he isn't here to give us his wisdom on Trump

[@jeanstilson5549]

Exactly!!

[@DavidMillsSeven]

For the ones who miss Hitch, be one.

[@Adept179]

Defending any politician is a completely empty exercise. Hitchens is one of the few who understood this basic premise.

[@brendawarren4113]

Lips, dimple, eyes hair. Beauty and brains. Gotta love him.

[@GlowingMpd]

👍

[@marshallalexander8228]

I will never understand why Americans call Social Democrats "Liberals" when they are an entire different thing

[@GoddyofWar]

Convenient smears are just way too easy to get attached to, especially when they're propagated by the media. It's the sign of a truly politically lazy mind.

[@adamspun]

Hitchens was the great dominator lol watch all these guys get angry and squirm under his unrelenting brilliance. My fav was the guy from christians 4u debate trying to be all cocky and shaking his head lol, Hitchens chews them all up and spits them out.

[@usnate1]

You know he stopped being a socialist/marxist correct? I like Hitch too, but just saying.

[@adamspun]

Nathan F. Hayek my point really is that he could argue black is white and you will end up thanking him for the correction, marxist, fashist, mormon or scientologist lol....untouchable.

[@kingsman428]

*"...What will they think of next..."* coupled with that *smirk* 😁

[@daskalaka]

I rue the fact that in the eighties Hitch was going strong and it took me to 2009 to discover him.