THIS GORE (VIDAL) SAYS HE'D BE BETTER CANDIDATE THAN HIS KIN.(Local/State) From: The Capital Times (Madison, WI) | Date: August 17, 2000| Author: Nichols, John | COPYRIGHT 2000 Capital Newspapers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

``I do believe they are nominating the wrong Gore,'' said the distinguished white-haired man with a gleam in his eye that belied his serious intonation.

This Gore -- best-selling novelist, trenchant essayist, sometime film star and full-time social critic Gore Vidal -- has no qualms about suggesting that he would be a better presidential candidate than his distant cousin Al.

``I would only campaign three days a week. But I dare say it would be a far more subs...