Their commentaries led to Buckley threatening to assault Vidal .
In 1968 , the ABC television network hired the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley , Jr. as political analysts of the presidential - nomination conventions of the Republican and Democratic parties .
Their commentaries led to conservative threatening to assault Gore Vidal .
In 1968 , the ABC television network hired the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley , Jr. as political analysts of the presidential - nomination conventions of the Republican and Democratic parties .