Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 2004
Hunter S. Thompson has made his endorsement, and he’s come out for… Nixon?
Nixon was a professional politician, and I despised everything he stood for — but if he were running for president this year against the evil Bush-Cheney gang, I would happily vote for him. You bet. Richard Nixon would be my Man. He was a crook and a creep and a gin-sot, but on some nights, when he would get hammered and wander around in the streets, he was fun to hang out with. He would wear a silk sweat suit and pull a stocking down over his face so nobody could recognize him. Then we would get in a cab and cruise down to the Watergate Hotel, just for laughs.
Life imitates Transmetropolitan and may God help us all.
I read a while back that Nixon enjoyed getting bombed on expensive wine. In that respect, if nothing else, he was my kind of guy.
Posted by Jimcat on October 22 2004 05:22
Saw that piece, too, and the scary thing is, as usual i agree with Thompson. My half a century of life was worth it, but if i'd known as a young adult that in 2004 we'd be saddled with someone vastly worse than Nixon, how could i find the courage to soldier on? And my poor old brain always processes Spider Jerusalem as HST.
Posted by Juana Moore-Overmyer on October 25 2004 11:34