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Hunter
\n Thompson has long been one of our literary heroes and role models, ever
\n since Fear and Loathing in Las
\n Vegas ripped the vinyl horsehide off of "objective journalism" and showed
\n what could be accomplished by diving headfirst into the moshpit miasma
\n of modern America and completely erasing the line between coverer and
\n covered. <\/p>\n
That being said, it pains us to note that the Good Doctor But then who among us is the same man we were in the late Still, some of his observations are sharp and some of his Presidential politics is a vicious business, even for from Rolling Hunter Thompson has long been one of our literary heroes and role models, ever since Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ripped the vinyl horsehide off of "objective journalism" and showed what could be accomplished by diving headfirst into the … Continue reading
\n seems to be losing his edge. Whether this be from skills eroded
\n by decades of alternately hard and indulgent living or the simple spiraling
\n of the situation beyond even the ability of one of the greatest satirists
\n of our age to capture in prose, is not for this humble observer to say,
\n his commentary in Rolling Stone<\/a> on the current electoral cycle pales
\n in comparison to his trailblazing coverage of the Nixon campaigns in
\n 68 and 72, in that same publication.<\/p>\n
\n 60’s and early 70’s? Many of us were never men, then nor now, and
\n many were not even born 30 odd years ago. Lord knows, if we could afford
\n the quantities and quality of intoxicants available to Thompson, we would
\n have degenerated into incoherence long ago.<\/p>\n
\n similes still make us smile, and there are flashes of the old fire. Plus,
\n it’s always worth reading a report from a true master who’s been there,
\n and done it all:<\/p>\n\n
\n rich white men, and anybody who gets into it should be prepared to
\n grapple with the
\n meanest of the mean. The White House has never been seized by timid
\n warriors. There are no rules, and the roadside is littered with wreckage.
\n That is why they call it the passing lane. Just ask any candidate
\n who ever ran against George Bush — Al Gore, Ann Richards, John McCain
\n — all of them ambushed and vanquished by lies and dirty tricks.
\n And
\n all of them still whining about it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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