I have always believed that Hunter S. Thompson is actually very good at political analysis, it just sounds like he's typing on WIld Turkey.
His latest screed(and brother, he owns the entire screed franchise) is titled Fear and Loathing, Campaign 2004, and is refreshingly harsh, like watching someone spit in Bull Connor's face.
"Four more years of George Bush will be like four more years of syphilis," the famed author said yesterday at a hastily called press conference near his home in Woody Creek, Colorado. "Only a fool or a sucker would vote for a dangerous loser like Bush," Dr. Thompson warned. "He hates everything we stand for, and he knows we will vote against him in November."
Thompson, long known for the eerie accuracy of his political instincts, went on to denounce Ralph Nader as "a worthless Judas Goat with no moral compass."
"I endorsed John Kerry a long time ago," he said, "and I will do everything in my power, short of roaming the streets with a meat hammer, to help him be the next President of the United States."
Put this together with Thompson's eulogy for Richard Nixon He Was A Crook, and I think the guy has come the closest to actually capturing the agony that politicians inflict on themselves(and us) in their quest for power.
Yep, there's only one Thompson, thank god, cause he is a true nut, but I wish we had more writers with his guts. And maybe even a few more nuts, too, while you're at it, just for fun.