February 21, 2005

1938-2005

I hope he willed his stash to John Ashcroft

What better way to eulogize Hunter S. Thompson than with one of the best paragraphs he ever wrote, eulogizing ripping apart Richard Nixon?

If the right people had been in charge of Nixon's funeral, his casket would have been launched into one of those open-sewage canals that empty into the ocean just south of Los Angeles. He was a swine of a man and a jabbering dupe of a president. Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning. Even his funeral was illegal. He was queer in the deepest way. His body should have been burned in a trash bin.

... and one of his last, optimistic utterances...

We were angry and righteous in those days, and there were millions of us. We kicked two chief executives out of the White House because they were stupid warmongers. We conquered Lyndon Johnson and we stomped on Richard Nixon -- which wise people said was impossible, but so what? It was fun. We were warriors then, and our tribe was strong like a river. That river is still running. All we have to do is get out and vote, while it's still legal, and we will wash those crooked warmongers out of the White House.

Well, maybe next time around. More links from Roxanne here.




Posted by Norbizness at February 21, 2005 12:56 AM
Comments

selah, doc.

Posted by: dexter at February 21, 2005 09:11 AM

I have that same shirt.

Looks a lot better on him.

Posted by: patrick at February 21, 2005 10:15 AM

What breaks my heart is that this guy was such a truthteller, despite the drug lens through which he saw things. He was one of the last, I believe, of those who would still call a spade a spade and he was beholden to no one.

He said four more years of Bush would be like four more years of syphilis. Only he could get away with stuff like that.


Posted by: Vestal Vespa at February 21, 2005 12:58 PM

Goddamn I'm going to miss that man. What other man could mention Nixon, Stalin and Lovecraft in the same sentence and get away with it?

Posted by: eponymous at February 21, 2005 03:47 PM

Did he tire waiting for everyone else seeing the bats?

Posted by: anomalous novelty at February 21, 2005 11:34 PM

Oh Gonzo! My Gonzo!

Posted by: Mr.Murder at February 23, 2005 03:59 AM