fear and loathing at superbowl 1974

"He had no humor. He was insignificant in every way and consequently I didn't pay much attention to him. But when he passed out in my bathtub, then I noticed him. I'd been in another room, talking to the bright people. I had to have him taken away."





























--Hunter S. Thompson, on meeting George W. Bush at a Super Bowl party in Houston in 1974

~ahhh, see.... you thought it was the other way around now didn't you? well now, aren't you pleasantly surprised? hunter was a great american hero and now he is dead. the greats always die before their time, but hunter, he was just before his time all together... RIP Hunter S. Thompson 2.20.05
DON'T TAKE ANY GUFF FROM THOSE SWINE!!!

a true original...yeah , i'm not really surprised by this story..what a jerk

This story makes me sad and happy all at once.

HST was the greatest

Thanks for the post. As a Brit I've not heard of Hunter Thompson. Now I'll go and find out.
(I like it how the apparently slightest of encounters can lead to such intrigue).

maybe you've heard of his friend and illustrator of his book Ralph Steadman. he's a brit.

The best HST quote I've read this week is this:

"Thompson predicted that Kerry would beat Bush in November, and he feared what the alternative would say about America. "The question this year is not whether President Bush is acting more and more like the head of a fascist government but if the American people want it that way," Thompson wrote in Rolling Stone. "That is what this election is all about."

Thompson knew were he stood. In 2003's "Kingdom of Fear," he wrote: "We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world -- a nation of bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are not just Whores for power and oil, but killer whores with hate and fear in our hearts. We are human scum, and that is how history will judge us . . . . No redeeming social value. Just whores. Get out of our way, or we'll kill you.

"Well, shit on that dumbness. George W. Bush does not speak for me or my son or my mother or my friends or the people I respect in this world. We didn't vote for these cheap, greedy little killers who speak for America today -- and we will not vote for them again in 2002. Or 2004. Or ever. " "

thats such a good mental image... Bush passed out in HST's bathtub.

love him or hate him he was an interesting man. we've lost a remarkable person.

I had actually just posted the full version of this quote in my journal earlier today.

This is my favorite part:

[Edited on Feb 27, 2005 by Keith]