Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 (Anniversary) | 
Lord help me, it‘s an Audible $5 sale… 30 minutes of scrolling later and I have 13 books in my cart. Never mind the 7 still on my TBR from the last one, my dozen available credits here and on Libro.fm, and my library hold list… it‘s fine. It‘s all fine. Everything is totally under control!
pickHaving grown up in a time when the White House press corps seems more concerned with maintaining their access to senior officials than asking difficult questions (minus a brief pause during the Trump years, when such access carried no cachet), it's incredible to read something like this. Granted Thompson was iconoclastic even for his time, but it's still refreshing to be transported to an era when the press weren't all sycophants.
I love Ralph Steadman's illustrations but half a century later some of them just make me go
"What... Is going on here?"
'The thing the political bosses want most is for young people to drop out... Because they know the young people can change the system, and the bosses don't want any change.' -George McGovern
When the cold eye of history looks back on Richard Nixon's five years of unrestrained power in the White House, it will show that he had the same effect‘ on conservative/Republican politics as Charles Manson and the Hells Angels had on hippies and flower power. What Richard Nixon was to Manson, the Haldeman‐EhrlichmanColson bund was to the Angels and the ultimate damage, on both fronts, will prove out to be just about equal.
pickThis book is considered essential reading for reporters covering the American presidential election; intending this to be his only excursion to the campaign trail, Thompson pulls no punches and doesn't fear burning bridges to deliver how he sees American politics to work. Without the cynical insights of this book, I wouldn't be able to comprehend the last four years of American electoral politics, or politics as a whole.
#WontGetFooledAgain #MarchIntoThe70s
Remember when we thought Nixon was America's worst ever president? That was a happy time, wasn't it?
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pickBrilliant read although profoundly odd.
Probably the most famous (infamous) Colorado author, Hunter S. Thompson is an iconic character and the founder of the gonzo journalist movement.
Although most people think of the OTHER fear and loathing when they think of Thompson, Campaign Trail ‘72 is my favorite.
Two of his favorite books are: The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway, and The Great Gatsby. #agameoffavorites @ErinSueG
I'm late on this but @GarthRanzz & @TricksyTails tagged me so... #TuesdayTidbits
🚀Hunter S. Thompson. It would be the best dinner EVER. I'd really like to see how well I could pace that guy. 🤔😂😉
🚀Hmmm. I'm thinking dinosaurs...but I need to know if I can take a couple of loaded up Kindles, iPods & some solar chargers. Also a fully stocked solar powered camper van please.
🚀I'd pick me. Where do I sign my multi million dollar contract? 😎😅
This is definitely a weird one! As are the drawings! Never saw the movie! Was it any good? #books #illustratins #blackandwhite #drawings
#freebie from someone at work who was having a clear out of their books. I really hope it's better than Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. #riotgrams @bookriot
One of the books I got for my birthday. A favourite of a male friend. I‘ve always meant to read so it‘s a timely gift. I‘m part way through. @MrsMalaprop
"The mere mention of Kennedy's name is said to give Nixon bad cramps all over his body, such as it is. His thugs are already starting to lash Kennedy with vicious denunciations -- calling him a 'liar' and a 'coward' and a 'cheater.'
And this is only December of 1971; the election is still ten months away."
So many favorite nonfiction books, but in the spirit of #moreorless, I'm gonna go with the master, Hunter S Thompson!
Today's #Goodwill scores.
Should have read a long time ago. Correcting that now
As a chronic jaywalker (I'm too impatient for my own good), I appreciated this passage.
Oh, Chicago. It really is never dull there (but in the best way, contrary to HST's belief).
It's either a very good idea or a very bad idea to read this during an election year.
pickHST was first & foremost an astute journalist with a mind for politics &chicanery. Add to that a generous amt of illegal substances, & a presidential campaign that puts the Good Dr at odds with Nixon at the height of his paranoia & power, and you've got the best book on America politics ever written
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Audible continues to tempt us with such wonderful sales😁. 3y