Another Hero of mine loses some luster

By Mike Snider, USA TODAY

There's no shame in falling for Hey Rube, the latest from Hunter S. Thompson. The author of Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72, Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80's and other books that riff on American culture and politics serves up this collection of essays first posted on ESPN's Web site.
Thompson, writing under the guise of a sports columnist, still manages to throw in some switchblade-sharp political observations.


as a huge fan of doctor gonzo i was stoked till we got to the bottom of the article

"There is an eerie sense of Panic in the air, a silent Fear and uncertainty that comes with once-reliable faiths and truths and solid Institutions that are no longer safe to believe in," he writes in his column of Nov. 20, 2000. "There is a Presidential election, right on schedule, but somehow there is no President."


Once there is an outcome, he labels George W. Bush "the goofy child-President" and Al Gore (news - web sites) "the Hapless, worm-eaten Dunce who fumbled the White House away."



The first half of this section i could be solid on, but i see he has become more of a democratic shill then he used to be

The day after the terrorist attacks, he presciently warns "that we are At War now - with somebody - and we will stay At War with that strange and mysterious Enemy for the rest of our lives."

I always thought the good doctor had a bit more credit then this, but it gets worse

As time passes, Thompson's frustration heightens, and he begins to sound like Fahrenheit 9/11 director Michael Moore. "We will all be even sicker tomorrow if this wretched half-bright swine of a president gets re-elected in November," he writes.



the fact a man who used gonzo journalism to point out the absurdities of the political culture being compaired to Moore even in thought shows the man is not on his a game

By the end of Hey Rube, he sounds truly fearful for what he calls the squandering of that dream. "I am surprised and embarrassed," he writes in a column in July 2003, "to be a part of the first American generation to leave the country in far worse shape than it was when we first came into it."


Thompson leaving people with a sense of being another whining leech

sorry brother your a shadow of your former self