Hunter Thompson lays the SMACK down on Bush

[DrGonzoLives]

Christ, all but the last sentence of this article is a slam on Bush. And he won 64% of his games last week - maybe we need him on NFL Countdown instead of Rush?

Why are we seeing George Bush on TV every two hours for nine or ten days at a time, like some kind of mutated Mr. Rogers clone? Something is dangerously wrong in any country where a monumentally-Failed backwoods politician can scare our national TV networks so totally that they will give him anything he wants.

The answer to that one comes in two parts. One is that Bush will have to run for re-election next year, which three months ago seemed like a harmless waltz -- but which is now looking like a dangerous gang-fight that Bush might not win because his overall game plan for Iraq was so hopelessly flawed that it could never have been successful. It was arrogant and ignorant and stupid, and now the vultures are coming home to roost.

Tragic, eh? No. In fact, it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. I believe very strongly that George Bush can and shall be beaten like a gong in next year's extremely-important election, where he won't be the only jackass politician running for his life.

[grytpype]

1. Got a link to the Good Doctor's screed?

[w13rd0]

2. Bravo!

Hey, I've said much the same many times...

[supernova]

3. Link?

I keep meaning to bookmark HST's column. I wish he would get some airtime. Maybe he's the one who needs to do crossfire?

[ixion]

4. here's a link

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/thompson/030909.html


I'm reading 'Kingdom of Fear' right now. I've been a big fan of Thompson for 20 years now. He's one of the few journalists who tells it like it is, no matter what.

[On the Road]

5. Here's a Link

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/thompson/030909.html

and yes, I am glad to see HST doing some political writing again. ESPN is a good forum.

[Japhy_Ryder]

6. I can't believe

that Disney ran that. That's as scathing an article as I've seen on Bush. (And likely right on the mark)

[Aristus]

7. I can't imagine that Disney is too happy with the Chimp nowadays,

since most of his mouth-breathing trailer-dwelling trog fundy followers are constantly urging a boycott of the Mouse House.

[Qutzupalotl]

8. Disney is financing Michael Moore's next movie

about 9/11.

At first, I thought it was a conspiracy to string him along then pull funding at the last minute, or tie it up in post-production until after November. But ABC News has been lighting into Bush for months, and now this appears on Go....maybe they have decided to bring Bush down.

[Spider Jerusalem]

9. Hehe.

Hunter usually manages to loose a few well-aimed arrows in the direction of the Waterhead-in-Chief in his column. Still this line, from a few years back (circa election-time 2000): "The entire Bush family, of Texas, should be boiled in poison oil."