I miss Hunter Thompson!

[littlejoe]

Who here wishes he was covering this campaign season?

[drb]

1. Me! Me! Me!

I do!!!!

[spanone]

2. Fear & Loathing on the campaign trail 2004?

[Jim Sagle]

3. Actually his ESPN 2 column does occasionally cover it:

From his latest column at http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=thompson/040218:

Bush's disturbing sleeping disorder
By Hunter S. Thompson
Page 2 columnist

The national news was crowded with big stories this week, and most of them turned out to be somehow joined at the hip with major league Sports -- especially Football and its sinister connections with tainted money and naked women. It was shocking

<snip>

But not in the White House. George Bush went out of his way to announce formally that he went to sleep long before the end of the first half.

<snip>

Was he drunk? Does he fear the sight of an uncovered nipple? Was he lying? Does he believe in his heart that there are more evangelical Christians in this country than football fans and sex-crazed yoyos with unstable minds? Is he really as dumb as he looks and acts?

These are all unsatisfactory questions at a time like this. Is it possible that he has already abandoned all hope of getting re-elected? Or does he plan to cancel the Election altogether by declaring a national military emergency with terrorists closing in from all sides, leaving him with no choice but to launch a huge bomb immediately?

Other columns at espn.go.com/espn/archive?columnist=hunter_s._thompson&root=page2

[littlejoe]

4. Thanks!

[Pale_Rider]

5. His gig with ESPN must be consuming his time ...

... though he manages to take a swipe at Bush every so often.

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/thompson/040218.html