• “In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upwardly mobile—and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. We owe that to ourselves and our crippled self-image as something better than a nation of panicked sheep.”
  —The Great Shark Hunt, 1979

• There is nothing so unusual, they tell me, about coming back to your car and finding the radio aerial torn off, the windshield wipers bent up in the air like spaghetti, and all the windows smashed… for no particular reason except to make sure you know just exactly where it’s at these days. Where indeed? – Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ‘72 (1973)

• The massive, frustrated energies of a mainly young, disillusioned electorate that has long since abandoned the idea that we all have a duty to vote. This is like being told you have a duty to buy a new car, but you have to choose immediately between a Ford and a Chevy. – Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ‘72 (1973)

Please go and see Gonzo. I have watched it about 6 times for work and I’ve enjoyed it even more each time. The one resounding message that stays with me is how much of a shame it is that he wasn’t around long enough to report on the Bush presidency, and it really is a shame.

However, he did make a few comments about Bush before he died and this one is a particular corker

• Bush is a natural-born loser with a filthy-rich daddy who pimped his son out to rich oil-mongers. He hates music, football and sex, in no particular order, and he is no fun at all. - “Fear and Loathing, Campaign 2004″