Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '04

This is the week I expected the October Surprise. Two weeks before the election, long enough to have its maximum effect but not so long to come up with a response. Bush had to do something this week, anything, but it looks like his circle around the drain is tightening.

Everything is going badly for Dubya this week. Public disagreements with Pat Robertson over which one is lying. The Nickelodeon youth poll, predicting presidents with 100% accuracy since 1988, went to Kerry. And now Kerry gets the Gonzo vote.

My man Hunter S. would never have gone for such a cheap mindless stooge as Dubya, but he has finally come out and say that he is going for Kerry. You have to real the article yourself to get the full effect, which is par for the course when it comes to HST.

As a sidenote, I fully agree with him that Richard Nixon would be a much better alternative to Dubya. Nixon any myself have a rather strange relationship, but if the election were between him and Bush, I would smilingly pull the lever for Tricky Dick.