Hunter S. Thompson on John Kerry
Well, actually, it’s Cripspin Sartwell:
In every case, the most fundamental values a person can have about life and freedom are sacrificed on the altar of poll numbers, of the personal ambition to be elected president.
Let me read it out for you: he can yap however he likes, but he has demonstrated - over and over again beyond the possibility of refutation - that believes nothing, that he stands for nothing, that he means nothing, that he is nothing.
But try and spot the difference with Thompson on Hubert Humphrey:
With the possible exception of Nixon, Hubert Humphrey is the purest and most disgusting example of a Political Animal in American politics to day … There is no way to grasp what a shallow, contemptible, and hopelessly dishonest old hack Hubert Humphrey is.
Unfortunately, this time round, the contemptible shit has got the nomination. And speaking of contemptible shits, here’s Todd Gitlin on Kerry: “John Kerry is the possibility of restarting politics.� He goes on to do the most disgusting display of peace-police bullshit I’ve seen for some time (referring to this weekend’s protests in New York):
People should take steps that ensure that the disrupters, the Rove fans, are marginalized. United for Peace and Justice could have done us all a big favor by training monitors that would contain those people who seek only mayhem in order to further their performance piece. Since UPJ decided not to do that, I think those who march peacefully ought to feel that they have a responsibility to contain and limit the damage that’s being done by the wackos.
Luckily, just as in the 60s, none of the cool kids are listening to Gitlin.
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