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A Gonzo Guide to the Republican National Conventionnew
Forty years after Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72, the Republican National Convention returns to Florida. On August 30, Mitt Romney will don a sleek suit and flash his Vaseline smile to a sea of pale-skinned delegates in Tampa. He will compliment the city on hosting the four-day, $123 million orgiastic event. And he will implore the crowd to obey the banners hung from the rafters: "Believe in America."
Pining for Hunter S. Thompson May Do More Harm Than Goodnew
Part hagiography, part head trip, Gonzo stitches together the Thompson legacy courtesy of some surprising high/low sources.
New York Press |
Felicia Feaster |
07-03-2008 |
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