Author Hunter S. Thompson, left, is escorted out of the motorcade car of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), D-Mass., at Aspen-Pitkin Co./Sardy Field Airport in Aspen, Colo. on Monday, June 21, 2004. Thompson accompanied Kerry on his visit in Aspen. The man at right is unidentified. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)