How about if you write in Hunter Thompson instead? HST was a real commie but I loved his work, especially Fear and Loathing On The Campaign Trail about the 1972 race. A couple of HST quotes apply to this scene: "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." And my favorite: "It never gets weird enough for me."
Whoah! :-) It took me a minute to “get” what you were even talking about! Yeah...Hunter Thompson... I remember now. Didn’t he put a bullet in his head a couple of years ago? ...talented writer, but defintely a little strange.