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.
Read Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail about the 1972 Nixon vs McGovern contest. It is so funny and has so many crazy stories, some of which are definitely true. Also the book serves to remind that there has been so much turbulence in the in Presidential Campaigns and what we are seeing now is a trip down memory lane for us old hags.