A bad bet (another of ESPN's commentators, Hunter S. Thompson, trash talks Rush Limbaugh)

ESPN ^ | Oct 8, 2003 | Hunter S. Thompson

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By Hunter S. Thompson Page 2 columnist

Gambling on football has never been really Good for you; but on some days, it can be serious Fun. That is how it works for some people; and on Monday night, I was one of them. I won big on Indianapolis, and came dangerously close to winning a mysterious woman from a visiting gambler. She almost went crazy when he said he would leave her here as collateral until he could pay off his losses in cash, which has been standard gambling procedure out here in the sporting West for 200 years, and nobody has ever called it White Slavery.

Hell. That went out with those creepy bamboo cages they used to have in Calcutta, where blonde slave-girls were auctioned off to savage Asian bandits, and never seen again.

Ah, but we stray into Racism, eh? But not really. No. It is just another way of wondering out loud how I came to be working at the same Sports Desk as Rush Limbaugh. It seems impossible, but it happened, and I found an odd humor in it, a childish kind of suicidal glee that is common to apes and hyenas.

But not for long. The next time I looked, that fool was gone from the organization. Whack! Just like that. One minute he was a famous football commentator, and the next minute he was gone.

Rush never knew much about football, anyway. He was dumb and loud, but he has never been anything more or less than a half-bright commentator with an agenda who wanted more than his 15 minutes of bitchy fame. He was greedy, and so was ESPN for hiring him.

Rush Limbaugh is a lame professional Swine and he makes a good living at it. He is like a hired Geek in some traveling backwoods carnival -- the freaks who bite the heads off Chickens -- but Limbaugh is a modernized Geek who thinks he can bite the heads off of people.

Ho ho ho, eh? Sure, let's hire Rush Limbaugh to rave on TV, so we can bump up our Ratings. Ah, we should be ashamed of ourselves. And I am. Sorry, we got stupid for a minute. It won't happen again.

Which brings us back to Monday Night Football. We are pigskin people. We worship the football god, and we don't mind admitting it. Most of us like it. Actually, being addicted to football is good for you.

After the game, I called Colts owner James Irsay, and thanked him for winning.

He was gracious, as always, saying, "this is the best team we've ever had here."

"Nonsense," I said. "You were Lucky."

He laughed and quickly hung up.

Monday had been a long day, and I was tired. So I went to bed and had ugly dreams about Arnold Schwarzenegger wandering around naked in Hollywood. Who knows why?

Not me, bubba. I'm out of here. Mahalo.

Dr. Hunter S. Thompson was born and raised in Louisville, Ky. His books include "Hell's Angels," "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," "Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72," "The Great Shark Hunt," "The Curse of Lono," "Generation of Swine," "Songs of the Doomed," "Screwjack," "Better Than Sex," "The Proud Highway," "The Rum Diary," and "Fear and Loathing in America." His latest book, "Kingdom of Fear," has just been released. A regular contributor to various national and international publications, Thompson now lives in a fortified compound near Aspen, Colo. His column, "Hey, Rube," appears regularly on Page 2.

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For as much as some say that ESPN is "no place for politics", Hunter S. Thompson is given space to rant against President Bush, America, and a lot of other non-sports and very political subjects.

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[Elle Bee]

"Dr." Thompson would do better to speak to his vast expierence with drug & substance abuse than his limited knowlage of football

what a burnout

.

[Elle Bee]

"Dr." Thompson would do better to speak to his vast expierence with drug & substance abuse than his limited knowlage of football

what a burnout

.

[Elle Bee]

"Dr." Thompson would do better to speak to his vast expierence with drug & substance abuse than his limited knowlage of football

what a burnout

.

[11B3]

"Lives in a fortified compound"???? Probably due to his mouth overrunning his ass. Who cares what this POS says about anything?

[Mr. Mojo]

Hunter's last entertaining book was The Great Shark Hunt, almost 30 years ago now. Yet another nostalgic freak who longs for the 60's.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

HST's act is so tired.
I mean, John Denver is dead for goodness sake.

[Caipirabob]

I've never heard of this side-show freak before. I find his mewlings mildly amusing however, but it's no substitute for rehab.

[Just mythoughts]

This guy is correct on one thing "A bad bet" what remains to be seen is who will be the biggest loosers.

Americans got to see first hand how "SOME" who see themselves above all others a "FREE PRESS" have so perverted that right.

The "FREEDOM of PRESS" is no longer free for all and has not been for a long time. Football business is another welfare program and without realizing it Rush and "media" whores exposed it.

Rush and his love of this game was his blind spot, and Rush got his nose rubbed into the dirty side of the sports world, PC SPORTS. Rush got invited upon the bus not knowing the back door was open so he could get shoved out of it.

[G.Mason]

<< Hunter S. Thompson trash talks Rush Limbaugh >>

I'm not surprised.

Isn't that how David [of David & Goliath fame] got to be famous?

I mean, just how does a nobody gain notoriety?

That's right ....... he must lop off the head of a giant.

In this case, I would note, Hunter S. Thompson's sword is way too small.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Thompson used to be a lot of fun to read when he was a sort of looney iconoclast, but more and more he sounds like a whiney old leftie drag queen.

Regards,

[Conspiracy Guy]

Wrote this for Rush Supporters this morning.

Rush to Judgment on Rush

For many years he’s been our voice,
The loudest of us all.
The vipers tout that he has slipped,
But we can’t let him fall.
Let’s wait and see the truth come out,
Before we judge old Rush.
Don’t let the TV vultures turn,
His image into mush.
So send a card or make a call,
To voice your true support.
If he has broken any laws,
He’ll have his day in court.
So let me close with how I feel,
And then I’ll sit back down.
Rush is right and tells the truth,
Unlike that Couric Clown.

Flurry 10/9/3

[Soaring Feather]

Good Support Rush poem!

Thanks so much for the ping.

[DanTheAdmin]

"I am surprised you would make this public," remarked DanTheAdmin, professor emeritus at the University of Hardknox. "As a little gesture between a listener and Rush it is fine. But I can't speak to its literary merits because it is not literature. It does not come anywhere near. It is not even up to the standard of Hallmark. I studied the British Romantic Movement – early 19th century – Wordsworth, Keats, Shelley, Byron.

[SeeRushToldU_So]

Did you send this to Rush? If you didn't I will with your permission. Yes I am a member of Rush 24/7.

And it is only Hunter Thompson talking trash.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

That's because he's awesome. Uncle Duke rules.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

I mean, just how does a nobody gain notoriety?

That's right ....... he must lop off the head of a giant.

I hate to break it to you, but Hunter S. Thompson was a legend long before the world ever heard of Rush Limbaugh. He's only a nobody to people who've never picked up a book before.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Please send it to him. I don't know how.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Thanks.