Hunter Thompson: Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail in ‘72
BY Hunter S. Thompson
July 5, 1973 12:00 AM ET
This story is from the July 5th, 1973 issue of Rolling Stone.
"Those who fail to learn from the brutal stompings visited on them in the past are doomed to be brutally stomped in the future."
– Raoul Duke, Christmas Eve 1972
The following disconnected excerpts from Dr. Thompson's political book 'Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail' were selected more or less at random from the massive text of his book on the 1972 presidential campaign. The author assumes no final responsibility for whatever follows.
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