February 23, 2005

W OUTLASTS ANOTHER ONE:

After Thompson's suicide, attorney saw clues (David Abel, February 22, 2005, Boston Globe)

The decision, he said, had nothing to do with the reelection of George W. Bush or the current trend in national politics, which provided a certain grist for Thompson's mill.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 23, 2005 1:23 PM
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God, that's a relief that it wasn't Bush's reelection. Hmmm must have been the Michael Jackson trial. Real downer. Then again it might have been Britney's recent marriage.

Posted by: h-man at February 23, 2005 1:35 PM

Back in 1994 when Michael O'Donohugh had a cerebral hemorrhage and died the night of the Republican landslide in the House and Senate elections, I wondered whether or not that might have had a political aspect to it, since Michael was kind of the show business/straight humor writing yang to Thompson's ying during the early 1970s.

Posted by: John at February 23, 2005 1:49 PM

A .45 slug is a lot cheaper than a one way ticket to Canada.

Posted by: templar at February 23, 2005 2:12 PM

As we sit here typing, there is probably a discussion thread forming over at DU with the title "KKKarl Rove Got To Hunter Thompson's Lawyer."

Posted by: Mike Morley at February 23, 2005 2:23 PM

templar --

A 0.45 slug is also a great way for a Liberal to make the ultimate sacrifice: The media gets to pick whether it was Bush's reelection OR the crazy gun laws his Party espouses. Hey, the times call for a really futile and stupid gestures...

Posted by: Moe from NC at February 23, 2005 4:49 PM

Don't ya think it was a combination of booze, drugs, mental illness and a fondness for guns?

Posted by: pchuck at February 23, 2005 6:13 PM
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