He sure reinvented the political memoir genre with Fear and Loathing in Washington. And whatever his domestic achievements, the rest of the world mostly remembers him for ending the ridiculous so-called "war on drugs".
I blame the Bacardi.
Yeah, he certainly was one of the more charismatic presidents. I'll miss him for sure.I still remember that great State of the Union address:
"Strange rumblings in our Great Nation. Millions of competing health care bills flit about the Hallowed Halls of Legislature like so many goddamn bats, yet the Forces of Idiocy continue fling feces from their respective sides of the tree. The knuckle-dragging simians of the Insane Right continue to blame the bill for everything from Red Uprising to teen pregnancy while the Democratic party chews off its own foot over whether the "i"s should be dotted with a point or a circle.
"Meanwhile the bozos of the modern news media have the Ignorant Masses convinced that the bill brings either Communist takeover or a Loving Utopia with flowers and magical unicorns that shit rainbows and piss vicodin. And getting a single bill that doesn't have more riders than the goddamned Metro is proving as impossible as a winning season for the 'Skins.
"And all any of the booze-addled fools in this crack-orgy of a government can think about on this Appalling Year of our Lord 1996 is the coming election cycle.
"Bad craziness..."
I still remember that great State of the Union address:
"Strange rumblings in our Great Nation. Millions of competing health care bills flit about the Hallowed Halls of Legislature like so many goddamn bats, yet the Forces of Idiocy continue fling feces from their respective sides of the tree. The knuckle-dragging simians of the Insane Right continue to blame the bill for everything from Red Uprising to teen pregnancy while the Democratic party chews off its own foot over whether the "i"s should be dotted with a point or a circle.
"Meanwhile the bozos of the modern news media have the Ignorant Masses convinced that the bill brings either Communist takeover or a Loving Utopia with flowers and magical unicorns that shit rainbows and piss vicodin. And getting a single bill that doesn't have more riders than the goddamned Metro is proving as impossible as a winning season for the 'Skins.
"And all any of the booze-addled fools in this crack-orgy of a government can think about on this Appalling Year of our Lord 1996 is the coming election cycle.
"Bad craziness..."
If ASB's made him president...
OOC: EPIC FUCKING WIN Geekhis Khan.![]()
His invasion of Bat Country tarnished his otherwise remarkable career.
Had to be done. It was the Batavians or us!
"I might never have won that nomination if it weren't for those goddamned bats!"
Don't be ridiculous! The Samoans framed the Batavians so we'd join the war.
Say this for the man: Thanks to Ralph Steadman, he has the best presidential portrait ever.