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"I sat there, dumbfounded. I saw Nixon there, victorious like a toad hopped up on acid. Up until now, I had long expected for McGovern to win. I let my emotions blind me. Either that or it was the drugs."

- Hunter S. Thompson in Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72



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Results of the 1969 Aspen Mayoral Race

Joe Edwards (Freak Power): 50.21%
Eve Homeyer (Democratic/Republican Fusion): 49.79%


"I woke up in a blind panic, panting and sweating. I had a nightmare. Surely it couldn't be true, but I could see it all so clearly like a bad acid trip. George Wallace, the villainous southerner won the Democratic nomination for President. I got on the phone. 'George, run for President. One more time. We need to save the nation.'

- Hunter S. Thompson in '76: Fear and Loathing Continued

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