Where has all the Gonzo gone?

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:19 PM EDT In the first presidential election since the death of Hunter S. Thompson, we finally realize what we've lost . And so we find ourselves, one week after what would have been the good doctor’s 71st birthday (July 18), muddling through the first post–Hunter S. Thompson presidential election. We find ourselves missing his political voice — and wishing he was around to see the Crawford crowd finally slink away. In Gonzo, Thompson’s first wife, Sandy, rues his suicide. It was not a “courageous act,” as some called it, she says. It was cowardly. And it robbed America of an inimitable voice at a crucial moment. “This is a time when a together Hunter Thompson could make a difference in this... [read full story]