Fear And Loathing In The Bunker By Hunter S. Thompson Summary

The lesser of two evils: that is how Hunter S. Thompson describes Richard Nixon in, “Fear and Loathing in the Bunker”, published in 1974. He argued that voting for Nixon was a better decision than voting for Humphreys. Thompson believed that both Humphrey and Nixon were both equally corrupt. However, he claimed that Humphrey would have been more competent and therefore would have maintained his corrupt presidential office for the full eight year term. Thompson’s claims initially appeared to hold merit; however, as he continued on he began to lose creditability.
Thompson expressed how he felt towards Hubert Humphrey, the 1968 Democratic Party nominee who lost the election to Nixon. Thompson argued that voting for Nixon was a better decision than voting for Humphrey. His reasoning was that he believed Humphrey’s Administration was equally as corrupt as Nixon’s. But he believed that Humphrey was more competent than Nixon and therefore would have found a way to hold his Presidential positon for a complete eight year term. However, Thompson did not provide evidence to corroborate his claims. Thompson’s accusations against …show more content…
Growing up in Louisville he and the milkman delivered milk to people’s door steps, Hunter would deliver the milk as the milkman drove door to door. He explained that if people did not pay up they could not receive their milk. To Thompson, they could shove it and drink water with their cereal. If anyone were to argue with him he would reply back with a smart remark and run off, jump over the bushes, and then continue delivering to everyone else. He compares working with the milkman to participatory democracy, which is individual participation by citizens in political decisions and policies that affect their lives, especially directly rather than through elected