Word: thompson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Thompson detailed his disillusionment with political life, saying he got no "feeling of electricity" from contemporary politics. When asked who really sabotaged the 1972 McGovern campaign, Thompson said "George," but then added that "if Nixon and McGovern were to run again this fall Nixon would probably win again...
...Thompson repeatedly argued that all lawyers should be castrated and most journalists locked up. Asked if there were any Washington reporters he read regularly. Thompson named, the Washington Post trio of David S. Broder, Jules Witcover, and Jack Germond, and called the syndicated columnists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak the worst...
...Evans and Novak are completely off the wall. They're hopeless--they're pathological liars," Thompson said...
...Thompson characterized the smoke-filled Ames Courtroom as "a horrible combination of early Persian and ... Leif Ericson," but his observations on Harvard in general reflected a more virulent fear-and-loathing...
...This could be Las Vegas," Thompson said. "It's all one big, horrible...