Hunter S. Thompson on Screwheads and the Doomed
[Thompson, posing as a reporter for The Washington Post, is alone in an airport restroom when the “Candidate” (Richard Nixon) enters and starts using the urinal.]Dr. Hunter S. Thompson: Hi sir, it’s Harris from the Post. Can I get you anything sir?
Nixon: How’s the family Harris?
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson: Oh the family, well that’s bad news. The screwheads finally came and took my daughter away. Let me ask you a question sir, what is this country doing for the doomed? There are two kinds of people in this country, the doomed and the screwheads. Savage tribal thugs who live off their legal incomes, brow deep out there; no respect for human dignity. They don’t know what you and I understand, you know what I mean.
Nixon: You ever play football, Harris?
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson: Yes sir, thank you sir. I played in college, and they’re gonna get your daughter too sir. I’ve heard their rallies, they like Julie but Tricia… and they really hate you sir. You know that one and a half of the State Senate of Utah are screwheads. You know I was never really frightened by the bopheads and the potheads with their silliness never really frightened me either, but these goddam screwheads, they terrify me. And the poor doomed, the young, and the silly, the honest, the weak, the Italians … they’re doomed, they’re lost, they’re helpless, they’re somebody else’s meal, they’re like pigs in the wilderness.
Nixon: Come here Harris, come here. (Hunter leans in) Fuck the doomed!
From the biopic Where the Buffalo Roam
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Published by Greg at 05:38 AM on May 13, 2004