He ran on the most sensible platform ever conceived by anyone sober or otherwise.

From Wiki:

* Legalization of drugs on a recreational basis (although profiteering dealers would be prosecuted harshly.)
o Thompson did make a concession on the drugs issue - he promised that if elected, he would not eat mescaline whilst on duty.
* "1.) "Rip up all city streets with jackhammers and sod the streets at once."
* "2.) "Change the name Aspen to Fat City. This would prevent greed heads, land rapers, and other human jackals from capitalizing on the name 'Aspen'. These swine should be farked, broken, and driven across the land."

"3. "It will be the general philosophy of the sheriff's office that no drug worth taking shall be sold for money. My first act as sheriff will be to install on the sheriff's lawn a set of stocks to punish dishonest dope dealers."

* Firing the majority of the conservative county officials and bureaucrats.
* Thompson shaving his head bald and referring to the crew-cut, ex-army, Republican incumbent as "My long-haired opponent."
* The distribution of Aspen Wall Posters and flyers across the county.
* Threats received by Thompson during the campaign, including one sent to City Hall following a dynamite theft in the County, insisting that the explosives would only be used if Thompson was elected. This led to Thompson's house and campaign HQ at Woody Creek taking on the aspect of an armed camp on election night, with guards patrolling the grounds with guns and flashlights.

Freak Power!

Amazing he got that many votes with the platform he was running.

And of course, it was the origin of this:

Ah, what could have been...

Just watched "Gonzo" on streaming netflix the other day. Great movie.

Beautiful farking tits man!

TsarTom: Oops sorry Chode, I see you had it covered nicely.
I just love that one soooo goddam much.

Nothing so bad that doesn't warrant repeating.

I remember when I read that for the first time I just kept re-reading it that someone had the balls to do that.

These days, he'd probably just get labeled a terrorist.

Any indication of when this'll be on DVD or cable or something?