"Gonzo Journalist" Hunter Thompson said in an interview today with CBS Market Watch, among other things, that President Bush should quit.

Hunter, who had the CBS reporter call back so he could finish his dinner before speaking with him (at 7am) discussed a variety of topics, from his conversation last week with Bob Dylan who was in Aspen to perform (we hear Dylan was great by the way, and had everyone singing along for Subterranean Homesick Blues) to:

"He has a new book coming out in December. The title? "Kingdom of Fear." That's basically how he views the state of the U.S. right now.
The only stock he said he ever bought was the Boston Celtics.
He still has harsh words for the "greedheads" and the Republican oil tycoons who come to Colorado and complicate his life.
His advice for President Bush: "QUIT!"
His advice for his fellow citizens: "Get out and vote."

The article about the interview is almost as much fun to read as the interview. But then, we've always been a major Hunter fan. We were especially proud to know him when he took to writing about Lisl Auman, who is doing life for a murder of a policeman. Her case is on appeal, and Hunter wrote about it a lot in his ESPN column. He also got the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers to file an amicus brief on her behalf. Lisl was in police custody at the time of the crime and she was convicted and given life, no, under the "felony murder" rule. Our coverage of the case has links to Hunter's articles and information about the case.