Thompson was very outspoken about his hatred of Nixon, so yep it would be mistaken to call him a conservative. He was attached to McGovern's campaign [0] as a j

Thompson was very outspoken about his hatred of Nixon, so yep it would be mistaken to call him a conservative. He was attached to McGovern's campaign [0] as a journalist, although he would not really fall into the liberal Democrat camp either. He definitely had a streak of the 60's style mistrust of the establishment. Perhaps left-libertarianism would be the most apt description. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_and_Loathing_on_the_Campaign_Trail_%2772 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_and_Loathing_on_the_Campa...