As one of the best under the influence writers suggested: We are now delving into " A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream".

Dee Scozzafava has been caught in the crossfire of the American Dream, the one where the dream is blown to pieces. I just can't help think of several passages from the great pieces/book by Thompson, they seem to be appropriate no matter what era we live, with a few tiny tweaks. 

"There was every reason to believe republicans were heading for trouble, they'd pushed their  luck a bit far. They'd abused every rule the party lived by--burning the locals, abusing the tourists, terrifying the help, but never ever shit on each other!  The only hope now,  was the possibility that they'd gone to such excess, with that gig, that nobody in a position to bring the hammer down on them (the voters) could possibly believe it . . . When they brought their  act into this town, they brought it in heavy. They didn't  waste any time with cheap shucks and misdemeanors. They went straight for the jugular. Get right into the muck and threw their loyal member under the bus. The mentality of republican politics is so grossly atavistic that a really massive in-fighting brawl  often slips by unrecognized."

I know Hunter! WTF? Dee Sozzafava, pro-choice, North Eastern Yankee republican tossed aside by republican in-fighting, so R's support the who again, the Conservative Party candidate, who the fuck is that? Seriously? Okay I am down with that because all this benefits the Democrat.

But isn't it true that these party splitters are really " the Menace--not in disguise, but stone-obvious former drug abusering, with a flagrantly cranked-up act that was intended to push all the way to the limit . . . not to prove any final, political point, and not even as a conscious mockery: It was mainly a matter of life-style, a sense of obligation and even duty. If the voters were gathering  for a three way scuttle,  they feel the "real conservatives" should be represented. Beyond that, they'd been out of their heads for so long now, that a gig like this seemed perfectly logical. Considering the circumstances, I  am quite sure they feel totally meshed with their  karma."

We can rewrite Fear and Loathing just for this episode the irony never ends, nor does the humor.