Well, that was certainly an eventful 48 hours, wasn’t it? The debate is off, the bailout is on; the debate is on, the bailout is off. If Maverick’s going to lose this thing, at least he’s making it exciting to watch.
“Anything that gets the adrenalin moving like a 440 volt blast in a copper bathtub is good for the reflexes and keeps the veins free of cholesterol … but too many adrenalin rushes in any given time-span has the same bad effect on the nervous system as too many electro-shock treatments are said to have on the brain: after a while you start burning out the circuits.”
— Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72
