this is from hunter s., thirty years ago:
It is a nervous thing to consider: Not just four more years of Nixon, but Nixon's last four years in politics—completely unshackled, for the first time in his life, from any need to worry about who might or might not vote for him the next time around.
If he wins in November, he will finally be free to do whatever he wants... It conjures up images of Papa Doc, Batista, Somoza; jails full of bewildered "political prisoners" and the constant cold-sweat fear of jackboots suddenly kicking your door off its hinges at four A.M.
There is no point in kidding ourselves about what Richard Nixon really wants for America. When he stands at his White House window and looks out on an anti-war demonstration, he doesn't see "dissenters," he sees criminals. Dangerous parasites, preparing to strike at the heart of the Great American System that put him where he is today.
I vote we call him 'The Beast' like the sci-fi Hunter, Spider Jerusalem did his president.
(Jesus there's some concentrated geekery in that scentence. I really need to get out more)