It's not generally well known that Hunter S. Thompson played a crucial role in helping Jimmy Carter win the White House. Since Thompson was one of the most popular writers in America during the 1970s, his tacit endorsement of Carter in the pages of ROLLING STONE had an outsized effect on the Carter campaign in the summer of 1976. Thompson's article, "Jimmy Carter and the Great Leap of Faith" (originally published in ROLLING STONE #214), can be found in his 1979 collection, THE GREAT SHARK HUNT: STRANGE TALES FROM A STRANGE TIME.
What follows is an excerpt from Alex Gibney's 2008 documentary, GONZO: THE LIFE AND WORK OF DR. HUNTER S. THOMPSON...
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