The moral center of "The Scum Also Rises." Not to be confused with the center of Blow Pops.

It can be argued that Hunter S. Thompson didn't like government. The subject of "The Scum Also Rises" is of President Nixon's final days in office. Thompson's writing style was different than most at the time, as well as different that most of today's journalists. I think that to describe the moral center of "The Scum Also Rises" would be Thompson attempting to slam Nixon one more time as a sitting president.

Jimmy Breslin's take on the end of the Nixon era was slightly different. I large chuck displayed the loyalty that Tip O'Neill has. Towards the end of the reading, Breslin writes:
"But when a Tip O'Neill began using the word impeachment on the floor of the House of Representatives, this changed the issue."

I think that Breslin's tone was that if someone like O'Neill has turned his back on you, you're pretty much done.