There is only one person who can save our nation.

[Faygo Kid]

Pat Paulsen, of course. For those of us of a certain age, he was better than anyone else running then - and now.

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[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. I remember the Pat Paulson 'campaign(s)' but I don't remember this video.

When/where was it originally broadcast?

[2naSalit]

2. They were on CBS

so I suspect that's where it was aired.

[kristopher]

3. Probably good to give perspective for younger folks...

Political campaigns[edit]
Paulsen was approached by the Smothers Brothers with the idea of running for President in 1968. His reply, he was later to recount, was, "Why not? I can't dance—besides, the job has a good pension plan and I'll get a lot of money when I retire." The dance crack was a reference to actor/dancer George Murphy, then a U.S. Senator representing California.

Paulsen's campaign in 1968, and in succeeding years, was grounded in comedy, while not bereft of serious commentary. He ran the supposed campaigns using obvious lies, double talk, and tongue-in-cheek attacks on the major candidates, and responded to all criticism with his catchphrase "Picky, picky, picky." His campaign slogan was, "Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny." Every question on social issues received basically the same response: "I feel that it is too directly bound to its own anguish to be anything other than a cry of negation, carrying within itself the seeds of its own destruction. However, to get to the meat of the matter, I will come right to the point, and take note of the fact that the heart of the issue in the final analysis escapes me."[4]

Paulsen's name appeared on the ballot in New Hampshire for the Democratic Primary several times. In 1996, he received 921 votes (1%) to finish second to President Bill Clinton (76,754 votes); this was actually ahead of real politicians such as Buffalo mayor James D. Griffin. In 1992 he came in second to George Bush in the North Dakota Republican Primary. In the 1992 Republican Party primaries he received 10,984 votes total.

Hope that convinces them to watch the video.
Thanks for posting it. I'd completely forgotten how front and center he was for us young people.

[curiouso]

4. A lonely nation turns its face to you...

I suggested to Mason Williams several years ago that a documentary spoof on the Pat Paulsen campaign could be timely - not to mention hilarious - and that the book "Pat Paulsen For President," which Mason helped produce, pretty much provided the script. As I recall, Mason explained that there were some ownership problems that made that impossible. At that time, at anyway. Pity. Anybody know if that's still the case?

[Left Coast2020]

5. Now there's an idea!!!!

Have Bernie visit bumper factories to get his bumper stickers more exposure.

Oh wait...

Those factories are in Mexico now.


Never Mind.

[rusty quoin]

6. I remember those times. It was when humor got interesting.

It led up to Andy Kaufman.