It was in the old Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour that Pat Paulsen got his big break. Through tongue-in-cheek satire he ran for president in practically every election cycle from 1968 until he died in 1997. But it seems he's still at it, leading the protest vote. He beat out Dennis Kucinich in the recent ill-starred Michigan Democratic Primary even though voters were told that write-in candidates would not be counted. Paulsen's campaign staff just completed a contest for an appropriate slogan for this year's Paulsen campaign. Winning slogans include: "Never Say Die!" and "Join the Pat Paulsen Underground." A contest to nominate his VP (living or dead) has begun This is so much more fun than the actual candidates.
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