For President Pat Paulsen

With deadpan delivery comedian Pat Paulsen satirized the process of campaigning for President of the United States of America by running for the office himself Carrying on in the tradition of American humorists like Mark Twain and Will Rogers he lampooned the false modesty of politicians and threw verbal darts at targets ripe for parody With the support of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour he launched his first campaign in 1968

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