"Now I ask you: Will I solve our economic problems? Will I ease the causes of racial tension? Will I bring a peaceful end to Vietnam? Sure, why not?" A lot of us fondly remember comedian and satirist Pat Paulsen, a regular on The Smothers Brothers Show. He made a humorous, deadpan run for the presidency in 1968 as a candidate of the STAG Party ("Straight Talking American Government") with slogans like "Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny", and "We’ve upped our standards, now up yours". Paulsen was born July 6, 1927. (Photo from https://www.tennessean.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2018/03/23/nashville-then-comedian-pat-paulsen-campaigns-for-68-presidency/33179247/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2p1SD_OuAW-ZcUs-UYDbcbafT-Red50VPcrwbdGwrB0h_GOlib3epxTH8_aem_XWcdRN9u7Zgg0BlcoHtLtQ Copied under fair use principles)
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