Pluggers by Rick McKee for November 24, 2020

Memories!

nope, not that kind of plugger; I was born sixteen years later

Not me, I was only 14 at the time.

You’re a real plugger if you voted for Harold Stassen!

He probably voted this year

In 1988 too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn69wP-jD2Y

I can’t remember I could have, but it was probably Mickey Mouse my default write in candidate.

Was only 11 years old then :-(

I was 13, but I have a button! One might say only a Plugger remembers who Pat Paulsen was!I’m neither left wing or right wing. I’m middle-of-the bird.((I also miss the Smothers Brothers!))

If you voted for Teddy Roosevelt, you’re a plugger. And you’re kinda old.

Ah more colour it yourself comic for me Boo Boo.

I was too young to vote but old enough to stuff envelopes for Bobby. He would have won if he had not been assassinated. We might be better off now.

’I’m not left wing or right wing, but more center of the bird…’

Not Paulsen. “Dan Gurney For President!”

My first election was 1972, although IIRC his byline was “Not insane”.

In 1968, voting machines were giant metal boxes with levers and curtains.

I continue with a write-in vote for Donald Duck. I figure his cabinet would include Uncle Scrooge (Treasury) and Huey, Dewey, and Louie in any three other cabinet posts and won’t be worse than the party hacks the “real” politicians select.

And it expresses my disdain for the party nonsense.

Next, rid ourselves of the Electoral College and make it a genuine democracy, not an oligarchy. (And enjoy the recount squabbles!)

He was a entertaining segment on the Smother Brothers.

Got my vote … here are couple (of many) statements that swayed me !> Slogan – … “We can’t stand Pat”> Foreign Affaires… doesn’t want to talk about them … happened in Naples> War Record -… killed ten men in WWII … smoking behind the ammo dump> On Taxes -… great state … wouldn’t want to live there> Told to up his standards … said he did … “now up yours.”

I still have my “Pat Paulsen for President” button.

I was only 18 then, and finding out there was more to college than looking through the bottom of an empty beer mug

Protest votes gave us Nixon, Bush II, and Trump. Not funny to me.

Couldn’t be any worse than the ones we have had recently ! ! !

I remember (from junior high) when they first televised debates between Nixon and Kennedy (1960) and I worried that people were going to pay more attention to what they saw rather than what they heard. Ever since then I have worried when ‘professional’ actors run for office because they, by definition, play to an audience. They want to be liked, appreciated, etc. They know how to ‘play a role’ regardless of their personal beliefs. Of course, anyone in the public eye has to learn how to appeal to an audience, but they have to learn to do so as they campaign and their whole life has not been one of assuming roles at the drop of a hat. So I don’t ‘watch’ political speeches—I read the transcripts. That’s the only way I can make sure I think about what is being said and not get emotionally drawn by the appearance, rhythm and tone of the speaker.

Pat Paulsen album, which I have: Politics is a dirty business, this is a dirty album.

Let’s see…I was getting ready to turn 12. But I DO remember all the political advertising. I think that election was the first time I became aware of this thing called “an election.”

Is McKee getting lazy? What happened to the color the last two days?

I didn’t vote for him but I did inadvertently attend a pep rally for him that was aired on the Smothers Brothers Show. It was during intermission between the opening band and Steppenwolf at the Santa Monica Civic circa 1968! Born to be Wild!!

If you don’t know who Pat Paulson is, you are too young.

Extra Plugger Points if you know who Pat Paulsen was. Extra Extra Points if you still have one of his albums.

I sent for and received a transcript of one of Paulsen’s political speeches from the show. I still have it and I still laugh every time I read it.

I would have voted for him this year if he had been on the ballot!

Sometime in the mid 80’s, Pat Paulsen came in the restaurant where I cooked in Oceanside, California. Really nice guy, he was with a lady, his wife I guess. Probably the most famous person I ever cooked for.

I voted in ’68 but not for Pat.

1968 ? I voted for Lucy Van Pelt

Hell, I STILL write Pat Paulson in. Even though he’s dead, it’s still a good choice.

Does anyone know just how many votes Pat Paulsen got in 1968 and from which states? Two sources told me 60,000 and 200,000

I STILL HAVE MY ROSS PEROT FOR PRESIDENT T SHIRT. (AND IT STILL FITS)