“Pigasus, also known as Pigasus the Immortal and Pigasus J. Pig, was a 145-pound (66 kg) domestic pig that was nominated for President of the United States as a theatrical gesture by the Youth International Party on August 23, 1968, just before the opening of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.”—Wikipedia
Fifty-six years ago, denied Secret
Service protection, Pigasus J. Pig
was arrested by Chicago police
on unstated charges. The Yippie leader
Jerry Rubin read his speech for him: "I,
Pigasus, announce my candidacy
for Presidency of America . . .”
Some facts: Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Jr. lost to Richard Nixon by less than
1 percent (“Dump the Hump,” the people said).
1,353,00 humans died in the Vietnam War.
Last year, 128 million pigs, it's reported,
give or take a few hundred thousand, were
slaughtered in these States—supposedly
humanely. Once again, this August, a
Democratic National Convention
is scheduled in Chicago. Déjà vu all over again!
History, Karl Marx mused,
repeats itself—first tragedy, then farce,
but these, I think, are simultaneous.
Speaking from an undisclosed location,
Pigasus Jr. declined when asked to run:
“It’s still the same old hornswoggled nation,
tant pis. Y’all are just as hooked on bacon!”
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