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To: seanmerc

You can’t really recreate 68 without Pigasus...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigasus_(politics)

Pigasus was a pig and was a satiric candidate for President of the United States for the Youth International Party (Yippies). The pig’s name was a play on Pegasus, the winged horse in Greek mythology. Led by Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, Pigasus’s candidacy was announced during the massive protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. After this episode, Pigasus was a member of the Hog Farm group, and moved with them. The candidate was also featured in a later New York City parade that started at the Gansevoort Street garbage pier on the Hudson River and proceeded to Tompkins Square Park in the East Village.


3 posted on 08/06/2008 12:41:35 PM PDT by weegee (Hi there.)
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To: weegee

Pigasus! LOL! Thanks for posting!


7 posted on 08/06/2008 12:56:24 PM PDT by hoe_cake ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." MTwain)
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