“Many political experts
have told me that nobody will vote for me
because America is not ready
for such decisive and dynamic leadership.
They tell me these things,
and I say nay
to the negative nincompoops
who never nourished the nihilistic nerve
to name a novice to nail down the nomination.”
~ Pat Paulsen
Patrick Layton Paulsen (July 6, 1927 – April 24, 1997) was an American comedian and satirist notable for his roles on several of the Smothers Brothers television shows, and for his supposed campaigns for President of the United States in 1968, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1992, and 1996, which had primarily comedic rather than political objectives…Source