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    Posted 8 years ago

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    1969 Yippie candidate Pigasus Inauguration 1 1/2 Button's,
    I bought these 20 button's from the original owner in NYC many still have the original $0.50 price tag on the back.
    (Pigasus the Immortal) Pigasus was a 145-pound (66-kg) domestic pig who 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. The youth-oriented party (whose members were commonly called "Yippies") was an anti-establishment and counterculture revolutionary group whose views were inspired by the free speech and anti-war movements of the 1960s, mainly the opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
    Yippies were known for using dramatic theatrics in their demonstrations, and they used Pigasus as a way to mock the social status quo. At a rally announcing his candidacy, Pigasus was seized by Chicago policemen and several of his Yippie backers were arrested for disorderly conduct.
    Selected for the campaign by group members Dennis Dalrymple, Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, candidate Pigasus was purchased from a farmer by folk-singer and fellow Yippie Phil Ochs. His candidacy was announced during the massive protests leading up to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The Yippies demanded that Pigasus be treated as a legitimate candidate, with U.S. Secret Service protection and White House foreign policy briefings.
    One reason why the Yippies preferred Pigasus was that "if we can't have him in the White House, we can have him for breakfast"

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

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    1. PoliticalPinbacks PoliticalPinbacks, 8 years ago
      Thanks 4 the Love(s) blunderbuss2, fortapache, vetraio50 & artfoot
    2. PoliticalPinbacks PoliticalPinbacks, 8 years ago
      Thanks 4 the Love(s) SpiritBear & ho2cultcha
    3. PoliticalPinbacks PoliticalPinbacks, 8 years ago
      I changed the image order so the button can be seen better, Thanks for all the Love(s)
    4. PostCardCollector PostCardCollector, 8 years ago
      "If we can't have him in the White House, we can have him for breakfast" Ha ha! Good humor there!!
    5. PoliticalPinbacks PoliticalPinbacks, 8 years ago
      Indeed, The good old days when we knew at 1st sight who was on out side, So black and White then technicolor comes along and poof.
      Thanks for the comment PCC I needed a laugh about now.
      Peace

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