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Pigasus (politics)
Pigasus was a 145-pound (66-kg) hog.〔Kusch, Frank. (''Battleground Chicago: The police and the 1968 Democratic National Convention.'' ) The University of Chicago Press, 2008. (paper), page 60. ISBN 9780275981389〕 On August 23, 1968, he was nominated for President of the United States as a theatrical gesture by the Youth International Party (Yippies), just before the opening of the Democratic National Convention. At a rally announcing his candidacy, Pigasus was seized by Chicago policemen and several of his Yippie backers were arrested for disorderly conduct.
==Campaign for U.S. President==
In 1968, Pigasus was nominated for the U.S. Presidency by the Youth International Party (Yippies). The pig's name was a double entendre on Pegasus, the winged horse in Greek mythology and the famous saying "When pigs fly" used when a highly improbable event should occur.
Selected for the campaign by 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 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."〔
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