Remembering Romney's earlier presidential campaigns

As is well known, Walt is old, old! I'm so old I can remember Lincoln's Gettysburg address. 478 Oak Street, it was. [That joke is pretty old too. Ed.] And I remember interesting facts from previous races for the presidensity, stuff that many others have long forgotten.

For instance, I remember Romney's participation in the campaign of 1968. He was the one who nominated a pig for the office of president. When you consider the quality of the two major candidates that year, the pig seemed like a good bet, but, sadly, finished out of the running. Rumour has it that when the pig saw he couldn't even beat Hubert Humphrey, he went to Cargill's and turned himself in.

Nothing deterred, Romney organized -- perhaps "fomented" would be a better word -- the "Nobody for President" campaigns of the 70s and 80s. The theme resonates even more today as Obama and Romney square off.

"Who cares about the American people? -- NOBODY!"
"Who has the solution to America's problems? -- NOBODY!"
"Who should you vote for on election day? -- NOBODY!"

Many people don't know that Mr. Romney was also the official clown of the Grateful Dead, although he has not been able to fulfill his duties lately due to other engagements. A major film documentary on his life, Saint Misbehavin', was released in late 2010 by Ripple Effect Films, and received excellent reviews. Click here to see the trailer.

Oh... just in case there's any confusion, the "Romney" I'm referring to is Hugh Nanton Romney, aka Wavy Gravy, noted political activist and clown... not the other clown.