Mad #346 (Nick Meglin and John Ficarra) - Loose Buchanan Issue - June 1996

Pat Buchanan was a speech writer for Richard Nixon (1913-1994) who must have thought that he was therefore qualified to run for the office of president.  He pledged to never raise taxes and to preserve the country for pasty-white people.  Buchanan's narrow-minded philosophy made him ripe for this parody of Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt (not "Koldhardt").  Writer David Shayne sums the Buchanan platform in four pages drawn by Sam Viviano.  Last year (2012), he was fired by MSNBC for alleged racist slurs.  According to his website: "Patrick J. Buchanan (is) right from the beginning."  [JAM 3/24/2013]

Departments:
DeGeneres to a Fault - Smellen
Broadcast Snooze - What You're Missing When You Miss the Local Noon News
The Flim-Flam Man - The Newt Gingrich Video Club
Many Unhappy Returns - Statistical Breakdown of Mad Subscriber Cancellations
Serge-In General - A Mad Look at Emergency Rooms
The Fright Stuff - More Chilling Thoughts
Stressed to Kill - Are You a "Type A" Personality
An Embarrassment of Richard's - Heirlooms of the Future
Berg's-Eye View - The Lighter Side
A Loose Buchanan - Pat the Candidate
Passing a Stone Age - June 3, One Million B.C.
In the Name of the Bother - Biblical Pet Peeves
Flier Beware - The Neighborhood Pennypincher
Tales From the Duck Side - The Confusing Cavalry Confrontation
The Leader of the Bland - Mr. Hollow's Old Puss
A Massive Chart Attack - What's the Difference?

Fold-In - Student Loan Bill