This Famous Stand-Up Comedian Once Ran for President and Got Almost 50,000 Votes

Dick Gregory might’ve started out as a comedian, but for a brief period in the late 1960s, he was also a politician. After running for Mayor of Chicago in 1967, he quickly set his sights on the presidency of the United States the following year. “I feel that the two-party system is obsolete,” said Gregory […] The post This Famous Stand-Up Comedian Once Ran for President and Got Almost 50,000 Votes appeared first on VICE .