Back in the late 1960s, just before was first elected to as a representative for , William Hanna and Joseph Barbera launched one of their greatest cartoon shows: The Wacky Races.Each week, the same motley cast of characters competed to be the first past the chequered flag: the technological boffin Professor Pat Pending, the glamorous southern belle Penelope Pitstop, the dashing but slightly dud Peter Perfect, the Neanderthal Slag Brothers in their Boulder Mobile — and of course the villainous Dick Dastardly and his canine sidekick Muttley.Every four years, as the U.S. embarks on another ten-month political race to elect its president, I am reminded of the Wacky Races. Each time, it just gets wackier.
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