Futter für das Stimmvieh

This documentary should be out on DVD for one reason: Paul Tsongas. Tsongas is one of the best candidates for the presidency that didn't make it. Watch him on stage being asked whether he knows the price of a pack of milk. First he laughs out loud and steps out into the audience to shake hands with the man who posed the question, telling him that he asked a 'great question'. Back on stage he offers a price (can't remember) and when the audience starts to laugh adds: "at your friendly grocers?" Tsongas died a few years later. He would have made a great, if somewhat short-lived president. The man who did make it, Bill Clinton, plays a huge part in the documentary, as if the filmmakers knew what they had in hands. Well, of course they did, Clinton being the best natural politician of the last few decades. But Tsongas would have made a better president. No cigars in his Oval Office.

I remember seeing this movie in theaters when it came out in 1992. It didn't play in many locations, and was treated more like an art film. However, if you enjoy elections and want to see politicians humbled, I would recommend you see this one. Watch Clinton constantly blowing his nose, Pat Buchanan getting irate with reports and candidates repeating the same mantra over and over again.

Feed offers a wonderful glimpse into the subject of running for President in a clever, smart and funny way.