With this modest but catchy campaign slogan, Marlin Pals burst onto the Nebraska political scene in 1980. And again in 1982. He has run for Mayor of Lincoln and for a seat on the Lincoln City Council. But it is in the Congressional elections where he has made a name for himself, running in a record nine consecutive primaries. Although he has yet to win an elected office, Pals, the "perennial candidate" continues to run; to "work a little, save a lot, and tell others."

Pals is a self-described "independent writer and researcher." If elected, Pals promises to stop the "tyranny of the media," end the campaign of harassment against him (sponsored by the media, the Lincoln Police Department, the Republican Party, the KKK, the Anti-Defamation League, the Lincoln-Lancaster County Commission on the Status of Women, homosexuals, and, most recently, the FBI). He also intends to "raise taxes to the max," mandate the teaching of phonics in public schools, establish a "Media Council" to regulate the press, abolish the FBI, and cut funding to the Lincoln-Lancaster County Commission on the Status of Women.

Pals is also a songwriter and a scientist. As a member of the U.S. Congress, Pals intends to use his influence to convince NASA to re-think the feasibility of faster-than-light space travel, based on his theory of "Mass Acceleration."

• April 1, 1998: Marlin's Guide to the Governor's Race
  
• March 18, 1998: Pals Quits Politics -- He's back on his Meds and "all better now"
  
• February 20, 1998: Pals Campaign in "Low Gear"
  
• November 5, 1997: "Pals Investigates the FBI"
  
• October 5, 1997: "These Police Whores Will Not Leave Me Alone!"
  
• October 1, 1997: Technology Expo