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Minnemooseus
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Message 1 of 3 (361336)
11-03-2006 10:49 PM


10 Reasons Bill Moyers Should Be President
by Scott Beckman
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1. Mr. Moyers has a genuine, civil, positive, hopeful courage of conviction that we the people can and will serve our own common good if we are properly informed and use the tools of our great democracy wisely. His passion for our country is rooted in a deep understanding, respect for, and unswerving adherence to the bedrock values and principles our Founding Fathers left us for us to preserve.
2. Mr. Moyers has a profound vision about how the United States of America can be unified again by the fullest exercise of self-government by we the people around our basic commitments to simple, commonly accepted all-American values and policies such as equality of opportunity and caring for your neighbor and telling the truth.
3. Mr. Moyers is a fearless advocate. He is unafraid to say that many politicians are simply the shills of selfish, greedy corporate interests; that false prophets are heretics; and that powerful media and lobby groups are peddling corruption.
4. Mr. Moyers espouses and upholds very high standards of professional ethics and personal integrity.
5. Mr. Moyers brings significant hands-on White House experience to bear on his thinking about America's future.
6. Mr. Moyers lifetime of public service as an honest political journalist has earned him national esteem and the respect of millions of people.
7. Mr. Moyers talks openly and comfortably about the role spiritual values play in his progressive outlook without abusing or disrespecting the line that is supposed to separate religious belief and political thought in America.
8. He is an exceptionally smart person. He has a truly impressive command of the facts underlying the fundamental connection that exists between progressive policies and electoral results. Further, he has demonstrated a unique ability to think ahead of the curve and craft and manage creative, state-of-the-art, successful enterprises, including ones that involve media planning.
9. He is a mesmerizing public speaker and a superb debater.
10. Mr. Moyers understands expressed the view that the perfection of our union will require new and perhaps unprecedented sacrifices by all of us. He would be a captain who bravely acknowledges the turbulent waters roiling all about and inspires us to do the right things needed to safely sail through them.
Bill Moyers for President? Absolutely!
by John Nichols
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Molly Ivins is trying to get Democrats excited about the prospect of running Bill Moyers for president.
"Dear desperate Democrats," the nation's most widely-read liberal newspaper columnist begins her latest missive. "Here's what we do: We run Bill Moyers for president. I am serious as a stroke about this. It's simple, cheap, and effective, and it will move the entire spectrum of political discussion in this country. Moyers is the only public figure who can take the entire discussion and shove it toward moral clarity just by being there."
and the concluding sentence:
So, Molly, I'll see your suggestion of Bill Moyers, and up the ante to suggest that Moyers really could be a contender.
I found the above via Google search for "Bill Moyers" + president.
Moose

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Message 2 of 3 (361412)
11-04-2006 8:05 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Minnemooseus
11-03-2006 10:49 PM


Personally I would find that interesting, though I am not sure if he would have the confidence/skill to fill an executive position (carrying out orders of the legislature). Most of his roles seem passive and about understanding situations clearly.
Secretary of State, Director of Intelligence, or Supreme Court Justice (if we are leaving behind judges) might be more suitable.
Then again his sitdowns with other foreign leaders, or even the Congress, might be fascinating to watch if he were Prez. He'd probably be more interested in such communication as well.
At the very least I would not get the nervous shakes every time he walked to a podium wondering what the hell idiocy would tumble out next.
Edited by holmes, : less interesting

holmes
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Message 3 of 3 (361612)
11-04-2006 6:15 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Minnemooseus
11-03-2006 10:49 PM


Totally off topic
But I haven't had chance to be on site or post much recently.
I hovered over your suspension icon when AM suspended you (just to prove somebody reads them ).

Oops! Wrong Planet

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