Bill Moyers for President?

In recent years, when Republicans run for president, they pretty much say the same thing. They run their ideas by political consultants and focus groups and figure out a way to fool most of the people most of the time. But their philosophy is also pretty much the same since the Republican right wing can pretty much dominate the primaries. Unfortunately, Republican strategy is now guaranteed to give us a failed president like the current guy.

Democrats tend to be more diverse but I say they're not diverse enough. Again, there's an uncomfortable relationship with political consultants and focus groups. Democratic voters are less willing to put up with nonsense but Democratic candidates sometimes deliver less than they should because of various electoral phobias currently built into the system and reinforced by many years of conservative nonsense that a majority of American voters fall for too easily. A good primary season ought to have at least one Democratic candidate that can speak the truth to Republicans and Democrats.

I found an article on Work for Change where Molly Ivins offers an interesting solution:

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.

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Do I think Bill Moyers can win the presidency? No, that seems like a very long shot to me. The nomination? No, that seems like a very long shot to me.

Then why run him? Think, imagine, if seven or eight other Democratic candidates, all beautifully coiffed and triangulated and carefully coached to say nothing that will offend anyone, stand on stage with Bill Moyers in front of cameras for a national debate. What would happen? Bill Moyers would win, would walk away with it, just because he doesn't triangulate or calculate or trim or try to straddle the issues.

Hmm. I may have to add Moyers to the list.