[Dialogue] 10 Reasons Bill Moyers Should Be President

[Harry Wainwright]

Published on Sunday, October 23, 2005 by CommonDreams.org 


10 Reasons Bill Moyers Should Be President 


by Scott Beckman


 


For many years I have reached out and tried unsuccessfully to bridge the
differences between Democrats and myself despite the fact that these efforts
have never resulted in anything more than dashed political hopes. My simple
plea has been for Democrats to earn my vote-and most of America's-by
standing on a people-centered platform and selecting a world-class
Presidential candidate to champion it. 

I simply disagree with my friends who say that superior leadership doesn't
make a difference. Therefore, in the face of their constant discouragement,
I have continued to reflect on what the leadership I can support would look
like and who in the Democratic Party might embody it. At this moment in
time, I've concluded that it is found in the person of Mr. Bill Moyers. 

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.

The current leadership of the Democratic Party is timid, off-message, and
strategically bankrupt. Therefore, I submit this recommendation for a change
in leadership to the people for your consideration before your hopes for the
Democratic Party are crushed again before they've even had the chance to
form. 

In a recent speech, Mr. Moyers challenged his audience to become more active
in the practice of democracy by telling a joke about an Irishman who in
coming upon a fight outside a bar asked, "Is this a private fight or can
anyone join in?" What a wonderful question. Bill Moyers is one of the very
few Americans in public life who I can honestly say has earned my complete
trust and my allegiance should he choose to accept it. If he were to run for
President, I'd join what would become the people's movement to win back our
country under the Democratic banner. 

Scott Beckman <mailto:srbeckman at yahoo.com> , is Development Director for the
Northern Pueblos Housing Authority in Santa Fe, NM.  

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Peace,

Harry

 

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