the 2008 ticket to REALLY shake things up: Moyers-Redford

[OneBlueSky]

every politician is compromised -- even the good ones . . . by corporate money, by lobbyists, by interest groups and, most importantly, by their consituents . . . the nature of the political game is that you must prostitute yourself to get elected . . . so politicians can never tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth . . . tis simply the nature of the beast . . .

non-politicians, on the other hand, don't have that problem . . . they can tell the truth, no matter how hard it might be to hear . . . and the truth is an absolute necessity, since you can't possibly fix a problem without first acknowledging it . . .

so Moyers' platform would be to tell the nation the whole truth about everything (with the possible exception of those very few instances where divulging information might truly compromise national security) . . . the truth (as can best be determined) about 9/11, Iraq (and Iran), depleted uranium and its effects on our troops, white phosphorus and what happened in Fallujah, federal involvement with hurricane "recovery," taxation and millionaire tax cuts, healthcare and healthcare costs (including pharmaceuticals), election fraud, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, the "Secret Government," Congressional and corporate corruption and, perhaps most importantly, the financial condition of the United States of America . . . along with everything else . . .

the ONLY way to solve a problem is to first truthfully acknowledge it . . . and on many (if not most) critical issues, this is something that policians are simply unable to do . . .

(Redford, btw, would oversee US environmental and energy policies and programs) . . .

"Crazy! you say? . . . the only thing that makes this crazy is that (to my knowledge) neither Moyers or Redford have any intention of running for anything . . . and changing their minds would take a really hard sell . . . something like the need to save the country . . .

we could consider this a transitional period . . . a period of cleansing the past and planning for the future . . . the ticket could pledge to serve only one term if that makes sense . . . either way, it would be one hell of a winning ticket, imo . . .

[klebean]

1. lovin the fantasy - could it be for real? n/t

[still_one]

2. feingold and moyers

I like redford, but not for this

[AtomicKitten]

3. I like it.

It will make Republicans cry.

[OneBlueSky]

4. kick for the day timers . . . n/t

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