Our nation's government is paralyzed
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Editor,
Bill Moyers, the intelligent, informed, and articulate journalist who is still one very bright spot in the often confusing arena of journalism, said this in the Houston Chronicle, “I don’t think Occupy Wall Street will have the influence they want unless they do what the Tea Party did and take over the nominating process. They need to become a political movement instead of a grievance committee.”
In that brief statement, Mr. Moyers has not only acknowledged and understood “the influence they want” but has put his finger on exactly why the whole movement so often looks chaotic, confused, unfocused and like just another angry protest movement.
Bill Moyers has been there. He has talked with the people. He knows how to “read” a movement and make sense of things. He says this, too, “Our government is paralyzed.”
How can anyone disagree with that statement? And this paralysis is at the very heart of the whole Occupy movement, which has spread across the country.
The Koch brothers, with their own very conservative and self-serving aims, have fully entered the “nominating process” by funding the Tea Party movement. That’s it, pure and simple.
The way I see it, it is not about who will we elect to run our local, state and national offices from the present array of candidates we have to choose from. Rather, it is about finding and helping people run for these important and powerful political positions who are informed, honest and not on the “take,” have their constituents’ best interests at heart, put wise decision-making ahead of perpetually running for office, have integrity, do not have to be rich to run, and have the ability to influence others in transforming our political system from extreme greed to wise governance.
The nominating process is a good one. Our system of government is a good one. It’s not about changing our system. It is about electing people who will honestly and wisely carry out the original intent of our system when our nation was formed.
Bob McClellan
Polson
