He's on the talk-show circuit. Saw him on The Daily Show. Maybe he could launch his bid on The Colbert Report.

And then, y'know, go on all the other talk shows and ramble on about what he'd do if he were President, and so on.

I'll betcha he'd even, y'know, listen to contrary positions and discuss the issues and so on. Maybe change his mind on some things. Or maybe come to a middle ground that both he and his host can consent.

And then? I remember Ross Perot tried to purchase an election. Would Willie be doing the same sort of thing, only without spending the big bucks? (I guess the currency is fame? willingness to put up with a lot of shit?) Or are the big bucks practically (or completely?) a requirement?

I'm fascinated by the idea that a personable, media-friendly, remarkably mellow, ordinary sort of person could talk their way into the job...

Oh, and this is mandatory, of course:

Willie Nelson For President 2008!

'Remarkably mellow' is kind of a euphemism, and that may be Willie's biggest hindrance to election. That, or the tax problems.

He could totally become governor of Texas, though. That's barely even a real job.

I love him, and I think he'd make a great president. But with the pot busts and the IRS stuff....

Here's to big dreams.

Incidentally, when I was growing up, his hometown (Abbott, TX, halfway between Dallas and Waco) had a big Interstate billboard proudly proclaiming it as the home of Willie Nelson.

They took the billboard down after the IRS shit.

Texans are proud, but they're also fickle.

Ah, the pot busts and IRS stuff just make him more human. And by gods' sakes, what we need are some human beings in power.

Red-Headed Stranger in '08!

If he could get his message out there, then maybe.

We need a president who is good with money/budgeting.

I didn't know Canada had a president...

Ahhh, but the real question is: who would be his running mate? I say the ghost of Johnny Cash.

What Would Willie Do?

[this is Bruce Robison's version from the KGSR Broadcast CD10.]]

Willie Nelson has already endorsed Kinky Friedman, though.

Only after a stint as Secretary of Music for the next Texas governor, Kinky Friedman. On preview.... DANG YOU, nonane!!!

We need a president who is good with money/budgeting.

You need a president who is good at listening to experts.

That really should be his job: getting informed opinions from several sources, and then deciding what course of action to take.

The sun just went behind the cloud:
There's darkness all around me now.
I've just destroyed the world I'm livin' in.
I broke her heart so many times:
Now at last I've broken mine,
An' I've just destroyed the world I'm livin' in.

Me and Willie