Presidents – Election – Humor; Presidential candidates – Humor; American wit and humor
If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates
An kwatanta Jim Hightower a matsayin mafi ƙarancin nau'in: "Mai hangen nesa tare da ma'anar doki da jagora mai jin dadi." A yau, Hightower yana daya daga cikin shugabannin "waje Washington" da ake girmamawa a Amurka. Marubuci, mai sharhin rediyo da mai masaukin baki, mai magana da jama'a da sparkplug na siyasa, wannan Texan ya shafe fiye da shekaru ashirin yana fafatawa da Washington da Wall Street a madadin masu siye, yara, iyalai masu aiki, masu muhalli, ƙananan kasuwanci da kuma jama'a kawai. Dama daga koleji, Hightower ya tafi aiki a matsayin mataimaki na majalisa ga Sanata Ralph Yarborough na Texas, mai sassaucin ra'ayi mai sassaucin ra'ayi / populist a cikin kullun, sau da yawa mai ra'ayin mazan jiya. A farkon 1970s ya jagoranci aikin Agribusiness Accountability Project, ya rubuta littattafai da yawa kuma ya shaida wa Majalisa game da halin kuɗaɗen ɗan adam na cin riba na kamfanoni da ƙimar noma mai dorewa, lafiya, haɗin gwiwa. Daga 1977 zuwa 1979, ya gyara Texas Observer, ƙaya a gefen ƴan siyasar Texas Neanderthal da kuma matattarar aikin jarida na farko. A cikin 1982, an zaɓi Hightower Kwamishinan Aikin Noma na Texas sannan aka sake zaɓe shi a cikin 1986. Matsayin jihar ya ba shi damar yin gwagwarmaya don nau'ikan manufofi da tsare-tsaren tsare-tsare a madadin manoma iyali da masu siye da ya daɗe yana ba da shawara. Har ila yau, ya ba shi haske a cikin da'irar siyasa na kasa, inda Hightower ya zama babban mai goyon bayan tashin hankalin Rainbow a cikin Jam'iyyar Democratic a zabukan 1984 da 1988. A cikin 1997 Hightower ya fitar da sabon littafi, Babu wani abu a Tsakiyar Hanya Sai Rawaya da Matattu Armadillos. Hightower ya ci gaba da samar da mashahuran sharhinsa na rediyo da yin magana da kungiyoyi a fadin kasar. Sabon kasuwancinsa shine wasiƙar aiki na wata-wata, The Hightower Lowdown, wanda zai ba da fahintar sa na musamman na populist game da shenanigans na Washington da Wall Street - yana ba masu biyan kuɗi bayanai akan lokaci, gardama da harshe don amfani da su wajen yaƙi da sojojin jahilci da girman kai. HIGHTOWER RADIO: Kai tsaye daga Chat & Chew, nunin kiran kiran rediyo, Ranar Ma'aikata da aka yi muhawara, 1996, kuma yana ci gaba da samun nasara tare da sama da 70 alaƙa a duk faɗin ƙasar. Wannan nunin ya ƙunshi masu sauraro kai tsaye, mawaƙa, baƙi, da masu kira tare da ra'ayin jama'a na ci gaba wanda ba a taɓa jin su a ko'ina ba a cikin iska. Ana iya samun sabuntawa da ƙarin cikakkun bayanai game da Hightower da ayyukansa akan Yanar Gizon Yanar Gizo na Duniya a http://www.jimhightower.com.