Episode 106 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS devotes itself to the oft-sought-after but not-oft-voted-for "Outsider Candidate". We seem to thumb our noses at the independent candidate or a third party, yet we distrust the Two Party System in our representative democracy...or is that, our democratic republic...or....is it an oligarchy?
We will revisit how often this nation chose an outsider for President, even if that outsider was actually part of the establishment - but successfully portrayed himself as an outlier. We will discuss modern presidents like Carter and Trump who, while running on the established party tickets, were actually quite independent and weakened their party's power, for good or for bad. We will talk about present day outsider candidates, like RFK, Jr. and Marianne Williamson, as well as the proposed third party called, The Unity Party, which seeks a ticket of two independent patriots - one from the center right and one from the center left.
Finally, we will make an argument in favor of independent outsiders making a run for the top offices of our splintered nation.

BEDTIME STORIES FROM THE ACOUSTIC BOOKSHELF closes this episode with an excerpt from the poem, "Let America Be America Again", by Langston Hughes

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