Democratic Primaries
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first debates?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
pangaia
(24,324 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
bearsfootball516
(6,369 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)And I'm still trying to figure out how someone so completely unqualified for the presidency managed to get a place in the debates when far more qualified people didn't. But I guess in a country that elected Trump you don't need any actual qualifications.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Very odd.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)that she qualified on the basis of donor numbers.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)How dare you disparage the Healing Power of Crystal Energy!?!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
comradebillyboy
(10,119 posts)vanity campaigns.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Funtatlaguy
(10,856 posts)She had told me that 2016 would be a very disturbing year for me and the country.
Sarcasm dripping
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
rownesheck
(2,343 posts)Still don't know where she came from.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)Williamson was always all over her show, plugging her books and "methods." And Oprah embraced her wholeheartedly.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
monmouth4
(9,664 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dalton99a
(81,070 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MANative
(4,105 posts)I had to google her. What I found didn't earn my support (or interest).
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DavidDvorkin
(19,406 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)The late night shows usually have her featured in any comedy bit they do on the debates. We all have to remember to laugh sometimes.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Me.
(35,454 posts)Marianne Deborah Williamson (born July 8, 1952)[1] is an American author, lecturer, and activist. She has written 13 books,[2] including four New York Times number one bestsellers in the "Advice, How To and Miscellaneous" category.[3][4][5][6] She is the founder of Project Angel Food, a volunteer food delivery program that serves home-bound people with HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses.[7] She is also the co-founder of the Peace Alliance, a nonprofit grassroots education and advocacy organization supporting peace-building projects.[8]
In 2014, as an independent, Williamson ran unsuccessfully to represent California's 33rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. On January 29, 2019, she announced her campaign to seek the Democratic nomination for the 2020 United States presidential election.[9]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Williamson
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)that people who watch a lot of afternoon TV have come across her while channel surfing, at least. I don't watch TV on a weekday afternoon unless there is a baseball game that I want to see.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Clarity2
(1,009 posts)from back in the Oprah Show days. I loved oprah, but recognized Williamson was quacky. I havent heard about her since then. She seemed to have come out from under her rock.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
jalan48
(13,798 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
thesquanderer
(11,955 posts)And others before him, too...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Peace
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
jalan48
(13,798 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
True Dough
(17,095 posts)so I was familiar with her from that brief encounter (of the third kind).
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BootinUp
(46,928 posts)UFOs etc, without thinking about the SNL skit with Ryan Gosling, Kate McKinnon, and cast.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
True Dough
(17,095 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Autumn
(44,762 posts)in CA, she's founded a couple of nonprofits for schools and youths. She co-founded the Los Angeles and Manhattan Centers for Living, where HIV/AIDS patients could connect with psychological and emotional resources. She was a member of the Board of Directors and remains a public supporter of Results https://results.org/ . And a lot more. You can google her biography.
But she might woo woo smudge the White House ya know.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
IronLionZion
(45,261 posts)She's an author and motivational speaker, also did lots of good charity work.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Me.
(35,454 posts)is why so much disparagement for her on this board. She not my choice for president, nor is she others', but far from crawling out under a rock, she made the cut according to the rules which means a significant number of people are supporting her. Further, she does/has done a lot of good and walks her talk unlike some I might name. And, the other day I heard John Lewis interviewed and he too spoke of love being a solution.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
watoos
(7,142 posts)with the bashing she was taking. She sounds like a nice lady to me but the problem is this isn't the right time in history for nice, we need someone tough as nails. Maybe in another time she would make a great president.
She is a Democrat right?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Me.
(35,454 posts)Someone posted her taking down a rw radio conservative and the MSNBC hosts couldn't get the better of her either. We both know she won't be the nominee but she's out there spreading a good message and taking a lot of flak for it. I respect that.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
IronLionZion
(45,261 posts)nobody expects her to win, she and a few others like Yang just want to get their ideas out there in hopes some of it will make it into real policy one day.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)genuinely curious if I was the only one.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JI7
(89,182 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Me.
(35,454 posts)and, as I said before, she's not going to be the nominee, but she is a part of ill people being fed and that earns points with me.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
highplainsdem
(48,731 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
CanonRay
(14,038 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Have to admit it was a surprise when she announced she was running for president.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
aikoaiko
(34,127 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hekate
(90,202 posts)That's a lot of donations from a lot of people who think her spirituality would be a good fit for being POTUS.
In the Age of Trump, who can blame them? Not only is she a good person while he is utterly vile, but he rode the wave of his popularity with vile and stupid people all the way to the White House -- thus separating "electability" from "qualifications" once and for all.
ETA: I've got a couple of her books on my shelves I've been meaning to read but never got around to. I know a number of people who admire her thoughts and swear by A Course in Miracles, which she channeled. I'm not big on channelling.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
iamateacher
(1,088 posts)And her books are loosely based on The Course in Miracles, emphasis on the loose.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
silentEcho
(424 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)heard of these days, or at least don't remember. Including showing up in politics. How about that actress who thought being a following of groupies qualified her to be governor of NY?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
samnsara
(17,570 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
question everything
(47,271 posts)And the only way to do that is to touch people's hearts. You know, the part of the brain that rationally analyzes an issue is not the same part of the brain that decides who to vote for.
Donald Trump has had a psychological effect on people. He has had an effect on the human psyche within people, but it's very dark, and it is not amenable to change by strictly rational argument.
I am someone who has had a career moving audiences. I'm someone who has had a career moving crowds and moving movements. I have a sense of what he has done. And the only way to defeat big lies is with some big truth.
And so the skill he has, the light side of that is what I can do.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Moral Compass
(1,498 posts)Until the 1st debate and she came off as unelectable and crazy.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
catrose
(5,048 posts)We were both in junior high music. She became a spiritual teacher, one of the first ministering to people with AIDS.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
catrose
(5,048 posts)She was considered a snot in junior high, even by her family apparently, because her father (civil rights attorney Sam Williamson) took her to Vietnam in the summer before high school. There was, btw, a war going on. I went to a different high school, but my friends who went to her school said she became the nicest person. They all loved her. She's kept her compassion--and quirkiness.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)Her brand of New Age teachings sold like hot cakes, so I knew who she was
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)quite well. My friend's mom was very much into it.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BootinUp
(46,928 posts)I dont know much about her.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ecstatic
(32,567 posts)become a reality in the next democratic president's administration.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden