Your speech in Ojai, CA was so well put together and delivered - just masterful. I feel like Civics classes would be more relevent to students if they could here this speech.
Your example of punching forward with your message on behalf of people like me shows your courage and capabilities. I pray you keep the hope alive and I thank you for being a role model, & I especially hope our younger generations take notes!
Yes, just keep going because your courage and determination to say what must be said is unparalleled. Over the years, we have sat back, thinking we are too powerless to change the course of our political wishes. We are not, we speak our minds through your words. We are powerful beyond our imagination. May our love and gratitude shelter you from harsh words and actions.
I’m not trying at this point to win the nomination; the President has done that. I’m still out there because I’m hoping to get enough delegates to make it to the convention, to have a voice, to represent the interests of those whose who are basically neglected by the status quo. THANKS, MARIANNE, FOR YOUR VISION OF WHAT THE USA SHOULD BE. PERHAPS YOU STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT. GOD BLESS YOU. YOU WILL HAVE MY VOTE.
To many followers of Marianne's "Transform" posting, I encourage you to realize she's still participating in the 'primaries' for President across the nation for the reason she says/writes: hoping to get delegates so she can encourage the adoption of her platform or, the very least, some parts of it at the upcoming national Democratic Convention. She's not discounting Biden's nomination, as some have suggested, but has a justifiably deep desire to help build a platform at the convention that we can all be happy about more than the present direction of policies to date by the White House that lack detail. Thankfully, we still have a democracy, where candidates, like Marianne, can express their positions prior to the general election. She is doing us all a favor by forging ahead to educate the people on what's possible to help us all thrive instead of suffer and struggle--by experiencing the demise of the middle class. The importance of knowledge is that it has the power to evolve humanity--it truly counts! And Marianne is helping manifest opportunity with our abiding support.
You have already made a difference and you will keep on impacting the thinking of the electorate as long as you keep speaking ... I applaud you tenacity and ... YOU ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE ... God bless you and I wish you the best ...
Marianne is right. People are going hungry, and people are scared, right here at home, right now. And what is being done about it? Billions of our dollars are strangely going out of our hands to create more hunger in Palestine.
I have been an activist and advocate for many years for people who do not have a home to go to, a sanctuary of their own, a roof over their head with heat, safety, clean clothes and food in the refrigerator. Most of us take that for granted and call those necessities.
Having known a lot of homeless people over the years, I want everyone to know that Marianne is right about hunger. People who are homeless tell me that the worst thing about being homeless, on the streets, in the cold is being hungry, very hungry, without food.
This is something we are allowing to happen to our people and to the people of Palestine. It is inconceivable and unnecessary. Please vote for Marianne. We must have a Department of Peace and a Department for Children and Families. We must end hunger here at home, in Palestine and everywhere. Thank you.
THANK YOU, MARIANNE, FOR YOUR VISION, LOVE AND COMPASSION AND THE DIFFERENCE YOU HAVE MADE IN MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF SO MANY OTHERS AS WE ENDEAVOR TO LIVE OUR LIVES WITH LOVE, COMPASSION AND FOREGIVENESS FOR OURSELVES AND OTHERS. GOD BLESS YOU. PLEASE PRAY FOR ME AS I DEAL WITH SOME HEALTH ISSUES SO I CAN CONTINUE ON MY JOURNEY IN THIS LIFE AND HOPEFULLY VOTE FOR YOU IN NOVEMBER. YOU AND ECKHART TOOLE ARE MY HEROS. BE STILL AND KNOW.
I've never wondered why you keep going. Win lose or draw you're holding open the possibility for a different kind of politics, for a better life for everyone - and that M/s Williamson, is priceless.
Love driving out fear is of course from the Bible and was cited by Philip Berrigan as he fought against the warmongers of his day.
This, I think, is your biggest contribution: your willingness to challenge the fearmongers and warmongers of both parties. Stay on that message. It's needed and it's a winner!
I love your line: "Who are our supporters?" Everyone that hears you! Amen! Imagine how differently this would all look if - from the beginning of all this - you were heard on the news like any other candidate. Not suppressed, sidelined, blacklisted, etc. We will not give up. I count my blessings to have the opportunity to support a candidate like you - one who sincerely sticks up for the common man, woman and child - and not the big corporations. That in itself is politically earth-shattering!
Your tearing down Biden here with false accusations is damaging to the goal you claim to be supporting, keeping Trump away from the control center. You portray him as weak and out of touch, and that simply is not true. He was in Michigan supporting the Unions while Trump went to an off-union shop. Biden has traveled the country, as well as VP Harris, getting out the message that they support women being in charge of their own decisions, their own bodies, that a right to decide whether or not to risk her life to bring a potential to fruition is her choice, no one else's. The potential is not the result. It would be more helpful if you were out there supporting him instead of joining in with the unfair criticism. You underestimate how much he has done, how much he does see and understand. He deserves all of our support and that is how we beat Trump, not by trying to strengthen the false impression Republican media has been spreading about Biden. He knows what he is doing. He isn't there out of self-serving motivations or to exploit the position for personal profit the way Trump and his cronies are. He cares about this country and about democracy.
change how candidates are offered for election. Maybe we should have 3 to select from instead of just 2. Maybe we have inclusive primaries not political party primaries. All candidates together. Then the 3 ones for selection. But regardless we MUST do away with the Electoral College system, Citizens United, dark money.
Your speech in Ojai, CA was so well put together and delivered - just masterful. I feel like Civics classes would be more relevent to students if they could here this speech.
Your example of punching forward with your message on behalf of people like me shows your courage and capabilities. I pray you keep the hope alive and I thank you for being a role model, & I especially hope our younger generations take notes!
Yes, just keep going because your courage and determination to say what must be said is unparalleled. Over the years, we have sat back, thinking we are too powerless to change the course of our political wishes. We are not, we speak our minds through your words. We are powerful beyond our imagination. May our love and gratitude shelter you from harsh words and actions.
I’m not trying at this point to win the nomination; the President has done that. I’m still out there because I’m hoping to get enough delegates to make it to the convention, to have a voice, to represent the interests of those whose who are basically neglected by the status quo. THANKS, MARIANNE, FOR YOUR VISION OF WHAT THE USA SHOULD BE. PERHAPS YOU STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT. GOD BLESS YOU. YOU WILL HAVE MY VOTE.
I hope your strategy works. MW for President!
To many followers of Marianne's "Transform" posting, I encourage you to realize she's still participating in the 'primaries' for President across the nation for the reason she says/writes: hoping to get delegates so she can encourage the adoption of her platform or, the very least, some parts of it at the upcoming national Democratic Convention. She's not discounting Biden's nomination, as some have suggested, but has a justifiably deep desire to help build a platform at the convention that we can all be happy about more than the present direction of policies to date by the White House that lack detail. Thankfully, we still have a democracy, where candidates, like Marianne, can express their positions prior to the general election. She is doing us all a favor by forging ahead to educate the people on what's possible to help us all thrive instead of suffer and struggle--by experiencing the demise of the middle class. The importance of knowledge is that it has the power to evolve humanity--it truly counts! And Marianne is helping manifest opportunity with our abiding support.
You have already made a difference and you will keep on impacting the thinking of the electorate as long as you keep speaking ... I applaud you tenacity and ... YOU ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE ... God bless you and I wish you the best ...
Marianne is right. People are going hungry, and people are scared, right here at home, right now. And what is being done about it? Billions of our dollars are strangely going out of our hands to create more hunger in Palestine.
I have been an activist and advocate for many years for people who do not have a home to go to, a sanctuary of their own, a roof over their head with heat, safety, clean clothes and food in the refrigerator. Most of us take that for granted and call those necessities.
Having known a lot of homeless people over the years, I want everyone to know that Marianne is right about hunger. People who are homeless tell me that the worst thing about being homeless, on the streets, in the cold is being hungry, very hungry, without food.
This is something we are allowing to happen to our people and to the people of Palestine. It is inconceivable and unnecessary. Please vote for Marianne. We must have a Department of Peace and a Department for Children and Families. We must end hunger here at home, in Palestine and everywhere. Thank you.
I'm so glad you are still in!!!
THANK YOU, MARIANNE, FOR YOUR VISION, LOVE AND COMPASSION AND THE DIFFERENCE YOU HAVE MADE IN MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF SO MANY OTHERS AS WE ENDEAVOR TO LIVE OUR LIVES WITH LOVE, COMPASSION AND FOREGIVENESS FOR OURSELVES AND OTHERS. GOD BLESS YOU. PLEASE PRAY FOR ME AS I DEAL WITH SOME HEALTH ISSUES SO I CAN CONTINUE ON MY JOURNEY IN THIS LIFE AND HOPEFULLY VOTE FOR YOU IN NOVEMBER. YOU AND ECKHART TOOLE ARE MY HEROS. BE STILL AND KNOW.
I've never wondered why you keep going. Win lose or draw you're holding open the possibility for a different kind of politics, for a better life for everyone - and that M/s Williamson, is priceless.
We can't manifest what we can't imagine. You're holding up a beacon of imagining the possibilities and that too, is priceless.
MW, you had the most memorable line from the 2016 debates about love conquering fear. I wrote about it here: https://bracingviews.substack.com/p/liberation-from-fear
Love driving out fear is of course from the Bible and was cited by Philip Berrigan as he fought against the warmongers of his day.
This, I think, is your biggest contribution: your willingness to challenge the fearmongers and warmongers of both parties. Stay on that message. It's needed and it's a winner!
I love your line: "Who are our supporters?" Everyone that hears you! Amen! Imagine how differently this would all look if - from the beginning of all this - you were heard on the news like any other candidate. Not suppressed, sidelined, blacklisted, etc. We will not give up. I count my blessings to have the opportunity to support a candidate like you - one who sincerely sticks up for the common man, woman and child - and not the big corporations. That in itself is politically earth-shattering!
She's something really special that I have heard many occasions. Her policy for people wins me!
Your tearing down Biden here with false accusations is damaging to the goal you claim to be supporting, keeping Trump away from the control center. You portray him as weak and out of touch, and that simply is not true. He was in Michigan supporting the Unions while Trump went to an off-union shop. Biden has traveled the country, as well as VP Harris, getting out the message that they support women being in charge of their own decisions, their own bodies, that a right to decide whether or not to risk her life to bring a potential to fruition is her choice, no one else's. The potential is not the result. It would be more helpful if you were out there supporting him instead of joining in with the unfair criticism. You underestimate how much he has done, how much he does see and understand. He deserves all of our support and that is how we beat Trump, not by trying to strengthen the false impression Republican media has been spreading about Biden. He knows what he is doing. He isn't there out of self-serving motivations or to exploit the position for personal profit the way Trump and his cronies are. He cares about this country and about democracy.
How do we the voters,
change how candidates are offered for election. Maybe we should have 3 to select from instead of just 2. Maybe we have inclusive primaries not political party primaries. All candidates together. Then the 3 ones for selection. But regardless we MUST do away with the Electoral College system, Citizens United, dark money.