Marianne Williamson Launches Another Longshot Presidential Bid

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NBC CT

Published March 4, 2023 • Updated on March 4, 2023 at 9:43 pm

Self-help author Marianne Williamson, whose 2020 White House campaign featured more quirky calls for spiritual healing than actual voter support, launched another longshot bid for the presidency on Saturday, becoming the first Democrat to formally challenge President Joe Biden for the 2024 nomination.

“We are upset about this country, we're worried about this country,” Williamson told a crowd of more than 600 at a kickoff in the nation's capital. "It is our job to create a vision of justice and love that is so powerful that it will override the forces of hatred and injustice and fear."

The 70-year-old onetime spiritual adviser to Oprah Winfrey should provide only token primary opposition — a testament to how strongly national Democrats are united behind Biden. Still, she tweaked the president, a longtime Amtrak rider, by holding her opening rally at the ornately marble-columned presidential suite at Union Station, Washington's railway hub.

Biden gave his own speech from Union Station just before last November's elections, when he led Democrats to a surprisingly strong showing, urging voters to reject political extremism and saying “democracy itself” was at stake. Williamson, whose red, blue and black campaign signs feature the dual slogans “A New Beginning" and “Disrupt the System,” says she'll be campaigning in early-voting states on the 2024 election calendar.

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[Funtatlaguy]

1. Vanity candidates aren't worth my time. Biden will be our nominee.

[ashredux]

2. It's NO Shot.....it's just a book tour....ridiculous

[BumRushDaShow]

3. I figured it was time for another book...

[rogue emissary]

19. The grift is strong with this one.

It's not just the book. It's what comes with the book and the announcement.

Being invited on shows for interviews and panels discussion.

She never has to be right or predict the correct out come. She just has to complain and bad moth the Biden administration. The checks roll in.

Haley is doing the same thing. She damn well knows she's not going to win or be close to the GOP nomination.

They're both updating their grifter resumes.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Even beyond that

they can create an election fund and Super PAC that they can shovel money into and have it after they drop out (through handing it off to shell charities and whatnot).

[rogue emissary]

27. Exactly.

[BlueMTexpat]

4. ...

[SheltieLover]

5. Ffs

Sounds like a backhanded slap at Joe & Kamala!

I'm sure they're quaking in their boots...

Another weirdo. 😉

[BumRushDaShow]

6. "Another weirdo."

First rate one too!

[SheltieLover]

7. Sounds like it!

Who the hell is she? Just some rich weirdo?

I'm so sure she would be better at managing the mess tfg left behind...

Wtf?

[BumRushDaShow]

9. She did announce in 2019 to run in 2020

and was one of the options during primary season IIRC - e.g., - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211787449

And she was in a debate -

She pretty much fizzled before things got going - https://democraticunderground.com/1287404307

[paleotn]

8. Not her again.

Marianne, your 15 minutes are over. Please go the fuck away.

[Javaman]

10. Meh.

I’m not going to tear her down because 1) she has no chance and 2) while some call her a “weirdo” she does bring a voice of compassion to the conversation.

And if she’s promoting a book, who the fuck cares?do you honestly believe that all the other candidates run because of high moral fiber and a deeply ingra person integrity??

If so, I have many many bridges to self you

[spiralox]

11. She will take away votes from anti-vaxxx Republicans

Good.

[Polybius]

25. She's running in the Democratic primary

[relayerbob]

12. Geez, lady, give it a rest

If she really wanted to make a difference, she could have tried joining the Biden team, and actually doing something other than blather.

[Historic NY]

13. WHO?

[Ray Bruns]

23. WHO? Double times!

[DinahMoeHum]

14. She's so open-minded, her brains fell out.

And remember, "New Age". . .or. . ."newage". . . rhymes with sewage.

[SouthernDem4ever]

15. Does any good come out of these off-road campaigns?

Like Jill Stein, etc - seems like they are quickly forgotten with the lasting impact of possibly allowing another fascist to squeak back in to office.

[BuddhaGirl]

16. In the bigger picture, she's not wrong

"It is our job to create a vision of justice and love that is so powerful that it will override the forces of hatred and injustice and fear."

Maybe in a few hundred years or so. Imagine if we truly did value each other. This country would be a different place.

It just won't happen anytime soon

[NBachers]

17. Marianne lives in Beverly Hills. If she wants to ride the political train, she should start there.

Run for some small local office. If she can get herself elected, she can start trying to climb the political ladder. You don't start at the top if you don't have any political experience.

[BumRushDaShow]

18. That makes sense except

I wish that had been the case for 45.

(so the "template" is set)

[IronLionZion]

32. Trump did

and see how that worked out

[milestogo]

20. Another Oprah discovery runs for office.

Dr Oz
Ms Williamson

Dr Phil, where are you?

[BumRushDaShow]

22. I had heard that Dr. Phil was retiring this year

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-phil-ending-21-seasons-phil-mcgraw-seeks-new-venture/

Guess it might be coming.

[newdayneeded]

36. Good, can't stand that beady eyed

fucker.

[Wild blueberry]

24. Go away

[Lettuce Be]

26. Obviously it is lucrative to run, because long-shot this isn't but still, she runs again

I'm thinking it must actually be worthwhile to run, regardless of whether you win, otherwise, why would anyone do this? Love to know the math behind these failed before they start campaigns. The real question is why would anyone throw money at such a loser?

[Happy Hoosier]

34. She can expense a lot of her living expenses to her campaign.

airline tickets, travel, food.... they can all be expensed to the campaign. It's a grift.

[SunSeeker]

28. Ug. nt

[Mysterian]

29. Must be a good grift to run for office

Or else idiot trump never would have done it.

[ZonkerHarris]

30. go away marianne. just go away

[LiberalFighter]

31. Make sure only reputable polls are used to decide if candidates are eligible to debate.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

35. Over-inflated ego imho is a disqualifier - what's with these

people with zero history of public service thinking they can or should be president or anything but school board or council member. Something seriously wrong with a system that gives us all these malignant narcissist candidates only interested in themselves.