Due Dissidence covering Marianne Williamson’s announcement that she intends to primary Joe.
https://youtu.be/jknkdmGd7D4?t=1686
Sabby Sabs had good coverage after the fact as well, along with a great lineup of guests during the same livestream …
You may remember that MW was my #2 choice behind Bernie in the 2020 Dem primary.
Like most of the commentators listed above, my enthusiasm about her has waned considerably.
The main reason being: that she has, in so many cagey weasel words, ruled out what is being called ‘a dirty break’ from the Dems. A dirty break would be losing the primary and the Dem nomination and going on to run against Joe and whoever the Republican is anyway.
In other words, what Bernie should have done if he had actually been interested in anything like “Revolution”.
Her rally speech is full of great words and fire about changing the system.
But her refusal (so far) to embrace a dirty break–is a dirty dealbreaker, for a lot of us who went to the mat for BS-anders and then had to listen to months of “my friend Joe” … a twist of the knife every time.
We don’t need another fake hero to get our hopes up. They pulled every ugly trick they knew to keep a sitting Senator from winning, twice. They’re not going to turn their power over to some crystal packin’ mama from out west, either.
If there is any hope left for ‘democracy’ via the ballot box, that hope is going to have to come from a source that isn’t a D or an R.
I’d rather see her, or RFK Jr., or Jesse Ventura, or anyone else play the spoiler a few times in a row, Nader-style, than to just disengage myself from the process completely and write in Carlos Castaneda or Hunter Thompson or some other dead protest name.
But failing the alternative of some dark horse, I will, too.
Being a good boy has gotten me, and us, absolutely nowhere. I’m not afraid of Ron DeSantis or being shamed for not voting against him. Sixty percent of the eligibles don’t vote At ALL, and if neither party can win their vote, or mine, it’s just simply not my fuckin’ problem anymore.