The Wild Reed: Marianne Williamson: “We Need to Disrupt the Corrupt”

Saturday, October 21, 2023

Marianne Williamson: “We Need to Disrupt the Corrupt”

Author and Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson recently appeared on The Michael Steele Network podcast where she talked about the role the DNC should be playing in the 2024 election, why she’s rising in the polls with Gen Z voters, how her 2024 campaign is different from her 2020 one, and why her “disrupt the corrupt” platform is seeing her shut out of the mainstream media. She also addressed the ongoing tragedies occurring in Israel and Gaza.

Michael Steele is an attorney, political commentator, and former politician who served as the seventh lieutenant governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007 and as chairperson of the Republican National Committee (RNC) from 2009 until 2011; he was the first African-American to hold either office. Steele was openly critical of Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign and has continued to oppose President Trump during and after his subsequent administration.

As I’ve said previously, I wish Marianne’s voice and message could be heard on a regular basis on the mainstream Sunday morning talk shows. Yet sadly the corporate media/DNC blackout of her candidacy continues.

Following are some comments on Michael Steele’s conversation with Marianne that have been posted on YouTube.

• Marianne’s as smart as a whip, and I appreciate that Michael doesn’t treat her in a hostile, adversarial manner. Her spiritual background gives her a wise perspective and grasp of the human condition. I would love to see her message resonate with a critical mass of people: a major waking up.

• Marianne has some really great points that should be in the daily narrative. If only we had a serious media and not a clown show.

• I gotta admit, I never took her seriously. But as a 54-year-old woman with student debt (and no degree), no job (I need to work from home due to health issues), and chronic auto-immune issues, she’s right about college and Obamacare. Yes, Obama helped. . . . BUT, healthcare was still left in the hands of Big Insurance, and while a step better, it’s no prize. She has great points. . . . I needed a job, and I took what I could get, which bit me hard the following year. Employment numbers don’t count the folks who are looking, but have limits. I fell out of the system a while ago. So, the system is a mess. Folks like me are unseen. Bidenomics is not helping when one trip to a grocery store can be $200 for a few bags of groceries. We need help, for sure.

• Thanks for engaging with Marianne. She has the bluntness to express the views of the working citizens. Some have worked for poverty wages for many generations. It is past time to realize we all deserve opportunities to thrive. That means a living wage for all jobs is necessary for all to see a future where thriving instead of surviving is the norm. We must make government adapt rules of capitalism that bring humanity back into the equation. The role of the government is to raise the quality of life for all citizens, not for the rich and wealthy to enjoy all the benefits of an economy.

• I think the Democratic people would welcome an additional viable candidate for president. I have no doubt that she is that candidate. I will be the first to admit, that until the show I never knew she existed. I’m sure that there are many others like me. She needs to get exposure in the biggest way. She needs a war chest.

I close by sharing the October 19 message that Marianne sent from the campaign trail to her supporters, myself included.

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Dear Michael,

As I travel across this country, I speak to folks across the political spectrum, and I find that they have much more in common than we usually think. Whether they are conservatives, liberals, or anything else, they are all concerned about the corruption of our democracy and the influence of big money drowning out the voices of the working class.

The media makes us think that the most important divide in this country is between conservatives and liberals, but the real divide is between the powerful few and the working-class majority. Our democracy works very well for the few, but it has stopped working for the many – the everyday people who work long hours to barely make ends meet.

Our campaign is the lone voice in this primary election standing up to corrupt corporate rule. We champion publicly financing elections, overturning Citizens United, banning Congress members from lobbying or trading stocks, and much more.

While myriad issues demand our attention, they are but symptoms of a deeper malaise – the usurpation of democracy by Big Money. Only when we solve this core issue and take back our democracy can we begin to deal with everything else.

Please do what you can to support our campaign so that we can begin to build a democracy that works for all of us, not just the powerful few.