She is selling herself as a host of a daytime TV show. Like Ellen, only more New Age.
I wouldn't watch her TV show, but lots of people would.
She isn't running for president, not really. She wants to change our souls, for the better. She is a minister in the church of Aquarius.
She is addressing a Presidential Forum organized by Native American groups.
She is extraordinarily well spoken and fluent. She speaks effortlessly in full sentences and paragraphs. It doesn't seem memorized, but it must be.
She is extraordinarily well spoken and fluent. She speaks effortlessly in full sentences and paragraphs. It doesn't seem memorized, but it must be.
She keeps saying she wants deep understanding, deep engagement with Native Americans. I am at a Native American conference in Sioux City, Iowa. Nine different candidates will be here in two days, including all the leading candidates, except Joe Biden.
I see it is a pander-fest. What else could it be? Promises and assurances.
Candidates are paraded in here, one hour each, to assure Native Americans that they want the support of the six million Native Americans and that they deserve it. Both Williamson and Warren have been here and each have promised them she had the Indians' backs, that they would move heaven and earth for them. Klobuchar and Bullock will be here later this afternoon. Tomorrow: Delaney, Castro, Sanders, and deBlasio.
If this were a group of college students--or disabled veterans, or women, or labor unions, or small businessmen, or solar energy contractors--I would expect the same thing: letting each group know they offered their full support. This just happens to be Native Americans.
Candidates are paraded in here, one hour each, to assure Native Americans that they want the support of the six million Native Americans and that they deserve it. Both Williamson and Warren have been here and each have promised them she had the Indians' backs, that they would move heaven and earth for them. Klobuchar and Bullock will be here later this afternoon. Tomorrow: Delaney, Castro, Sanders, and deBlasio.
If this were a group of college students--or disabled veterans, or women, or labor unions, or small businessmen, or solar energy contractors--I would expect the same thing: letting each group know they offered their full support. This just happens to be Native Americans.
(Linguistic hint: white people tend to use the word "Native American." Native Americans mostly refer to themselves as "Indians.")
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Andrew Jackson had the nickname "Indian Killer." He considered it a compliment.
2 comments:
Marianne Williamson understands the intersection of political stardom and spiritualism in highly processed form for mass consumption. Your Ellen comparison is apt, a smart alernative woman who uses entertainment programming embedded with transformative social messaging. Of course Ellen has to do some weird even absurd stuff on her show to keep ratings and advertisers bolstering her activist platform, so we can understand Williamson has to serve up the catchy headlines like erasing Andrew Jackson from the White House. But in return she'll qualify for probably one last debate and we are treated to an unexpected sonorous voice as her political yoga class transitions to a different domain. I envy you for catching the group therapy live, with the Indians no less. A nice break from substantive politics.
Anybody who has watched Marianne Williamson's weekly broadcasts over the years will know that her effortless speech is not memorized.
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