Marianne Williamson---"Why I support Obama."

[banjosareunderrated]

Feminism in the Age of Now

"What! You're not voting for Hillary? But I thought you were such a feminist!"

If I've heard it once, I've heard it a hundred times. So let me explain why I'm not voting with my vagina…

As a feminist, I believe nurturing and nourishing a world trying to be born is the most effective way to heal the malevolent effects of a world that needs to pass away.

That is why I support Obama.

As a feminist, I believe inclusion is more powerful and life producing than is exclusion.

That is why I support Obama.

As a feminist, I believe tending and mending is a more effective way to deal with the world's stress points than is fighting or fleeing.

That is why I support Obama.

As a feminist, I believe having a vision for what I want the world to become is more important than simply solving the problems that have arisen in the world that is.

That is why I support Obama.

As a feminist, I'm more concerned with creating a world my great, great grandchildren can live in than in trying to make things better for me right now.

That is why I support Obama.

As a feminist, I am convinced that building authentic relationships is a more effective, creative way to build peace than just strategizing to destroy enemies and manipulating alliances.

That is why I support Obama.

As a feminist, I relate more to the honest sharing of a wife who sometimes misses a note, to the too-scripted sharing of a woman who never does.

That is why I support Obama.

As a feminist, I look forward to voting for the first woman President; but when I do, I want her to be one whose positions and policies reflect a feminine worldview.

That is why I support Obama.

As a feminist, I get that masculine armor is not our strength, our ability to love is our greatest power, and our urge to repair is our greatest calling.

That is why I support Obama, pray for him unceasingly, try to strengthen his chances…. and will support whoever wins.


----- Marianne Williamson

http://www.mwblog.com/journal/archives/2008/01/feminism_in_the.php">link

[AtomicKitten]

1. Brava!

bookmarked

K&R :)

[flor de jasmim]

2. Very nicely said!

[donheld]

3. Your post would be wonderful without

the sarcastic line.

[banjosareunderrated]

6. removed--thx for advice n/t

[Bluebear]

4. He certainly is attracting a lot of religious figures, I will say that.

[Skittles]

5. yes n/t

[Rene]

7. Everyone hold hands now....we're skipping off to Fairy Land.

Two words.....research Exelon - the nuclear industry backing of bho

You're delusional if you don't think bho isn't being maneuvered for the public, by the nuclear industry, and other industry groups. Learn who his real backers are.

In other words....it's long past time for a reality check on bho.

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[banjosareunderrated]

21. Gotcha

Exelon and the nuclear industry opposed the war in Iraq in October of 2002, not Obama. He was a pawn in the nuclear industry's master plan of maneuvering an unknown Illinois state senator toward the keynote speech at the DNC so he could win a seat in the U.S. Senate and then challenge for the Democratic Presidential nominee, while, all along, he was doing it to embrace the nuclear industry once he got elected to the POTUS?

You're so right. Sorry to have missed it.

[Kitty Herder]

8. This line sums up my feelings, too:

"As a feminist, I look forward to voting for the first woman President; but when I do, I want her to be one whose positions and policies reflect a feminine worldview.

That is why I support Obama."

Maybe I'll start using is as my sig. line.

[Adams Wulff]

9. K&R

Thanks! I have always respected Marianne.

[Yossariant]

10. LOL! What happened to her "Journey to Obama?"

"I'm perplexed by the question often presented by his opponents, "Yeah, but how is he really going to change things?" To me, he already has. He has awakened the sleeping giant of American democracy, and that is the greatest antidote to every problem we face.

Then there's the "Yeah, but it's all just pretty words" argument. Oh please. Kind of like, "Of the people, by the people, and for the people," "We have nothing to fear but fear itself," "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country" and "I have a dream"? Are we supposed to think that words never actually changed the world? For me personally, he had me at "Yes, We Can."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marianne-williamson/my-journey-to-obama_b_81372.html


"Then Mack brought home the point of her story for the crowd of 100 or so eager volunteers, sipping coffee and watching a PowerPoint presentation in the Obama campaign office on a recent Saturday.

"Did that make more impact on you than if I had talked about his health care plan or his stance on the environment?" she asked.

On the verge of a hectic few weeks leading to Super Tuesday, the crucial Feb. 5 multistate primary including California's, Mack wanted to drill home one of the campaign's key strategies: telling potential voters personal stories of political conversion.

She urged volunteers to hone their own stories of how they came to Obama – something they could compress into 30 seconds on the phone.

"Work on that, refine that, say it in the mirror," she said. "Get it down."

She told the volunteers that potential voters would no doubt confront them with policy questions. Mack's direction: Don't go there. Refer them to Obama's Web site, which includes enough material to sate any wonk.
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/649427.html

[DemGa]

11. It's easy to see Marrianne has been deceived

This line:

"As a feminist, I relate more to the honest sharing of a wife who sometimes misses a note, to the too-scripted sharing of a woman who never does."

She had to get a little smear in at Hillary: a claim of inauthenticity.

Marianne, you went to the dark side.

[babylonsister]

14. That's not a smear, that's reality. nt

[Coexist]

13. I like her books.

[NC_Nurse]

15. Thanks for this wonderful post!

:yourock:

[Scurrilous]

16. K & R

:thumbsup:

[riverwalker]

17. This is an endorsement I respect

Williamsen is a very wise woman. Thanks for posting!

[BigDDem]

18. Marianne Williamson for Sec of State!

Anything that's not love is "an illusion!"

:rofl:

[stahbrett]

19. Speaking for those using the same voting machine after Marianne Williamson...

Thank you for NOT voting with your vagina.


:D

[bvar22]

20. Thanks, Marianne.

I listen to Marianne's show everyday at 2PM Central on XM channel 156.

I used to listen to Randi everyday at 2, but I would get too angry.
The change to Marianne has been great.