She Cannot Win Within this System … Marianne Williamson by Caryn MacGrandle

From my conmadres: “Well, yes, I agree with everything she says, but she can’t win.”

Meaning, “I’m not going to support her, send her money, talk about her campaign.”

I press on asking ‘why’.  And the answer I invariably get is that she will not make it as she is outside the system. 

First off, let’s backup, if you are outside the United States, you may not be aware of Marianne Williamson.  If you are inside the United States, you may not be aware of Marianne Williamson as she has been blackballed by media (Dean Phillips got into the race and two days later, he was already on Meet the Press and NBC News.)  Marianne has had to pay for all her media even though her polling numbers within the Democratic party are at 11%!

She is outside the system, and she represents a completely new way of thinking and acting. 

From Marianne’s campaign:

“We’re serious about medical debt, serious about poverty, serious about millions of American struggling to make it in a rigged economy, and more. We offer the deepest analysis and boldest solutions to the serious challenges that confront us as a country. And at a moment like this, each of us needs to be serious enough to think deeply about what that means.”

My partner lost his masonry job because his hips fell apart.  He lost his insurance and had to fight to finally get insurance so that he could get the surgeries he needed.  And then he lost the insurance because he cannot pay the premiums without a job.  And he can’t get a job without medical assistance.  And he owes thousands of dollars.

The system is broke.

I left my broken marriages thinking I would be fine as I am hard-working, honest and have a college degree.  I’ve been looking for a job for almost three years. In the last five months, I have applied to over 170 jobs that I am qualified for. I have had about three interviews and no job offers. I am not sure why our employment rate is 3.8% as the only jobs out there for me are ones that I can not possibly support my household with. I had to speak to three people, two of whom I had to ‘recover’ from the phone call, before I could get approved for Food Stamp assistance. I have been living on my IRA’s, and they are almost gone. I have not had health insurance for years.

The system is broke.

We wake up to more men killing more people for power and revenge. The public is horrified but the brutal truth is that brutal killing goes on all over the planet every day in so many places. This one counts because it is in the ‘civilized’ world and because these men hold so much power and resources, it may lead to World War III.

The system is broke.

We cannot fix the system by hiring ‘within’. We women are 51% and if we come together, we can win. We can change the world. It is time.

And what would you think of yourself if you did not even try?

Support Marianne Williamson’s campaign. Send money if you can. Send money if you cannot. Talk about it. Post about it.

In my opinion, she Is the Divine Feminine’s Choice.

The below poem was in my inbox earlier from Trista Hendren of the Girl God also a contributor to FAR and a commadre doing wonderful work. (Reprinted with permission.) I recommend signing up for her newsletter.

“I will not
dance to your war
drum. I will
not lend my soul nor
my bones to your war
drum. I will
not dance to your
beating. I know that beat.
It is lifeless. I know
intimately that skin
you are hitting. It
was alive once
hunted stolen
stretched. I will
not dance to your drummed
up war. I will not pop
spin beak for you. I
will not hate for you or
even hate you. I will
not kill for you. Especially
I will not die
for you. I will not mourn
the dead with murder nor
suicide. I will not side
with you nor dance to bombs
because everyone else is
dancing. Everyone can be
wrong. Life is a right not
collateral or casual. I
will not forget where
I come from. I
will craft my own drum. Gather my beloved
near and our chanting
will be dancing. Our
humming will be drumming. I
will not be played. I
will not lend my name
nor my rhythm to your
beat. I will dance
and resist and dance and
persist and dance. This heartbeat is louder than
death. Your war drum ain’t
louder than this breath.
“What I Will” by Suheir Hammad

Marianne Williamson must win for the exact reason that she is outside of the system. 

And you and I can make that happen.