[US] Marianne Williamson, RFK Jr and Cornel West; let's discuss.
[US] Marianne Williamson, RFK Jr and Cornel West; let's discuss.
These candidates are really the only challengers to Biden in the primaries. All of their campaigns are extremely long shots (but not impossible in my opinion- if we decided we liked them more than Biden they could win). Let's all have a civilized discussion/debate over them. Let's try to not focus too heavy on their perceived inability to beat Biden but focus on them as actual candidates.
my take
MW: I recently watched an interview with Marianne Williamson who I'd never heard of before (I'm sure there's a reason media doesn't cover her). She really impressed me with her views, especially on neoliberalism. She heavily reminds me of Bernie and isn't running just for the sake of it or as a protest like some other long shot candidates do. In my opinion she deserves everyone's vote in the primaries, at least. She is also very talented at oration.
CW: I'll be honest, I know very little about him and need to do more research.
RFK JR: He's literally a clown. He's a nepo baby and all his views are inconsistent, harmful, and crackpot. He has no shot at winning.
RFK is a conspiracy theorist and has more ideologically in common with Republicans than Democrats.
has more ideologically in common with Republicans than Democrats
not only that but his favorability with Republicans is substantially higher than that of Democrats. guy's probably running in the wrong primary and if he didn't have a handful of "too liberal" takes he'd be getting a VP call come 2024 convention season
He's probably financially backed by Republicans to help split the democratic vote.
MW: Is an anti-vaxxer woo-woo person, so no thanks. CW: Nothing to wrong with him in a vaccum but all he's going to do is take away votes from Biden. RFK JR: conspiracy theorist and generally a POS, hard pass
Not completely dismissing the criticism about woo-woo spiritual stuff, but she has directly addressed accusations of being anti-vax
Misrepresentations of my work are in high gear this morning, so just in case it need be said: I am not anti-vaxx. I am pro-science & medicine. I’ve never suggested to anyone they should pray away their illness & not see a doctor. I’ve never blamed a victim nor fat-shamed anyone.
I don't think she's a malicious nut like Kennedy, but does seem into spiritual and self-help stuff. Which is fine to me as long as she's grounding her politics in the real world.
There's a reason why these crackpots have no chance at winning
Let's get some atheists in the mix. So sick of having Christians running the country.
They're not all christians, it's just a necessary inconvenience necessary to get elected in this country.
CW is the only one that's remotely interesting to me, but I don't think any of them are particularly good for anything except being a spoiler and getting Donald Trump elected.
CW is also sorta kinda but not totally antivax
Edit: oh you said MW…
Just read this about CW
Westerners safe from bombardment like long-shot third-party presidential candidate Cornel West continue to accommodate Russia. In a July 13 interview with CNN's Kaitlan Collins, West called Russia's invasion "criminal" but insisted it was "provoked by the expansion of NATO" and is a "proxy war between the American Empire and the Russian Federation," adding Neville Chamberlain-esque icing on the appeasement cake by proposing Ukrainian territorial concessions to Russia.
So that's enough for me to lose any interest I had in him.
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Just weak attempts at putting together a manchin or sinema-esque “dem” ally for the presidency to try and split votes
Fuckin yawn
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Why 2028? Why not ‘24? Great points though.