Healing the Soul of America
20th Anniversary Edition
by Marianne Williamson


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BOOK REVIEW by OnTheIssues.org:

OnTheIssues now covers 20 Democratic contenders, including our latest addition, Marianne Williamson. Twenty is the maximum allowed by the rules of the early Democratic debates. The first two scheduled debates -- of about a dozen anticipated debates -- will be held in June and July. The rules for the early debates are:

1. There will be two debates, of ten candidates each, on two consecutive evenings.
2. The ten participants in each debate will be selected randomly (unlike the "two-tiered" system of the Republicans in 2016, which led to accusations of having "the kiddie table.")
3. A candidate qualifies for the debates by exceeding 1% in three Democratic-party-approved polls, OR they can show "grassroots support"...
4. A candidate shows "grassroots support" by exceeding 65,000 donors in at least 20 states, with at least 200 unique donors per state.
5. If the number of qualifying candidates exceeds 20, then the "poll-based qualifiers" get preference over the "donor-based qualifiers," ranked by polling results.

Here's the catch for Marianne Williamson and the other less-well-known candidates: Rule #5 above will exclude candidates if any more candidates now join. When the 21st candidate joins the race, the struggle begins to NOT be cut out. The list of likely candidates to still join the race? Here are the candidates we expect may announce by the end of May:

• Joe Biden, former Vice President (candidate #21 announced on April 25th)
• Steve Bullock, Montana Governor
• Bill de Blasio, NYC Mayor
• Terry McAuliffe, former Virginia Governor
• Wayne Messam, Miramar FL Mayor

-- Jesse Gordon, editor-in-chief, jesse@OnTheIssues.org, April 2019

OnTheIssues.org excerpts:  (click on issues for details)

Abortion     Marianne Williamson: Ask for soul's wisdom on abortion, and surrender to God.

Civil Rights     Marianne Williamson: You don't have to LIKE people to allow their equal rights.     Marianne Williamson: Reparations is a sign of America's racial healing.

Corporations     Marianne Williamson: Corporate interests control the political process.

Crime     Marianne Williamson: Tougher sentencing laws led to mass incarceration.

Drugs     Marianne Williamson: Opioid crisis results from pharma companies drugging America.

Education     Marianne Williamson: Teach children HOW to think, not WHAT to think.

Energy & Oil     Marianne Williamson: Massive effort to combat effects of climate change.

Environment     Marianne Williamson: Clean air and water are environmental justice.     Richard Nixon: EPA was created as protector of earth's resources.     Scott Pruitt: Reversed Obama's ban on pesticide chlorpyrifos.

Foreign Policy     Donald Trump: OpEd: Dismantled State Department to fund corporate advocacy.     Marianne Williamson: Ask ourselves why we are so disliked around the globe.

Homeland Security     Dwight Eisenhower: 1961: Permanent armaments industry has grave implications.     Marianne Williamson: Remove pathological romanization of the military.     Marianne Williamson: Military expenditures are 54% of all discretionary funding.

Principles & Values     Marianne Williamson: Separation of church and state supports spiritual flowering.

War & Peace     Lyndon Johnson: Secretary of Defense called Vietnam "a terrible mistake".     Marianne Williamson: Vietnam was a huge black gash wounding America.     Marianne Williamson: U.S. imperialistically devastated both Vietnam and Iraq.

Welfare & Poverty     Dwight Eisenhower: 1953: Every warship launched is theft from the hungry.     Marianne Williamson: Welfare is social justice, not charity.

Click for quotations from other sources by: Donald Trump Republican Presidential incumbent Dwight Eisenhower Lyndon Johnson Marianne Williamson Democratic candidate for President Richard Nixon Scott Pruitt EPA Director 2017-2018