Throughout the DemDebate, Marianne Williamson served up the sort of bizarre, love-infused asides that one yearns for when trying to decide who should lead the nation
Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Moderators didn’t get around to Marianne Williamson until about 30 minutes into Thursday’s Democratic debate. But they quickly learned that anytime they called on the self-help author, she’d take the conversation in new and exciting directions. Throughout the evening, Williamson continued to serve up the sort of bizarre, love-infused asides that one yearns for when trying to decide who should lead the nation. Here are some of her best moments.
What Really Ails the Nation Blaming Americans’ high rates of chronic illness on the country’s for-profit health-care system? Any Democrat can do that. Williamson took a broader view, pointing to the nation’s “chemical policies, “food policies,” and environmental decay. “We don’t have a health-care system in the United States, we have a sickness-care system in the United States.”
Deciphering the Accent One major topic of conversation among debate viewers: Williamson’s accent. She’s from Houston, but the overall effect of her delivery is old-timey rich East Coast Establishment without the dropped r’s of the Kennebunkport crowd. Several Twitter users identified it as the extinct Mid-Atlantic accent, that prewar hybrid of British and American English.
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