By Catalina Camia
Candidates for Congress can boast their own TV ads, slogans and even T-shirts and other keepsakes — but not everyone can say they have their own campaign song by a Grammy Award winner.
Self-help author Marianne Williamson is out to instill a new political sensibility in Congress with the help of Alanis Morissette, who wrote a new song for Williamson’s campaign.
Williamson, an independent, is one of 18 candidates seeking to succeed Rep. Henry Waxman, the liberal Democrat from California and prolific legislator who is retiring in January after 40 years in Congress. The video for Morissette’s song went live Monday on YouTube.
In her campaign, Williamson has denounced the “moneyed forces” that dominate American politics as she seeks to instill a “politics of conscience” in Washington. Morissette’s song, Today, speaks of a “revolution” to spark that change.
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Is this Williamson woman gonna win?
“Cuz I got one hand in my pocket, and the other one is givin’ a peace sign.”
God damn I love that song!
“Cuz I got one hand in my pocket, and the other one is givin’ a peace sign.”