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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan Oprah announce she's running for something before we attack her ?
What has she ever done to us ?
I find the speculation about her running far fetched but so be it. She seems like a kind, empathetic, and thoughtful person. There seems to be a paucity of those attributes these days.
Thank you.
dembotoz
(16,866 posts)with friends like us.......
bigtree
(86,016 posts)hlthe2b
(102,521 posts)Can the fact that she so articulately and forcefully supported women last night be a mere coincidence?
While there is a case to be made for wanting to go back to a more traditional path to the WH--i.e., those who actually LEARN the craft of governance prior to running for the highest office, I do find it scurrilous and frankly ridiculous, to be conflating OPRAH with TRUMP--as many are doing here. And, I say to them: "have you lost your f'king minds?
JHB
(37,166 posts)Its a counter to the eager speculation that she might run, which also didnt wait until she announced anything.
hlthe2b
(102,521 posts)Take a closer look. It isn't that benign.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)...or knocked over a bag of Puppy Chow...
...or had takeout chow mein...
...or drove on Main Street...
I know there was something she did.
Cattledog
(5,921 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,319 posts)lpbk2713
(42,774 posts)Some seem to want to stifle her momentum before she even gets started.
I wonder what their motivation is?
MANative
(4,113 posts)the last thing we need is another inexperienced celebrity in the Oval. True, she'd probably surround herself with people who are more like-minded to us, but I want someone who actually understands what government is, and further, how to DO it successfully. She's a media personality and business person, but a government expert, she ain't! As impossible as it's been to get tRump to separate from his business interests, I don't see how she'd be any more likely to completely step away from the empire she's (legitimately) built. If it were any other celebrity, left, right, or center, I'd feel exactly the same way.
FSogol
(45,586 posts)Anyone announced or proposed is going to be torn apart.
That said, we need pros to run, not vanity candidates, CEOs, or celebs.
Orrex
(63,267 posts)And she put anti-vax jackass Jenny McCarthy on a nationally televised platform from which to project her toxic bullshit.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)Orrex
(63,267 posts)At some point, I would watch my own disemboweling in preference to seeing Trump's idiot face.
longship
(40,416 posts)And Oprah is a pretty low bar.
longship
(40,416 posts)Kook Brazilian megachurch pastor who treats people's cancer with fucking psychic surgery!!!
Oprah loves him.
eShirl
(18,509 posts)Orrex
(63,267 posts)We should make a list of the cranks she's promoted. Did Gwyneth Paltrow ever hawk her jade eggs on Oprah?
Archae
(46,373 posts)marble falls
(57,494 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,310 posts)that if "the People" wanted Winfrey to run, then she would run. The resistance on this thread is just showing that if Oprah were consistent with her position, she won't run. (I know, it's circular reasoning . . . . )
"It's up to the people," Winfrey's longtime partner, Stedman Graham, told The Times. "She would absolutely do it."
http://beta.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mog-golden-globes-oprah-president-20180107-story.html
eShirl
(18,509 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,310 posts)octoberlib
(14,971 posts)people saying they want someone with experience. The reason its being talked about on here is because its all over Twitter, WaPo and CNN.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)tenderfoot
(8,438 posts)so I've been giving her a hard time for awhile now.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,102 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,738 posts)running for president.
There's a lot more involved than that.
rock
(13,218 posts)We can attack anybody we want to for anything we want, any time!
Paladin
(28,285 posts)And not with a billionaire TV personality currently driving this country into a massive toilet, day by day.
Democrats need to opt for experienced political leadership as a non-negotiable requirement for the presidency. Let Oprah do some genuine good and put some of her vast fortune in support of a for-real Democratic candidate in 2020.
dsc
(52,173 posts)that doesn't mean I want to see them in the Oval Office.
alarimer
(16,245 posts)She promotes nonsense. She is no more qualified than Gwynneth Paltrow (or Trump, for that matter).