Oprah's Golden Globe Awards speech stirs presidential run rumors online
Source: CBS News
Oprah Winfrey's rousing speech at the Golden Globes, as she accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award, stirred more than a standing ovation at the Beverly Hills Hilton. It inflamed rumors that she may run for president (rumors that Winfrey has sought to dispel) and lit up the internet.
The stirring oration, amid a night in which the entire female contingent in the audience wore black to highlight the "Time's Up" movement, began with Winfrey reminiscing about watching Sidney Poitier win an Oscar in 1964, sitting "on the linoleum floor of her house in Milwaukee." Poitier would become the first African American to win the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1982, and as Oprah continued her rousing speech, she noted that girls like her were probably watching at home as she became the first African-American female to accept the award.
"At this moment, there are some little girls watching as I become the first black woman to be given this award," Winfrey said Sunday. "I want all the girls watching to know: A new day is on the horizon. When that new day finally dawns, it will be because of the magnificent women and many of them are in this room tonight."
Before she stepped off the stage, the word "presidential" was already the adjective of choice on twitter, with #Oprah2020 trending almost immediately. "SHE'S RUNNING," said several Twitter users.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oprah-winfrey-golden-globe-speech-stirs-presidential-run-rumors-online/
samnsara
(17,665 posts)...we CAN do better. FFS we have loads of really politically talented prospects and some are looking at effing OPRAH?
We already proved that a reality tv star could be elected.
Howe bout we elect someone who actually knows how to run a country.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)We should have learned our lesson a long time ago with Ronald Reagan.
I don't want an entertainer to shepherd public policy that affects the lives of millions any more than I want Carrot Top to perform my next root canal.
7962
(11,841 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)will early on get the negatives. Please stop it already, for you comfort, she is not running. Geez.
She would 100 times better than the jerk in the WH now.
mountain grammy
(26,675 posts)Nitram
(22,971 posts)jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)cannot stand her......and remember how she DID nothing/campaigning for Obama?
PatSeg
(47,768 posts)and aside from going on the campaign trail for Obama, she has never shown an interest in politics or government. People need to get serious and make some serious choices, rather than turn politics into a popularity contest.
jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)always held that against her. She pushed Mister Phil on us and we will never be rid of him.....and like I told my sister this AM...she can't even figure out how to do a sit up..... she can't run a country.
Perhaps they can dig up Ed Sullivan !!!
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,756 posts)Here's an explanation of the reference, for the young 'uns at DU:
Topo Gigio, a soft foam mouse with dreamy eyes and a friendly, childish personality, was very popular in Italy for many yearsnot only on TV, but also in children's magazines, such as the classical Corriere dei Piccoli, animated cartoons, merchandising, and movies. In 1963, the character's popularity spread to the world after being featured on The Ed Sullivan Show in the US.
PatSeg
(47,768 posts)with Obama in 2008, but she looked bored and disinterested, like she had better things to do. I don't think she gives a damn about politics. You probably don't remember it, because it lasted for about two seconds.
I've always found her to be superficial and self-absorbed. I'd forgotten about bringing us Dr. Phil, that alone should be unforgivable. "You get a charlatan and you get a charlatan............."
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)What could possibly go wrong ?
camelfan
(130 posts)living the nightmare of electing someone with no relevant experience? And now we would announce that our alternative to Trump in 2020 is more of the same? Does anyone think that the Putins, Assads, Dutertes and Kim Jong Un's of the world wouldn't relish this? Does anyone see her standing up to these dictators? I actually hope she runs...and gets crushed early on, so we can put an end to this nonsense once and for all.
Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,752 posts)president or nothing. IMHO, a former entertainer (Franken, Schwarzeneger) or president's spouse (Clinton) or anyone for that matter who has not held any sort of public office before does not deserve to go straight to president. Do the work! Pay your dues first, if only to be on council or whatever. I want to see some humility in my prez. And I want to see a record re: how that person behaves while in office. Ideally a lifetime of some other public service outside of politics as well -
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)appointed Secretary of State?
Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,752 posts)running for prez. Was that not clear?
keithbvadu2
(37,047 posts)Trump and Oprah?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign,_2000
Donald campaigned/ran for Prez in 2000
Trump focused his campaign on the issues of fair trade, eliminating the national debt, and achieving universal healthcare as outlined in the campaign companion piece The America We Deserve, released in January 2000. He named media proprietor Oprah Winfrey as his ideal running mate and said he would instantly marry his girlfriend, Melania Knauss, to make her First Lady.