I like Oprah, I think she is great

[gabeana]

but I do not want her to run for President because she gave some great speech.

but I like her, there is a lot to admire about her, but President no

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. She has zero experience of the kind that would make a good President.

Trump also had such zero experience, but a lot of people were bamboozled by the "successful business man" bullshit.

[standingtall]

2. Now is not the time to go experimenting

with the reactionary Michael Moore logic which suggest sense the right wing had Reagan and Trump that we should nominate our own celebrity. No thanks!

[JI7]

3. she has done more than give a great speech just like Obama

but i don't think she will run. i don't think she has enough interest to get personally involved in politics . and she already has a lot of influence outside of poliitics .

[gabeana]

7. maybe I'm wrong but I hadn't heard the groundswell

of support for Oprah running for president until after this speech

and how can you compare Obama to Oprah (no offense Oprah), Obama's entire trajectory was in Public Service

Oprah is a self made women whose greatest attribute to the masses is her celebrity

[JI7]

11. my point is she has accomplishments other than the speech

just like Obama did even though it was the DNC Speech which started the talk of him as President.

and yes, his was in public service and particularly elected office which made him more likely to run.

but she does have many accomplishments other than just the speech.

[NBachers]

4. We're going to need a universe-class mechanical technician to put our government back together.

A mega-wonk of policy, politics, and economics. Someone who knows the gears and bearings, and can repair the destruction the republicans and their tsars have wrought.

This is why I'm not resistant to having an old hand that knows the workings of our government in charge.

[angrychair]

5. Just, no.

It’s insulting that a single member of this board would give any serious consideration to this nonsense.

A rich celebrity is the LAST FUCKING THING the Democrats need to nominate for POTUS.

We are getting brutally ripped inside out by the orange vomit monster and the last thing Democrats should do, if they ever want to be taken seriously, is even consider nominating a rich, however nice, celebrity to ANY office.

Are you people listening to yourselves? Absolutely ridiculous!

[pnwmom]

6. It wouldn't be just because she gave a great speech. I don't know who I'd support now, but

Oprah has decades of experience working to EMPOWER women and minorities. That's a lot more than just giving a good speech.

[gabeana]

8. Before the speech

where were all those people clamoring for her to run? sure there were a few, but I didn't see anything on this board urging it
maybe I missed it, seriously

[pnwmom]

13. So? Where were all the people clamoring for Obama to run before his first great speech? nt

[gabeana]

17. He was running for senator when he made that speech

sorry but Oprah is no Obama when it comes to public service

it is funy you don't answer my question, you just avoided but asking a non sequitur

[pnwmom]

25. No one was clamoring for Bernie or Martin to run before they did. "Clamoring to run"

isn't a job requirement.

[gabeana]

28. Now I dont even talking about

[Duncan Grant]

9. Bookmarking this thread for the fun of it.

I couldn’t disagree with you more. I would be very happy to see Oprah run.

If our worthless asses are to be saved, then by God, let it be black women who do the saving. Too bad it couldn’t be Audre Lorde. Amen and amen.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

10. Amen!

[gabeana]

18. sounds just like the crowd that said

let a business man run. He'll know how to run a country

just empty sophomoric rhetoric , waiting to be saved smh

[longship]

12. Oprah Winfrey is a babbling idiot.

She's wealthy beyond belief, but what does she do with it?

She supports all sorts of quack medical therapies. For Christ sakes, she supports that lunatic and utter charlatan, John of God. That alone should be disqualifying!

Then there's Dr. Phil -- "I was the worst marriage counselor on the planet." So what does he do for Oprah? Fucking marriage counseling!!!

And don't get me started about Dr. Oz, who doesn't care which quack therapies he promotes.

We dont need another fucking idiot in the White House!

Just no on Oprah! I dont want her anywhere near government, let alone my TV.

[progressoid]

14. this

[pnwmom]

15. She came up from nothing, as the child of a single mother raising her in poverty.

Everything she's accomplished, including a net worth as high as DT's, has come through her own brains and determination. But she has NEVER forgotten what she went to get where she is now, or the ordinary people who are still struggling.

DT is a phony -- a rich man who'd have made more money if he'd just invested his inheritance in the stock market.

She's the real thing. An American success story who inspires millions.

[longship]

16. She's a fucking ignoramous.

She supports quack medicine. She knows nothing about science. She supports lunatics like John of God, Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz.

That means I must oppose her politically with every fiber of my body.

[gabeana]

20. I guess

there is celebrity worshiping from all kinds

[hlthe2b]

24. I dislike Oz, Dr. Phil, Mercola and others as well. That said, she won't want

to run. AND, while science is not her area of expertise, she is NOT anti-science. She hosted some of the foremost in medicine and science over the years, though again, I agree she also had her share of quacks.

[LanternWaste]

29. No doubt, policy is unimportant when contrasted to fad and popularity to a dogmatic mind.

No doubt, policy is unimportant when contrasted to fad and popularity to a dogmatic mind. I can certainly see why you'd ignore that aspect.

She'd be far down on my list of potential candidates, but I don't pretend to have enough absolute knowledge to call her an idiot, no doubt-- many others possess that pretense. In quantity. Along with the hyperbole.

Good on ya; I'm certain you'll allege it's not pretense on your par though...

[longship]

30. Just Google "John of God" and you'll see.

You will find Oprah's fawning video. Then you'll see his psychic surgery, and his megachurch scam. Oprah is an ignorant buffoon in her support.

Then, there's Jenny McCarthy, who has a body count with her anti-vaccination idiocy. Oprah supports her, too.

That's pretty much the definition of idiocy.

[Meowmee]

19. Agree

She has done some good but she’s had a lot of loonies on her show.

[Mike Nelson]

21. I admire...

...how she gives back some of the wealth. You can still be very wealthy and improve those less fortunate. She cares about people. I also admired that speech - especially thinking of girls and young women seeing Oprah and being inspired. That's a very good thing. But as President of the US.... NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[hlthe2b]

22. She won't. She is too intelligent and knowledgable to want it.

[alarimer]

23. She is responsible for promoting lots of evil bullshit.

Those anti-vax evil pieces of shit Jenny McCarthy and Dr. Oz. Plus truly evil assholes like Dr. Phil. You can’t fix our problems with an evil ignorant billionaire by electing a NICE ignorant billionaire.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

27. Good point!

[klook]

26. If she is running for Congress or Senate in 2018, I'm interested.

Otherwise, I'll think about this after Nov. 6.