In The News Today...

Quote: Evenbob

Great news for the Left. Opie, The
Oprah, might be running in 2020.
H-wood is on the ground today
peeing themselves in delight. She's
sure to win, she's The Opie..

Never mind that when Trump said
in 2015 that Opie would make
great running mate for him and he
was mocked and laughed at. No no,
Opie is the perfect candidate now.
LOL!

Never mind that there are countless
pics of the The Ope and Harvey Weinstein,
her kissing him, hugging, them walking
hand in hand down a red carpet, them
together at celebrity functions. For
years and years. How can this hurt her,
she had no idea what monster Harv
was. Snicker...

Please run, Ope. White and Latino men
have dreamed about the day when they
could cast a ballot for a person like you..

Sounds like EB is scared.

Does who or what a presidental candidate grabs, kisses, hugs, matter?

Quote: ams288

Sounds like EB is scared.

I would be scared. There is no real strong potential Democrat to be the 'obvious' 2020 candidate. If Oprah announced today that she will be running for President in 2020, which Democrat would want to take her on? And just like the shocking victory by the non traditional DJT, I could easily see Oprah winning. God help us..... (from an atheist....)

Quote: SOOPOO

I could easily see Oprah winning.

Have you ever heard her talk? She's
as boring and as intelligent as an old
lemon peel. She's Obama, she can read
a speech just fine. Off the cuff she's Obama,
only worse, if that's possible. Women love
her because she's emotional, she cries a
lot. And she has good writers for daytime
TV. She's a talking head, and the head is
empty.

Quote: Evenbob

Have you ever heard her talk? She's
as boring and as intelligent as an old
lemon peel. She's Obama, she can read
a speech just fine. Off the cuff she's Obama,
only worse, if that's possible. Women love
her because she's emotional, she cries a
lot. And she has good writers for daytime
TV. She's a talking head, and the head is
empty.

I would not be enthusiastic about an Oprah candidacy. Too much cult of personality, just like Trump. However, I don't think she's foolish enough to think she's an expert on everything - really the opposite of Trump, and one of his biggest flaws. She may have a big ego, I really don't know, but she's very smart about putting experts in the right places, and pulling together their abilities and contributions, so in that respect, she'd be an improvement.

I think her worst trait as president would be a reliance on entitlements and giveaways. Could be wrong, but of her most popular programs most involved insane giveaways to the audience or swooping into some sad situation and Good Fairy-ing it into a happy ending. For me, this wish-fulfillment impulse with other people's money is the deal-breaker with any Dem.

Quote: beachbumbabs

I would not be enthusiastic about an Oprah candidacy. She may have a big ego, I really don't know, but she's very smart about putting experts in the right place

She's good at packaging and selling
herself to women on daytime TV, with
the help of a huge staff. I find her
excruciatingly boring, the opposite of
Trump. Even his haters listen to him
when he speaks because he knows how
to connect with an audience. Like Scott
Adams says, Trump has no one talent,
but he has a huge talent 'stack' that he
draws from.

Calling himself a genius this weekend really
impressed Adams. The worst thing you can
do is say things like "I'm not stupid" or
"I'm not crazy". Look what happened to
Nixon when he said he wasn't a crook. The
word 'Nixon' and 'crook' are now joined to
each other for eternity. Trump just linked
himself to the word 'genius', probably for
the rest of his career. That word has no
negative connotations whatsoever, it's
100% positive, even when used sarcastically.

Pure genius on Trump's part, amazing actually.

Not thrilled with Oprah
Would she make a better President?
absolutely

Quote: terapined

Not thrilled with Oprah
Would she make a better President?
absolutely

Agreed.

She'd be terrible.

Not dreadful.

Quote: Evenbob

She's good at packaging and selling
herself to women on daytime TV, with
the help of a huge staff. I find her
excruciatingly boring, the opposite of
Trump. Even his haters listen to him
when he speaks because he knows how
to connect with an audience. Like Scott
Adams says, Trump has no one talent,
but he has a huge talent 'stack' that he
draws from.

Calling himself a genius this weekend really
impressed Adams. The worst thing you can
do is say things like "I'm not stupid" or
"I'm not crazy". Look what happened to
Nixon when he said he wasn't a crook. The
word 'Nixon' and 'crook' are now joined to
each other for eternity. Trump just linked
himself to the word 'genius', probably for
the rest of his career. That word has no
negative connotations whatsoever, it's
100% positive, even when used sarcastically.

Pure genius on Trump's part, amazing actually.

I don't mind having a conversation but I have to say I dislike being edited out of context, which you do a lot. You strung together 3 things I said in a much longer paragraph, then addressed just that, in part negating the contrast I was making and misrepresenting my point in your response.

I would argue that Trump does NOT have the wisdom or security to employ experts and allow them to guide his actions or advise him. He chooses sycophants who tell him what he wants to hear, often know nothing about the department they're leading, and values their loyalty to him personally over the best interests of the department or the country. A bunch of bumbling fools, with a few exceptions.

Trump himself only listens to himself, no matter the depth of his ignorance on the topic, how it would connect to other events and policies, any unintended consequences, or even the constitutionality of his actions. He's proud of this and proclaims it often. To me, it's a strong indication of mental illness, to delude yourself you always know better than anyone else.

Oprah does not do that. And I assume she would carry that respect for expertise and wise counsel into a Presidency, though I don't know. This was RWR's skill; he appointed /nominated competent people. She would follow that model, with some awareness of how much she doesn't know.

So apparently all this new Oprah speculation got generated, or regenerated out of last night's speech.

So I looked it up and am linking it.