Oprah Winfrey for president

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Just now, Bill & Katya said:

I am fine with Oprah running, but I wonder if she will be vetted by a number of other DNC candidates, or if she will just get the nomination by acclamation?

I believe the DNC anoint their candidates.

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Trump thinks Oprah knows how to win.

 

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31 minutes ago, Boiler said:

During the 2016 elections, Democrats insisted that competency is essential in any presidential candidate. That is sounding more than a little hypocritical now

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/09/oprah-winfrey-president-idea-uncomfortable-truth

 

  The Republicans used to bring that up too. Then a complete nincompoop like Trump comes along and wins the primary, and the whole game changes.

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9 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  The Republicans used to bring that up too. Then a complete nincompoop like Trump comes along and wins the primary, and the whole game changes.

But that is the difference isn’t it?  Trump beat out 16 other candidates in contested primaries.  Do you think the RNC truly wanted him as the candidate?  The DNC on the other hand handed the nomination to Hillary and paid off Bernie to keep him happy.  

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43 minutes ago, spookyturtle said:

She already had a TV show and is a billionaire, so no need for her to do that. 

Yes, but she doesn't make it a point to denigrate the poor, so clearly isn't qualified to be president. A couple dozen bankruptcies, and an inability to tell the truth, no matter what, wouldn't hurt either.

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8 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

I am fine with Oprah running, but I wonder if she will be vetted by a number of other DNC candidates, or if she will just get the nomination by acclamation?

She’s black and female, so she is way more than qualified.

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8 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

I am not sure I would want her to be president, but right now the bar is set pretty darn low, if you ask me. 

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26 minutes ago, Póg mo said:

I am not sure I would want her to be president, but right now the bar is set pretty darn low, if you ask me. 

True

 

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Politics is nasty. Oprah may or may not have what it takes to handle the pressure of even the campaign. 

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12 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

But that is the difference isn’t it?  Trump beat out 16 other candidates in contested primaries.  Do you think the RNC truly wanted him as the candidate?  The DNC on the other hand handed the nomination to Hillary and paid off Bernie to keep him happy.  

 

  I'm referring to Obama's senate experience not being good enough qualification for the presidency, and the 8 year long whine session the GOP built around that. Of course along comes Trump with all his reality TV experience, corporate bankruptcies, and scamming old people with fake university degrees, and yeah that's real presidential material. Hypocrites! 

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9 hours ago, Boiler said:

True

 

Oh  lord , now you have done it. We can't talk about she who walks behind the corn.  Trigger alert 

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9 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  I'm referring to Obama's senate experience not being good enough qualification for the presidency, and the 8 year long whine session the GOP built around that. Of course along comes Trump with all his reality TV experience, corporate bankruptcies, and scamming old people with fake university degrees, and yeah that's real presidential material. Hypocrites! 

You made it sound like the GOP picked Trump.  As I said, most of the GOP leaders did not want Trump, but he won the primary.  You could say the same thing about the DNC in 2008.  That was supposed to be Hillary’s anointing, but Obama with his meager experience said the heck with that, and he went out and won the primary.  If the DNC had stayed out of bed with Hillary in 2016 and ran a truly open primary they may have found a candidate that might have won.

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At this point, I'll settle for anyone who's not psychotic.

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I find Ophra  kind of hot in a strange kind of way. Not as smoldering sexy as Condi Rice, however. She seems nice enough. I don't know why anyone would get all bent in either direction about her running.

 

See what her postions are and go from there.

 

Reporting live from the center of the road.

 

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