Will Oprah go for it and beat Trump in the next US presidential election.

Oldtree

I think she will and announced her intentions with the words "A new day is on the horizon" in her speech at the Golden Globes.

Reminiscent of Mya Angelou words from 1993
"The horizon leans forward, Offering you space to place new steps of change."

And I also think she will win it, attracting all but the far right to her cause.

Jim Bob Scratcher

No

Oldtree

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

No

No she won't go for it, no she won't win or both?

Maggie Marie

She likes her Mickey Donald’s too.

Jim Bob Scratcher

Oldtree wrote: »

No she won't go for it, no she won't win or both?

White lives matter

Duckworth_Luas

Imagine Oprah having to order drone strikes that take innocent civilian lives.

Oldtree

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

White lives matter

Do you think she is capable of genocide?

piplip87

No she won't get past the Democratic nomination. Super delegates will not let that happen. I think Biden will walk it both in general and primary's.

Oldtree

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Imagine Oprah having to order drone strikes that take innocent civilian lives.

I can't!

Oldtree

piplip87 wrote: »

No she won't get past the Democratic nomination. Super delegates will not let that happen. I think Biden will walk it both in general and primary's.

The last election gave us Trump and even he didn't think that would happen, so its possible esp if Biden dosn't do well in the public arena.

Maggie Marie

Is Oldtree coming down off a high?

Oldtree

Maggie Marie wrote: »

Is Oldtree coming down off a high?

I so high I can see for miles around. But that's just because I'm so tall

Stonedpilot

She might. Just shows how much of an utter utter farce politics is. The whole thing like an episode of Dallas.

Amazing thing is many yanks so brainwashed so dumbed down now that they will think with Oprah as president their lifes will improve tremendously.

As someone else said (I think on boards) if she goes for it and gets support it'll show that the Democrats have no issue with the unqualified celebrity aspect of Trump's election.

ceadaoin.

Why would anyone think that Oprah ****ing winfrey would be a suitable president of the USA. it's ridiculous. I mean I've nothing against her but she is a tv personality, I think trump has shown that it's not a good idea to have someone like that running the country. Who's next? Kim Kardashian?

qwerty ui op

There is absolutely no doubt about it at this stage Donald Trump is the first female president. It is known! If the president isn't female she should prove it. This has been going on too long the truth must come out.

growing facial hair will sort the matter, nobody wants to see his junk

mcfitness20

trump 2020
pence 2024
pence 2028

Yakult

Are Americans so delusional and desperate that they are willing to promote a celebrity to one of the highest positions in their country and give them actual power.

I don’t really care but someday it could affect us.

Crazy ****ers.

Donald Trump

Not a hope. I already grabbed her by the pussy

Canis Lupus

Yakult wrote: »

Are Americans so delusional and desperate that they are willing to promote a celebrity to one of the highest positions in their country and give them actual power.

I don’t really care but someday it could affect us.

Crazy ****ers.

They've done it twice already to be fair with Reagan and Trump.

Oranage2

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Imagine Oprah having to order drone strikes that take innocent civilian lives.

You get a drone strike

And you get a drone strike

And you get a drone strike

EVERYBODY GETS A DRONE STRIKE

ceadaoin.

Canis Lupus wrote: »

They've done it twice already to be fair with Reagan and Trump.

At least Reagan had somewhat of a career in politics before becoming president

suicide_circus

Dear Celebrities,

Please piss off and stop meddling in politics to gratify your egos.

Your Face

Jerry !

Jerry !

Jerry!

Kermit.de.frog

I opened a thread on this and it was thrown in to the politics cafe graveyard.

Very disappointing editorial decision making

Oprah, just like Trump, is not qualified in any way.

Fann Linn

I look forward to greeting President Bono at Croker.

_Kaiser_

suicide_circus wrote: »

Dear Celebrities,

Please piss off and stop meddling in politics to gratify your egos.

You could equally apply that here but substitute celebrities for..

Publicans
Teachers
Lawyers
GAA "stars"
Offspring of career politicians who've achieved nothing

We're just as bad in our own way.

Greybottle

If she runs she will get the nomination. The super delegates won't be able to stop that.

If she runs Trump will beat her providing he's still in good health, as in not suffering full blown dementia or Alzheimers.

Saying that, when Trump was elected I asked a couple of bookies for odds on him not completing his Presidency and I'm still convinced that he won't finish his term.

The moment she starts to talk about Harvey Weinstien they'll start to show the dozens of fotos of her and him together, or of her and Trump together and the whole thing will look fake.

So if you want Trump in again, get Oprah to run.

splinter65

She won’t go for it because she hasn’t a chance of winning.

Peregrinus

"You know how they say 'Never say never'? Well, never."

- Oprah Winfrey in 1999, when asked if she would consider running for President.

(Cite.)

And it seems she was still saying the same thing a few months ago.

And I'm not aware that she has said anything different since. None of the talk about her running now is coming from her.

Trivial Fact of the day: In 2009 Trump mused out loud about one day running for President, and said that his ideal running mate would be . . . Oprah Winfrey. Her reaction on that occasion is not recorded.

vicwatson

suicide_circus wrote: »

Dear Celebrities,

Please piss off and stop meddling in politics to gratify your egos.

And that includes you Miriam O’Callaghan

She won't beat Kanye

Ulysses Gaze

FFS why not just get Maury, Dr. Phil, Geraldo, or Jerry Springer to run while we are at it.

In fact, let's just get Steve Wilkos to run...

Pac1Man

Michelle Obama vs Oprah in a ladder match.

Stone Cold as the special guest referee.

Vince McMahon sitting in to commentate with Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler.

The Pay-Per-View can be called Black On Black Crime.

Ulysses Gaze

Pac1Man wrote: »

Michelle Obama vs Oprah in a ladder match.

Stone Cold as the special guest referee.

Vince McMahon sitting in to commentate with Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler.

The Pay-Per-View can be called Black On Black Crime.

That would be better than most of the dreck the WWE is serving up these days...

weldoninhio

Oldtree wrote: »

I think she will and announced her intentions with the words "A new day is on the horizon" in her speech at the Golden Globes.

Reminiscent of Mya Angelou words from 1993
"The horizon leans forward, Offering you space to place new steps of change."

And I also think she will win it, attracting all but the far right to her cause.

No she won’t run. She’ll milk it for publicity, but won’t run. Way too much dirt in her background. Known as Weinsteins pimp in certain Hollywood circles.

weldoninhio

Your Face wrote: »

Jerry !

Jerry !

Jerry!

Former mayor of Cincinnati

razorblunt

She's sycophantic and egotistical enough to definitely think she should do it.

I look forward to more made up stories from her like the Swiss Handbag incident that never really happened.

valoren

She is an influential person for sure. A positive or negative word from her can make or break businesses and livelihoods.
She is also an actual, like, self-made billionaire, but has never courted a role in politics.

A modicum of common sense, in a bizarro political scene where 'The' Donald is President, would suggest that having Winfrey as a democratic running mate would be somewhat palatable, a vote grabber, running on a platform of women's issues.

In the aftermath of 2016, the DNC may just look at such a prospect and clear the way so to speak to allow that to happen and court Winfrey for such a role. But that won't be enough, it's the top job or nothing, thank you for stroking my ego but no thanks.

Sleepy

To have gotten as far as she has in Hollywood, there are skeletons in her closet and I don't think bible belt America will be as quick to "forgive the sins" a black woman from the wrong side of the tracks who's made good as they were to forgive an orange man born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

Oldtree

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I opened a thread on this and it was thrown in to the politics cafe graveyard.

Very disappointing editorial decision making

Oprah, just like Trump, is not qualified in any way.

I didn't look there before posting, I now look forward to joining you there shortly

Hector Savage

piplip87 wrote: »

No she won't get past the Democratic nomination. Super delegates will not let that happen. I think Biden will walk it both in general and primary's.

How old is Biden tho ?
- 75 ... he'll be 77 in 2020, can't see it happening to be honest.

Oldtree

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

You could equally apply that here but substitute celebrities for..

Publicans
Teachers
Lawyers
GAA "stars"
Offspring of career politicians who've achieved nothing

We're just as bad in our own way.

This is very true. Imo the American elections seem to be who can hype the mob up the most wins, and Ophra is an expert with that particular skill.

Billy86

piplip87 wrote: »

No she won't get past the Democratic nomination. Super delegates will not let that happen. I think Biden will walk it both in general and primary's.

That would also be a terrible idea since he'll be 78 in 2020. Either way, she shouldn't run for this and won't run for this in my opinion.

Oldtree

Pac1Man wrote: »

Michelle Obama vs Oprah.

Now there's a novel idea. Was Michelle the power behind the throne and could she take it for herself?

Hector Savage

Yeah good point, I'd see Michelle Obama as a president before Oprah.

weldoninhio

Hector Savage wrote: »

Yeah good point, I'd see Michelle Obama as a president before Oprah.

What are her policies? Her view on foreign and domestic policy?

Or is that based on her looking nice and smiley standing beside Barack??

tonycascarino

Hector Savage wrote: »

Yeah good point, I'd see Michelle Obama as a president before Oprah.

I'd say Yoda would make a better President. In fact Lassie the famous sheepdog would probably make a better President than either of these two. The bar has dropped so low for Presidential candidates in America that I am sure if Lassie declared interest and ran for it that he'd probably win it.

Malayalam

I hope not. It would probably mean getting that dick Deepak Chopra as Vice Guru

Oldtree

weldoninhio wrote: »

What are her policies? Her view on foreign and domestic policy?

Or is that based on her looking nice and smiley standing beside Barack??

Trump wasn't nice amd smiley and had no policies only rhetoric before running, I'm sure Michelle could come up with some motivational rhetoric as well as being nice and smiley should she run.

Oldtree

Lassie and yoda are both fictional characters and neither of them are able to speak properly