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Since Sunday night's Hollywood TV show, There's talk of Oprah's running for/or BECOMING

President of the United States of America. (Potus)

What are YOUR thoughts about this?

Any comments?
 

IMO it is a dangerous trend to have celebrities running for president and turning the national election into a popularity contest.

Nothing against Oprah, I think that she would have the good sense to surround herself with subject matter experts, listen to them and make informed decisions.

I suppose the biggest deciding factor would be who runs against her. If she ran against our current leader I would vote for her in a heartbeat.

How's that for a wishywashy answer, LOL!!!
 
That speech was simply amazing. If she and some of the others throw some money into it, they may change some things that need to change.

[I edited this post to remove political content; not hard to imagine what's gone, I'm sure.]
 
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This is my personal opinion,I've never liked her,no way will this happen.Yes,she does wonderful charity work,she should stick with doing that. She's not as bad as some celebrities who don't know how, or want to stay out of the 'media spotlight' e.g the ever annoying Kardashian family Sue
 
I have no problem with her and think she would be no better or worse than what we have had in the past. I doubt however that Main Stream Media could or would do a HATCHET JOB on her like they did TRUMP. Ultimetly the electorate will decide anyway and I am comfortable with that.
 
I think it is a big jump to assume a tilt at the presidency from just one speech, but it was a truly great speech. It was succinct, articulate, told a story that was important and captured the mood of the moment. Her delivery was perfect and I think it is a shame that the message in her words is being lost in speculation about the 2020 election. Talk about jumping the gun.
 
I think the thread could survive provided that any offending posts are deleted. The topic is Oprah Winfrey. Surely we can discuss her and what is being written about her in the media without starting a partisan sh*t f*ght. On the other hand. I would much rather talk about her message to the world about the appalling behaviour of powerful men towards women.

Possibly because of her speech, but I suspect independently, three women have now come forward with complaints against a popular Australian show business star. The incidents complained of happened as recently as 2014 during a season of the stage show "Rocky Horror Show" and the women did report them to management but nothing happened and now there is no record of their complaining. However, the police are now involved and corroborating witnesses are coming forward.

The star in question - Craig McLachlan, has been replaced as Frankenfurter by his understudy and work on his TV series "Dr Blake Mysteries" has been suspended. The police are investigating. The publicity must be sending a shiver up a number of male spines. This should mean that in the future less women will have to declare "Me too".

Because of women like Oprah and all of the brave women who have belatedly spoken out, the pathway to justice has been smoothed and Oprah's message "Time's Up" is proving to be an accurate observation.

As for show biz people who entered politics, there is ample precedent - Reagan, Schwarzenegger, Eastwood, Trump. I think Winfrey could match any of them if she chose to enter the lists.
 
People were so enthused by her speech, people like Seth Meyers were suggesting she run for President. When they asked her longtime boyfriend Steadman Graham, he said:

“It’s up to the people,” Graham told the Los Angeles Times. “She would absolutely do it.”

He certainly left that door open for her.
 
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Then shouldn't it be in the Entertainment forum?

Partisan or not, a discussion about whether someone is going to run for President is political.
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I think her speech was over and above the category of entertainment and it was also above politics. It was about the realities of young women from the time of Rosa Parks until the present day with a hopeful message of a better time ahead.

If we can focus on that we should not fall foul of the ban on politics.
If we cannot, then there is very little of a serious nature we can discuss that is not also on the edge of politics.
 
There are many, many topics that are not on the edge of politics. But, at this stage, debating about whether or not a subject is political seems pointless.
 
Funny that the subject of women being abused got bounced to the entertainment category. Not my idea of entertainment, but whatever...

And that glaringly untrue political statement was allowed to remain.
 

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