It’s not surprising that everyone in the US is preoccupied with who could/should run for president in 2020. What is also not surprising is that, since a reality star and hotelier became president, everyone is also kind of thinking that they might be able to win the office for themselves. But whereas if I said that I was thinking of moving Temple Hecate to Washington DC, none of you would care. However, when Oprah Winfrey says it, a whole bunch of ears perk up. And guess what she said? “Oh… oh!” You know what, I’ll take it.
Before President Donald Trump was elected, “I never considered the question, even a possibility,” Oprah Winfrey told Bloomberg’s David Rubenstein in a clip published Wednesday.
But after Trump won, Winfrey, said, “I just thought, oh … oh!”
When Rubenstein made a mocking reference to Trump’s lack of government experience, Winfrey then added, “That’s what I thought — I don’t have the experience, I don’t know enough … and now I’m thinking, oh!”
Actor Jamie Foxx, actress and Democratic Party activist Eva Longoria are among the stars who have previously said they would vote for Winfrey to be president. And left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore has been calling on her to run since 2003.
Winfrey, 63, said at that time that she was certain she would never run for office. “People say, ‘Never say never,’ ” she told reporters in 2003. “I can say, ‘Never.’ “
So? Huh – how about that? She can pay for her own campaign just like #45 claims he did. Maria Shriver would be her VP and an Oprah cabinet would be so much cooler. We know she’s tight with Hugh Jackman – oooooh, Secretary of Biceps. But he’s Australian, damn. You know Denzel Washington would be in there, probably Secretary of Energy because he embodies it all. If we’re being honest, though, John Travolta would probably get an appointment too and I’m not sure how that would go. Oh – he could pilot Air Force One! Tax season would be something to look forward to, “You get a tax break and you get a tax break and you get a tax break… ”
One thing is certain, her Advisor of Keeping Things Real would be her best friend Gayle King and she’s on record as saying we can all settle down, President Winfrey is not going to happen. Gayle said Oprah and David Rubenstein were having a great rapport and that “it was clearly a joke.” Although Gayle acknowledges Oprah could change her mind, Gayle also said, “I would bet my first, second born and any unborn children to come, that ain’t never happening,” Maybe Gayle is too busy working on her other BFF, Sen. Cory Booker’s, campaign?!?
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I hope not! I’m done with celebrity-as-politician. I don’t care how smart or capable she is (and she’s certainly both those things). I just want elections to be less about the cult of personality and more about actual policies. Oprah’s participation would make it a circus.
Agreed 100%. It wasn’t fun the first time and I hate if this became a trend. He is not qualified and neither are these celebrities and that includes Oprah.
Agree! Please don’t do this to us, Oprah. I want someone in 2020 who can 1. win and 2. hit the ground running and reverse all this damage asap.
Just out of curiosity, and speaking of celebrities versus public servants… Though a lot of people say Hillary’s isn’t a great campaigner (including herself), what she is great at is easily navigating the inner workings of government and would be ready and able to reverse all the TrumpleThinSkin damage on day 1. Like she says, she’s much better at just getting the work done rather than promoting herself. Considering that, do you think by 2020 people might appreciate her more as a skilled public servant with a lifetime of experience in the field, now that people are already getting sick of having a clueless outsider/celebrity run the country into the ground, as they struggle to even find the light switches in the rooms of the White House? I’m genuinely curious, do you all on here think that after watching this mess, people will start to relook at Hillary in a new light, as someone very competent?
Remember, even Ronald Regan ran for president three times before he finally won.
Agreed! America needs credibility back.
Exactly. We now have a con man game show host as president, we don’t need a talk show host as president either. She might be smart, but wouldn’t know what to do as president
Totally agree.
Will she run on a campaign promise of cars for everyone?
Sadly, just bees.
You both win.
BEES! You guys are so funny!
I think Homer Simpson should totally run for President.
That would be the ultimate post-truth right?
I was about to suggest Cartman! Or Kermit. Or Miss Piggy.
At this point, either side of the Pond, I would settle for a team of actually competent administrators to run the respective countries. A person with an actual vision for positive change AND leadership abilities seems like a pipe dream these days.
I forgive you for having slammed Johanna Hogg in another post because you speak the truth.
What is the deal with not being able to even understant that you have to take a stand for the EU immigrant in the UK for the EU to recognize there has been at least a little effort.
Sheesh.
Is the UK suffering from a freudian death drive?
Psssss: I thought of Kermit and Miss Piggy too… Something in the air here in the UK?
The UK doesn’t have sufficient feet to cope with all the bullets its government is trying to shoot into them, does it? I would never like a Tory government but I could at least cope with one if it was even marginally competent. This one is a ludicrous disaster of actual fantasists
Mr Sixer’s sister is married to the son of EU nationals. The son was born here and has become a citizen (no birthright citizenship here) so he is fine. But what about his parents, who are now pensioners and who have lived and worked here for forty years? They never had any need for citizenship and so never applied for it. Their children are here. Their grandchildren are here. And the government can’t even give them a guarantee that they will be able to stay? I could name dozens of people in my own circle like this. Because we’ve lived, loved and married one another for 40-odd years.
I feel ashamed.
A proper Tory government, as much as it pains to write it, yes. Someone who knows what he or she is doing, please. There has been so much talk about post-truth in the US but boy has it been used around here (like the reinjected NHS money the NHS is never gonna have).
A friend of mine was saying that his research at UCL – ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE – is in danger of not getting anymore grants because it all came from the EU. And he may loose all his colleagues, potentially as they are all from other countries except 2 brits. They can be either kicked out or just move to another country where there is funding.
I am worried, I have lived here for 5 years, my Portuguese retired parents live with us but what is going to happen? I am at Uni (peculiar choice of doing a PhD) and Mr. Slowsnow is an artist. The only thing rooting us here is, in the words of Jessie J, money – we pay good taxes… Is this really the only thing they can see now?
UCL is my alma mater!
Yes. I’m afraid the paucity of vision and competence combined is going to do for us.
I’m backing Weird Al Yankovich.
How about someone with a meaningful history of helping ordinary Americans?
One of those already tried it in 2016. But people preferred the flim flam man.
I am more inclined to believe Oprah has the inside scoop on who is serious(and will announce in the near future) a run for president in 2020. She is close with the Kennedy family and I am thinking it is one of them.
I certainly hope not.
Ikr, I just yelled lord Jesus no. My husband is looking at me like he is waiting to hear that someone has died lol.
I hope not. No to Oprah running in 2020. No to Kanye running in 2020. No to any celeb running for president in 2020, or ever. I’m sick of celebs as presidents.
I heard how she said it, and I think it was just a subtle joke about if a know-nothing inexperienced buffoon like Tweeter can get elected, no reason to dismiss the idea just because she has no relevant experience or knowledge…. Oprah would make so much better a President than Tweeter, though, and she’s a quick study. Unlike the braggart-in-chief, Oprah actually does have a good brain and the best words. And you better believe she would study up before making a run for the White House rather than just winging it.
She’s not running for office. Almost everybody just reports up to the part where Oprah says maybe she could. But after that she does say she’s not considering it. Much ado about nothing.
At this point we could just make it simple and streamline the whole election process by agreeing as a nation to elect as president whoever wins the Dancing with the Stars episode that takes place in an election year. Think how much money we’d save on campaign ads, right?
Well, they do ‘dance with the stars’ during their campaigns don’t they? Even Obama is guilty of that during his presidency.
God help us all…
This. I’ll leave it at that.
Having political experience should be a requisite. It’s hard to get a 15$/her job today without past experience, POTUS should be no exception.
That’s said, I’d take Oprah over Trump any day of the week.
I am center left and went through a long period of rolling my eyes at Michael Moore, but I have to say, he has been on point for the last year. And if you read is observation about why Oprah or Tom Hanks should run, you will kind of find yourself nodding your head in agreement. The gist of his argument is Republicans run people they love and they win – Reagan, Arnold Schwartzwhatever, Donald– why don’t the Democrats do the same thing? I am not sure Oprah would make good president but I think she would run a hell of a campaign and is likely very electable. That said, I hope Rosie O doesn’t get any crazy ideas. She needs to go away, far far away.
FWIW, someone born in another country can serve as a Cabinet Secretary. Madeleine Albright was born in the Czech Republic, I believe and Kissinger was born in Germany. Presumably you have to become an American citizen.
At this point, I would support anyone over who we have now. That is a very sad statement, I must admit.
Seriously. To quote The Office “I’d vote for an upturned mop with a bucket for a head” over Trump & Co.
I really want someone highly qualified and experienced, as we’re seeing what happens when people know nothing but think they know everything, and someone we can trust to, I don’t know, maybe not commit treason?
Given Oprah’s background, it seems like the standard route to political power may not have been open to her – just like if Bill Clinton had been a woman his career would not have been possible. But she’s clearly a woman of ability. Still, I think someone with fewer links to crackpots and self help loonbags might be someone who shows better critical judgement.
I’d imagine that she would be good for the country, but it would be horrendous for her. The ensuing racism and sexism will be brutal.
We all know that spot’s taken by Lisa Simpson already…
Huh I’m surprised people are so negative about this, I think oprah would be an amazing president. She’s empathetic, she reads, she’d ask advisors for information on topics she doesn’t know and would weigh the information critically. She has a large following and other countries would adore her.
I’m down, Oprah 20/20!!!
Yes… I would vote for her.
She won’t do it of course and I don’t blame her. And she’d have to run independent.
The Dems will probably try to force Hillary on everyone one more time. Oprah is an outsider. The big parties don’t like outsiders for a reason.
Oh please no. Does no one actually remember her show beyond the celebrities? She endorsed so much snake oil over the years, including extremely dangerous diet treatments, homeopathy over medicine, and anti-vaxers.
The first time I ever watched Oprah she went from a story that was trying to incite fear by treating idiotic urban myths as fact, including fake ‘recreations’ (eg. your mobile phone could blow up a petrol station if you got a call at one), to what was basically an infomercial for some BS diet pill that would ‘make your metabolism 10x faster’, and she ended with that monster she created, Dr. Phil, doing his usual creepy and deeply exploitative and unhelpful thing. That was a pretty normal show.
Whether she actually bought into any of the crap she shilled or not (and going by her love of obviously stupid fad diets I’d guess she did buy into a lot of it), someone who promotes the kind of dangerous nonsense she did isn’t fit for elected office.
I would NOT vote for her. She’s a great t.v. host but that’s as far as it goes. I can’t see her solving any matters in the world even tiny American ones. This is what happens when there are too many rich idiots in America. They run for office and fuck up America.