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Democrats on Oprah 2020: It's not crazy and she could win, but ...
CNN ^ | 1/9/2018 | Eric Bradner and Rebecca Berg

Posted on 01/09/2018 4:45:18 AM PST by simpson96

Washington (CNN) — The day after Oprah Winfrey delivered a speech that thrust her into the conversation about the 2020 presidential race, Democratic strategists and activists largely agree: It's not crazy. And she could win.

First, though, Winfrey would have to answer huge questions. Among them: Where does she stand on the issues? Is she willing to sacrifice her personal popularity and face scrutiny over how her business empire has operated?

The television star and self-made billionaire addressed the "#MeToo" moment and promised that "a new day is on the horizon" during a Golden Globes award acceptance speech Sunday night. The speech struck a chord, drawing comparisons to then-Illinois state senator Barack Obama's 2004 Democratic National Convention speech, which launched him toward the presidency four years later.

Sunday night, when her longtime partner, Stedman Graham, was asked by a Los Angeles Times reporter about Winfrey running in 2020, he said she "would absolutely do it." On Monday, two Winfrey friends told CNN she is "actively thinking" about a run for president. (snip)

Several Democratic strategists argued that Winfrey is one of the few people on Earth who could pull the focus of national media away from Trump in the heat of a presidential campaign -- or "out-Trump Trump," as one put it. Others cast Winfrey as an antidote of sorts to Trump's brand of politics.

"I slept on it and came to the conclusion that the Oprah thing isn't that crazy," tweeted Dan Pfeiffer, a longtime top aide to former President Barack Obama. "I don't know if Oprah would be a good president, but she would definitely be a better president than Trump."

"Oprah is really everything that Trump pretends to be -- successful, self-made, generous, charitable, beloved and the list goes on," said Democratic strategist Jesse Ferguson.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


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To: simpson96

That sound you hear is Karamela Harris kicking in her tv set...


21 posted on 01/09/2018 5:36:32 AM PST by StAnDeliver (Prosecute the win. Run up the score.)
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To: simpson96

Who? Oh, you mean Harvey Weinstein’s BFF, that Oprah...?


22 posted on 01/09/2018 5:39:49 AM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: I want the USA back
"She does not plan to run. This is only to rally democrats who feel demoralized over Trump."

And all it will serve to do is radicalize the Amish into utter & complete disgronification over the eventual #2020 Democrat-primary-so-white/top-of-the-slag-heap candidate Slow Joe...

23 posted on 01/09/2018 5:41:49 AM PST by StAnDeliver (Prosecute the win. Run up the score.)
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To: simpson96
Trump named Oprah as a potential running mate in June 2015, and the media excoriated him for it, saying that it proved he was not a serious candidate.

https://nypost.com/2015/06/16/trump-wants-oprah-as-his-2016-running-mate/

24 posted on 01/09/2018 5:45:59 AM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: simpson96

I’m really not interested in a racist black woman who wants dead white people.

Pass.


25 posted on 01/09/2018 5:46:25 AM PST by chris37 (Take a week off racist >;-)
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To: ryderann

Being part of Rev. Wright’s congregation didn’t hurt Obama one bit.


26 posted on 01/09/2018 5:57:04 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Teacher317

Excellent reminder.


27 posted on 01/09/2018 5:57:41 AM PST by simpson96
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To: Teacher317

Excellent reminder.


28 posted on 01/09/2018 5:57:42 AM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

OPRAH HURTS CHILDREN


29 posted on 01/09/2018 6:12:57 AM PST by TheNext
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To: simpson96
You honestly think these Democrats presidential hopefuls like Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker and Kamila Harris who have spent a life time in politics are just going to let Oprah ride in on a white steed and take the nomination?!? Lol! No way, I'm guessing they have already deployed the "dirt diggers and hatchet men" to give Oprah a full rectal exam and find every disgruntled employee and shred of dirt and innuendo in the last 50 years.

If Oprah seriously makes overtures at running for President, they will present her with a thick file of their findings and tell her that it will remain private as long as she changes her mind about running.

30 posted on 01/09/2018 6:13:47 AM PST by apillar
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To: ThunderSleeps
You know, I'd like to say to that: "yes it is (crazy), and no she couldn't (win)." But then I think back that bammy actually got elected a second time and I don't know...

Obama was being talked about as a possible POTUS candidate after he made "the speech" at the DNC. I laughed at the idea of a black guy with a Muslim-sounding name being elected POTUS in a post-9/11 world. We know how that worked out.

I hope that this time is different. Oprah's speech wasn't even political and seemed to deal only with feminism and racism. I hope she would not get 80% of the women's vote. Mario Cuomo was supposed to go far after he made "the speech" at the DNC in 1984. The 'rats love to nominate people who make one great speech or who come off as "Kennedyesque".

31 posted on 01/09/2018 6:14:13 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: simpson96

Imagine Oprah vs Trump in 2020. We had lyin ted, little marco, low energy jeb, crooked hillary etc. Any idea what he might name Opra? Fatty Oprah, plastic surgery oprah, all talk oprah???? The potential name list would be long


32 posted on 01/09/2018 6:18:33 AM PST by kjam22
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To: simpson96

Oprah can kick off her campaign by releasing her tax returns for the last 10 years.


33 posted on 01/09/2018 6:21:57 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: kjam22

Outing “O”


34 posted on 01/09/2018 6:24:46 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: simpson96

Oppie will not run because she will not take a cut in pay and have to divest her interest , or risk losing which could damage her ego and popularity . She was tight with Hillary and Bill , Harvey Weinstein and attended Rev. Wright’s anti-white church for 10 tears . I could go on but you get the picture . She has many negatives in her past .

But she does like the current hype .


35 posted on 01/09/2018 6:31:24 AM PST by Lionheartusa1 ()-: There is nothing DEMOCRATIC about the democrat party ,, stop using that term :-()
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To: simpson96

“First, though, Winfrey would have to answer huge questions. Among them: Where does she stand on the issues? “

Pshaw, a trivial detail. They are all communists anyway.


36 posted on 01/09/2018 6:32:23 AM PST by DaxtonBrown
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To: FreedomPoster
Winfrey's frequent association with Harvey Weinstein will doom her campaign almost from the start. And that's not including the other scandals rumored in places like the National Enquirer.
37 posted on 01/09/2018 6:46:44 AM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: simpson96


Oprah Winfrey for president??





38 posted on 01/09/2018 6:52:09 AM PST by patriot08 (5th generation Texan-(girl type) SEE MY TEXAS PAGE!)
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To: patriot08

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1sWsn1Q8lk


39 posted on 01/09/2018 7:00:35 AM PST by oust the louse (The LEFT has no principles, it only has goals! They are the party of death, cheating and taxes.)
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To: chris37
"I’m really not interested in a racist black woman who wants dead white people."

You forgot to add in 'gay' racist black woman...

Don't forget about Gayle...




40 posted on 01/09/2018 7:26:25 AM PST by patriot08 (5th generation Texan-(girl type) SEE MY TEXAS PAGE!)
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