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Do you really want as president the person responsible for putting Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil in business? (Original Post) Towlie Jan 2018 OP
I could be fine with that. TheCowsCameHome Jan 2018 #1
Her stimulus plan would be great. You get a bridge and you get a drainage project NightWatcher Jan 2018 #2
we dont need an anti vaxxer in the white house.. samnsara Jan 2018 #3
That would depend on the rest of their history and knowledge base. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #4
If she is what it takes to beat Trump - Yes TBA Jan 2018 #5
Nope Corgigal Jan 2018 #6
I'm with her pressbox69 Jan 2018 #7
Yes, a black person would be good, a woman would be good, but neither should be our #1 criterion. Towlie Jan 2018 #8
If that's it then I don't care uponit7771 Jan 2018 #9
Depends maxrandb Jan 2018 #10
Right on! pressbox69 Jan 2018 #13
Wow! Oprah hasn't even announced maxrandb Jan 2018 #11
LOL pressbox69 Jan 2018 #14
the fact that people on here are fine with this idea.. vi5 Jan 2018 #12
I also find that scary too. But, we jrthin Jan 2018 #16
What galls me even more.... vi5 Jan 2018 #17
BENGHAZI! BENGHAZI! BENGHAZI! pressbox69 Jan 2018 #15
BTW- Dr. Phil was her jury consultant when the beef industry sued her underpants Jan 2018 #18
She is not running. All this Oprah hoopla is nonsense. eom Tipperary Jan 2018 #19
You're saying she's a job creator? left-of-center2012 Jan 2018 #20
 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
4. That would depend on the rest of their history and knowledge base.
Tue Jan 9, 2018, 09:40 AM
Jan 2018

I say no when it comes to the known quantity you are referencing. Jumping in the primary would be fair game. I have yet to see her even hint at it. Some sheltered individuals simply live their lives in a state of rapid reaction to anything they see. Said group also seems to be floored when a POC is well put together. It's like it's a shock to them and only the Presidency will do.

TBA

(825 posts)
5. If she is what it takes to beat Trump - Yes
Tue Jan 9, 2018, 09:43 AM
Jan 2018

If we are at a point where we need a measure of celebrity I say she is the one. I just don't see us winning without a candidate with some charisma.

pressbox69

(2,252 posts)
7. I'm with her
Tue Jan 9, 2018, 09:45 AM
Jan 2018

if she really wants it. It would be great to see another black person in our White House. Let the white racist republiklan base deal with that. Poor snowflakes.

Towlie

(5,328 posts)
8. Yes, a black person would be good, a woman would be good, but neither should be our #1 criterion.
Tue Jan 9, 2018, 10:15 AM
Jan 2018

... nor, in fact, should it even be a criterion. The truly enlightened view is that neither is a factor in determining the best person for the job.

maxrandb

(15,358 posts)
10. Depends
Tue Jan 9, 2018, 10:22 AM
Jan 2018

Are they running against someone who appointed a Civil War Loving racist as Attorney General and a Dow Chemical Ass-licker as head of the EPA?

Are they running against a party that finds Nazis to be "very fine people"?

You'd have to mine the depths of hell to find someone that I "wouldn't" vote for if they are running against the ReTrumplicans!

maxrandb

(15,358 posts)
11. Wow! Oprah hasn't even announced
Tue Jan 9, 2018, 10:24 AM
Jan 2018

and there sure are a shit-ton of "both sides are the same" threads being posted.

Guess she scares the hell out of Putin.

 

vi5

(13,305 posts)
12. the fact that people on here are fine with this idea..
Tue Jan 9, 2018, 10:25 AM
Jan 2018

Show that the right has no monopoly on moral bankruptcy in the name of tribalism.

This is a woman who promoted anti vaccine hysteria on her national show.

And thats not even getting into stuff like “John of God” and numerous other snake oil bullshit that unlike Trump Steaks or Trump University actually physically hurt people and on the antivax case actually has killed people or being the type of person who creates a magazine that she puts herself on the cover of every issue.

At best she’s painfully naive and susceptible to the worst type of snake oil charlatanism, or at worst she’s knowingly pitching this stuff to gullible rubes she knows will buy it.

God, I can’t believe there are people on here who would be fine with this.

 

vi5

(13,305 posts)
17. What galls me even more....
Tue Jan 9, 2018, 10:46 AM
Jan 2018

...is that many of them are the same ones whining and crying on here for the past 2 years about how whoever we nominate "Needs to be a registered Democrat!!!" and "Needs to have supported the Democratic party always".

Really? So now it's o.k. for someone to not be a Democrat? To have promoted non-Democrats?

All those same people who justified Democratic cowardice and inaction on any number of fronts with "We can't just lower ourselves to their level!!!" are now fine with lowering ourselves to the level of the GOP in just nominating and voting for a celebrity because they are "Not Trump" and because it would "Really piss off the Republicans!!!"

Pathetic. The rampant hypocrisy on here is sickening.

pressbox69

(2,252 posts)
15. BENGHAZI! BENGHAZI! BENGHAZI!
Tue Jan 9, 2018, 10:40 AM
Jan 2018

The woman hasn't even announced and already the Russian trolls are flashing their long knives.

underpants

(182,883 posts)
18. BTW- Dr. Phil was her jury consultant when the beef industry sued her
Tue Jan 9, 2018, 10:55 AM
Jan 2018

She liked him and thought he'd be good as a guest. And we all know gat happened from there.

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