Oprah Winfrey Helped Create Our Irrational Pseudoscientific American Fantasyland - Slate

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69. I certainly did not compare her to the GOP

My point was to dispute the phrase "uniquely unqualified," which would suggest that she is more unqualified than most people who run for office. She clearly is not uniquely unqualified. Most of Congress is in the hands of complete incompetents (also known as the GOP), which means that to add "uniquely" to saying Oprah is unqualified is an undeserved insult to her.

I have been defending Oprah against this kind of attack for several days now, despite the fact that I do not think she should run. As I said in my previous post, I don't think she is qualified, both because of her lack of political experience and because of her fondness for scientific quackery. But compared to most people in office, or most people who have been mentioned as potential presidents, she is actually fairly qualified.