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In reply to the discussion: Oprah Winfrey Helped Create Our Irrational Pseudoscientific American Fantasyland - Slate [View all]sfwriter
(3,032 posts)78. Different snake oil.
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Oprah Winfrey Helped Create Our Irrational Pseudoscientific American Fantasyland - Slate [View all]
SidDithers
Jan 2018
OP
I often wondered what kind of idiots got behind a celebrity personality like Trump. nt
LexVegas
Jan 2018
#1
Saw her rip on someone for being polite while Ms W was at the crafts services table on a set
GoneOffShore
Jan 2018
#108
I do think it's overstating it a bit to claim she created this platform of legitimacy
kcr
Jan 2018
#8
We've seen what someone without skills does as president. I sure fucking hope the next one has some.
X_Digger
Jan 2018
#80
The fuck they aren't. Knowing how house committees work to get a bill passed..
X_Digger
Jan 2018
#84
As we see with Trump, the voters decide, ultimately, who is or is not qualified.
Sophia4
Jan 2018
#65
I can think of people I'd like a lot farther away...Paul Ryan, Donald Trump.
whathehell
Jan 2018
#33
"profound ignorance of science" my butt. She,'likely knows more than the Republican Congress
whathehell
Jan 2018
#42
See you...At least she"s not a Climate Denier, like most elected Republicans and THAT is more
whathehell
Jan 2018
#44
No, because Oprah isn't, and couldn't be, the threat that Ryan, Trump & McConnell are
whathehell
Jan 2018
#54
It can influence their view point but it doesn't automatically mean what they have to say...
Baconator
Jan 2018
#87
I am not a fan of blanket statements when someone did NO checking at all. n.t.
USALiberal
Jan 2018
#120
TV is TV: With very rare exceptions: salacious B.S. sells: ratings are everything. Not truth.
lindysalsagal
Jan 2018
#40
You must be joking...If they aren't,'t forced to smell it with Trump, they never will.
whathehell
Jan 2018
#73
Wow. The GOP is realy scared of her. Next, they will have doctored "groping" photos.
McCamy Taylor
Jan 2018
#61
Thank you. Like you, I hadn't realized that Americans were all rational and scientific
pnwmom
Jan 2018
#98