Oprah is seriously considering standing for POTUS

Even Seal is getting in on it:

Pop star calls out Oprah: She’s been ‘part of the problem for decades’

"World-renowned pop star Seal didn’t tiptoe around his feelings toward Oprah Winfrey, calling her out for her alleged knowledge about the accusations of sexual misconduct against former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

Seal took to Instagram Wednesday where he accused Winfrey of being “part of the problem for decades. But suddenly they all think you are the solution.”

Damn. Hilarious. This whole Oprah thing is my 2nd favorite moment from the Golden Globes. The first is the woman who wore a shirt that said "Poverty is sexist". The shirt cost $380 lol. Like jr. says: love it.

You're really losing it over Oprah and she's not even formally announced her plans to run, if she even actually will. She could just be testing the waters with her hints. Could just be a stunt. Who really knows except her.

You should pace yourself in case she does though or you're going to have an even bigger meltdown over Oprah than you did with Clinton in 2016-2017 (not that you're really over her yet), considering Oprah's not only a woman, but a billionaire (you normally distrust these people), Black and part of the 'dreaded' Hollywood scene. Pace yourself, Surt.

Originally posted by Robtard
Though I still think having great business acumen could/would be a benefit to a world leader. Even if Trump's shitting all over the 'Business4POTUS'idea right now, he's probably just an outlier

- Bloomberg as mayor of NYC. I can't speak for the rest of the city, but regarding how he ran the public schools? It was awful. Long story short: he had a brilliantly strategic operation in place for undermining the system. This included (one not-so brilliant moment of) hiring ...
- Kathy Black as school chancellor. Bloomberg himself said it best (regarding how she brought a magazine company back from the financial brink): "Anybody who can manage that can manage anything." So he hired her ... and she lasted 3 months: the shortest tenure of any chancellor. Horrific people skills.

I'm thinking, maybe this notion of business types ---> good politicians is one of those memes our culture embraces cuz it involves $$$, but really, it only looks good on paper (IMO, trickle-down economics is another).

People tagged onto Trump's *negotiation* skills as the means of translation from business to governing, but just because the same tool is used, it doesn't mean you're automatically going for the same ends. Business is very self-centric: the bottom-line is the bottom line, your (the businessperson's) bottom line. Politics is other-centric; you're a public servant, your interests should come last. This seems to be perhaps the chief problem for Trump. He can't make that *pivot*.

Originally posted by Afro Cheese
Nothing I said was trolling or even remotely insulting. Grow some thicker skin.

nah, you're just projection your fee-fees because i responded to your dishonest and weak ad-hominem bait with a naked insult, which i felt appropriate. also i don't feel like playing your "but i didn't do the thing i just did" game, so i guess you should maybe whore for someone else's attention.

At this point, it wouldn't surprise me if Mr. "I'm gonna sit on the closed beach because I'm the Governor. TIME FOR ANOTHER BRIDGE SURVEY" Christie ran.

And won.

Originally posted by Mindship
Perhaps so. Maybe even likely. But even before Trump, I was not impressed with ...

- Bloomberg as mayor of NYC. I can't speak for the rest of the city, but regarding how he ran the public schools? It was awful. Long story short: he had a brilliantly strategic operation in place for undermining the system. This included (one not-so brilliant moment of) hiring ...
- Kathy Black as school chancellor. Bloomberg himself said it best (regarding how she brought a magazine company back from the financial brink): "Anybody who can manage that can manage anything." So he hired her ... and she lasted 3 months: the shortest tenure of any chancellor. Horrific people skills.

I'm thinking, maybe this notion of business types ---> good politicians is one of those memes our culture embraces cuz it involves $$$, but really, it only looks good on paper (IMO, trickle-down economics is another).

People tagged onto Trump's *negotiation* skills as the means of translation from business to governing, but just because the same tool is used, it doesn't mean you're automatically going for the same ends. Business is very self-centric: the bottom-line is the bottom line, your (the businessperson's) bottom line. Politics is other-centric; you're a public servant, your interests should come last. This seems to be perhaps the chief problem for Trump. He can't make that *pivot*.

For sure, I wasn't implying that one only need to be a great business-mind. Just that having such would likely be more of a benefit than a hindrance if one is qualified all around to begin with, generally speaking.

Originally posted by Robtard
You're really losing it over Oprah and she's not even formally announced her plans to run, if she even actually will. She could just be testing the waters with her hints. Could just be a stunt. Who really knows except her.

You should pace yourself in case she does though or you're going to have an even bigger meltdown over Oprah than you did with Clinton in 2016-2017 (not that you're really over her yet), considering Oprah's not only a woman, but a billionaire (you normally distrust these people), Black and part of the 'dreaded' Hollywood scene. Pace yourself, Surt.

Ah yes, same old tactic. Top notch stuff.

Originally posted by Robtard
For sure, I wasn't implying that one only need to be a great business-mind. Just that having one would likely be more of a benefit than a hindrance if one is qualified all around, generally speaking.

Originally posted by Surtur
Ah yes, same old tactic. Top notch stuff.

Play the same stupid games, win the same stupid prizes, sport.

Originally posted by Robtard
Play the same stupid games, win the same stupid prizes, sport.

Whatever way you need to cope, go for it.

Originally posted by Bashar Teg
nah, you're just projection your fee-fees because i responded to your dishonest and weak ad-hominem bait with a naked insult, which i felt appropriate. also i don't feel like playing your "but i didn't do the thing i just did" game, so i guess you should maybe whore for someone else's attention.

oh?