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01-08-2018, 06:37 PM
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Being able to win an election does necessarily mean one is qualified. I told my wife 6 months ago that if the Dems really wanted to win, they'd run Oprah.
There are a limited number of people who are capable of winning the Presidential election. She may not be qualified for the office at all, but she has the name power and recognizeability to win the election. And the fact she is black and a woman won't hurt.
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01-08-2018, 06:38 PM
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Trump couldn't get that lucky
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01-08-2018, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Greyfox
Is America developing such a penchant for electing shallow superficial celebrities that intellectual deep thinkers should not bother applying?
If that turns out to be the case again, God Bless America.
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Who was the last "intellectually-deep thinker" to vie for the presidency of our country?
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01-08-2018, 06:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thaskalos
Who was the last "intellectually-deep thinker" to vie for the presidency of our country?
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Thomas Jefferson.
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01-08-2018, 06:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thaskalos
Who was the last "intellectually-deep thinker" to vie for the presidency of our country?
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 You beat me to it..
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01-08-2018, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Marshall Bennett
If people thought Obama was racist, they ain't seen nothing yet!!  |
You're about a year too late with that line 
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01-08-2018, 07:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thaskalos
Who was the last "intellectually-deep thinker" to vie for the presidency of our country?
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George Bush II. He was indistinguishable from Albert Einstein.
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01-08-2018, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by BaffertsWig
I don't think you know what dotard means.
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Intellectual disability of an old person, no doubt thought clever by anti-Donalds. Just like retard is an intellectual disability. It's not appropriate today, and you don't get a pass for just using it against Trump.
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01-08-2018, 07:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by porchy44
If Oprah ran for President, it would be a mistake for the Democratic party.
The Republican party would love it though. I don't want to redboard, but I thought Hillary was a bad candidate for the Democratic party.
President Trump would defeat Oprah just like Hillary. This country is not ready to elect a woman President. Why, women don't like other women and most men would rather see another man in charge.
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We're fine with a woman. She just needs to be ethical and strong. Clinton didn't meet those prerequisites.
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01-08-2018, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Nutz and Boltz
Martha Stewart is already 76 years old. And has spent time in prison.
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Maybe she's ineligible (was her conviction a felony, I assume?), but it doesn't color my opinion that she's one of the women I think has what it takes to be a good president.
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01-08-2018, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by porchy44
By your posts you probably don't have any conscious or unconscious gender biases. But the reality is most people do. I commented that women don't like other women (generally). Maybe someone who has worked in an office full other women can verify that. read the post above mine using the word 'bitch". I rest my case.
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How does using bitch prove your case? We likewise call men bastards and asses and bitches too. It doesn't mean one holds the entire sex with disregard.
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01-08-2018, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Fager Fan
Maybe she's ineligible (was her conviction a felony, I assume?), but it doesn't color my opinion that she's one of the women I think has what it takes to be a good president.
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She might not be eligible to vote but there's nothing in the Constitution preventing her from running forPresident.If you're 35,been living here 14 years and a natural born citizen you can run.
What a country!
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01-08-2018, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
Oprah had as disadvantageous a beginning as a child could have. She didn't have the "looks" to make it in the "glamour world" of TV...and yet she reached the very top of that ultra-competitive entertainment medium...while accumulating billions of dollars in the process, due to her "business acumen". And you say that she can't be compared to Trump...because she hasn't proven that she can "successfully run a large business empire"?
Why aren't the other "entertainers" as successful as Oprah?
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Perhaps because she wears her liberalism much better than the others do, and Hollywood and the rest of the World of Glitter fawns over her because of that?
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01-08-2018, 08:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Greyfox
Is America developing such a penchant for electing shallow superficial celebrities that intellectual deep thinkers should not bother applying?
If that turns out to be the case again, God Bless America.
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Meaning politicians are intellectual deep thinkers?
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01-08-2018, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by jocko699
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When is that picture from?
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