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01-08-2018, 05:10 PM
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01-08-2018, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by barahona44
Trump was born with a silver spoon in his mouth;Oprah was born poor and black in the Jim Crow South.Today she is a billionaire who owns a cable TV network, a successful magazine and is one of the most recognized and admired women in the country.
And not one bankruptcy to her name.
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So what? Trump could have just as easily squandered his daddy's inheritance.
As far O is concerned, she's a successful entertainer. That's it. And that's not to take anything away from her -- but to compare her to a successful business person who has successfully run a large business empire is laughable.
Trump actually has very good business which is why the economy has turned the corner and will likely even get better.
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01-08-2018, 05:20 PM
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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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There was the general sentiment some years ago that this country might not have been ready for a BLACK President...but that theory proved to be incorrect. I am not a fan of hers...but Oprah isn't just a "woman candidate". She enjoys the sort of widespread "respect" that makes her a big threat in ANY political election. It the Trump election has proven anything at all, it has shown that the voters hold "political experience" in pretty low regard at vote-time...and who can blame them?
Trump tries to paint himself as a great "success story"...but his financial achievements PALE when compared to Oprah's...IMO. You can get very far when you are born with a golden spoon in your mouth...but it ain't as easy lifting yourself from homelessness to billionaire status. As I said, I'm not a fan of hers...but respect should be given where it's due.
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01-08-2018, 05:21 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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I haven't slept the same since they let that bitch out of jail......
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01-08-2018, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
There was the general sentiment some years ago that this country might not have been ready for a BLACK President...but that theory proved to be incorrect. I am not a fan of hers...but Oprah isn't just a "woman candidate". She enjoys the sort of widespread "respect" that makes her a big threat in ANY political election. It the Trump election has proven anything at all, it has shown that the voters hold "political experience" in pretty low regard at vote-time...and who can blame them?
Trump tries to paint himself as a great "success story"...but his financial achievements PALE when compared to Oprah's...IMO. You can get very far when you are born with a golden spoon in your mouth...but it ain't as easy lifting yourself from homelessness to billionaire status. As I said, I'm not a fan of hers...but respect should be given where it's due.
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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.
Last edited by porchy44; 01-08-2018 at 05:31 PM.
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01-08-2018, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by boxcar
So what? Trump could have just as easily squandered his daddy's inheritance.
As far O is concerned, she's a successful entertainer. That's it. And that's not to take anything away from her -- but to compare her to a successful business person who has successfully run a large business empire is laughable.
Trump actually has very good business which is why the economy has turned the corner and will likely even get better.
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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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01-08-2018, 05:33 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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If the women were asked to choose between Trump and Oprah in an election in 2020...do you seriously think that their "unconscious gender biases" would cause them to opt for TRUMP?
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01-08-2018, 05:38 PM
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01-08-2018, 05:44 PM
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If people thought Obama was racist, they ain't seen nothing yet!! 
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01-08-2018, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by FantasticDan
her speech last nite was very "Presidential"..
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I haven't heard anything "presidential" from anyone since Reagan. 
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01-08-2018, 05:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thaskalos
If the women were asked to choose between Trump and Oprah in an election in 2020...do you seriously think that their "unconscious gender biases" would cause them to opt for TRUMP?
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I will answer your question by posing another question. Did you ? seriously think Trump would win the 2016 election against (Hillary). Particularly after the Access Hollywood tape, "grab em by the pussy'' ?
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01-08-2018, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by porchy44
I will answer your question by posing another question. Did you ? seriously think Trump would win the 2016 election against (Hillary). Particularly after the Access Hollywood tape, "grab em by the pussy'' ?
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No...I thought that Hillary would win. And Trump's victory is all the proof that I need for my belief that the American voters have gotten so disgusted with "politics-as-usual", that they are willing to support a total Washington OUTSIDER...provided that this outsider is rich enough not be "bought", by "special interests". Trump fit that bill...and so does Oprah.
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01-08-2018, 06:21 PM
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We already have one celebrity president, we don't need another.Although it might be amusing to have an Oprah Book Club with Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, Maxine Waters, John McCain, etc. partcipating.
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01-08-2018, 06:27 PM
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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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01-08-2018, 06:36 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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