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Jolyon
10-08-2003, 08:03 AM
I read an interview with Michael Moore the other day and he was saying half-jokingly that he's tried to persuade Oprah to run for President.

A crazy idea?
DLow
10-08-2003, 08:08 AM
Not as crazy as Arnold being the gov of CA. smile.gif
Jamie 3:26
10-08-2003, 08:11 AM
Only thing she's gonna run her ass too is KFC.
Jolyon
10-08-2003, 08:15 AM
Originally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
Only thing she's gonna run her ass too is KFC. graemlins/grinyes.gif
danny webb
10-08-2003, 08:20 AM
Michael Moore writes:

Oprah for president

There is probably no greater imperative facing the nation than the defeat of George W Bush in the 2004 election. Which leads to the scariest question: 'How in the hell are the Democrats going to be able to pull this off?' No one - and I mean no one - trusts the Democrats' ability to get this job done. They are professional losers. Even when they actually win an election - as they did in 2000 - the Democrats still lose! How pathetic is that?

The Greens are in much better shape when it comes to true commitment and passion, but let's be honest - this is not the year of the Greens (and even the Greens know it). So what do we do? It's time to start thinking outside the tiny box that exists in our minds. For starters, let's stop believing the president has to be a white guy. White guys are a shrinking minority in this country - making up just 38% of voters. Women of all colours are 53% of the electorate. Black and Hispanic men make up nearly 8% of the vote. That means that women and these minority men represent about 60% of the entire nation, an overwhelming majority and a powerful winning combination.

Americans are ready for a female president. They're fed up with the same old tired men who look like a bunch of hustlers and liars. Isn't there one woman of the 66 million voting-age women in this country who could beat the pants off this frat boy? What we need is someone already so be d by the American people that, come Inauguration Day 2005, we'll be liberated from The Smirk. Who is this person who could lead us to the promised land?

Her name is Oprah. That's right, Oprah Winfrey.

Oprah could beat Bush. Hands down. America s her. She's got good politics, she's got a good heart, and she'd have us all up at six in the morning jazzercising! This cannot be a bad thing. And she'd get us all reading a book a month! ('Good evening. This is your president. This month we are all going to read Brave New World.') How cool would that be?

Here's another plus - Oprah can't be bought. She's already a billionaire! Imagine a president who owes no favours to lobbyists or oil companies or Ken Lay. With a salary of only $400,000, being president would be a step down for Oprah, but it be would OK with me if she kept her show on the air. Except, unlike her current show, Oprah at the White House could actually fix people's problems. Can't pay the bills? President Oprah orders the arrest of credit-card executives who charge outrageous interest rates. Your husband no longer paying attention to you? Maybe he will after his mug ends up on the post office wall on a 'Men Who Don't Shut Up And Listen' poster.

I have been on 'Oprah' three times. I saw grown adults break down and sob after shaking her hand. Why? I think it's because Oprah is a real person, not afraid to be who she wants to be. She's one of us who somehow made it.

You probably think I'm writing this stuff about Oprah for a laugh. I'm dead serious. Imagine the debates - Bush v Oprah! She'll have him twisted in knots. She'll look directly into the camera and she'll tell America, 'I will take care of you. I will protect you. You will join me in this work. I will bring all the right people in who will see that no one who lives in this country suffers any more abuse, and the world will know us as the generous and peaceful people that we are.' She will then turn to W and tell him that he is on his way to the time-out room and a visit with Dr Phil.

And she'll win in a landslide.
Leslie
10-08-2003, 08:24 AM
Originally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
Only thing she's gonna run her ass too is KFC. You ain't right! graemlins/rofl.gif
beaniboy67
10-08-2003, 08:25 AM
Originally posted by Leslie:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
Only thing she's gonna run her ass too is KFC. You ain't right! graemlins/rofl.gif </font>[/QUOTE]lol! :D graemlins/rofl.gif
mdpm99
10-08-2003, 08:27 AM
America loves Oprah.....therefore she could actually pull it off.

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AD
10-08-2003, 08:30 AM
Originally posted by Jolyon:


A crazy idea? Crazy? No. Impossible? Yes.
Fletch
10-08-2003, 08:35 AM
How do Chicagoans feel about her running for Mayor first? The female Harold Washington!!!! Just guard the A1 steak sauce from the poisoners (still believed Harold was poisoned)!!!!

Can you see those ads? Black woman throwin' her hat up in the air in downtown Chicago: "You're gonna make it after all!" Meow!
Martin Red
10-08-2003, 08:41 AM
Run Oprah Run !

http://www.augustachronicle.com/images/headlines/101398/forest_gump.jpg
upliftdisco365
10-08-2003, 08:43 AM
Don't laugh. The outlandish becomes our reality in the blink of an eye. C'mon, there's a fu.cking moron, you're garden variety dummy/ standard backward fu.ck-up running this country. Paulie Shore would do a better job. Oprah would be outstanding.
'Magic' Juan
10-08-2003, 09:07 AM
Carol Mosely Braun is running for President, isn't she? I think hell will freeze over twicefold before she will get elected to run the country.

magic_juan
corwin
10-08-2003, 09:44 AM
When I saw the title of this thread, I assumed it would be about the Oprah-Arnold connection. Or more specifically, about how Oprah used her programme (a season premiere) and influence to humanize Schwarzenegger and pave a smooth path to Sacramento.

Maybe, Joylon, you've already seen the disgraceful episode and that's what prompted you to create this thread.
Woody Rosen
10-08-2003, 10:04 AM
She wouldn't be my first choice, but I would vote for a bag of rocks over G Dubya. Personally, if we are going to have a woman in the White House, I would like to see it be Hillary.
mdpm99
10-08-2003, 11:04 AM
Originally posted by Derrick:
Not as crazy as Arnold being the gov of CA. smile.gif Greetings Derrick:

At least if the porn star had won she would not be as hypocritical about her sex life like most politicians are.


:D

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Martin Red
10-08-2003, 11:11 AM
Originally posted by Woody Rosen:
She wouldn't be my first choice, but I would vote for a bag of rocks over G Dubya. Personally, if we are going to have a woman in the White House, I would like to see it be Hillary. We tried that in the UK late 70's - 80's for what seemed like an eternity we had a women leader, terrible.

you are right though,Hilary would seem to be a good choice smile.gif
kev
10-08-2003, 11:18 AM
What about Chris Rock for pres?
Woody Rosen
10-08-2003, 01:13 PM
Originally posted by IIBS:
What about Chris Rock for pres? now we're talking graemlins/beerchug.gif
jsd540
10-08-2003, 01:15 PM
Originally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
Only thing she's gonna run her ass too is KFC. icon_rofl.gif icon_rofl.gif icon_rofl.gif
mhd
10-08-2003, 01:16 PM
Originally posted by corwin:
When I saw the title of this thread, I assumed it would be about the Oprah-Arnold connection. Or more specifically, about how Oprah used her programme (a season premiere) and influence to humanize Schwarzenegger and pave a smooth path to Sacramento.

word, that was unbelievable
jsd540
10-08-2003, 01:19 PM
Originally posted by upliftdisco365:
Don't laugh. The outlandish becomes our reality in the blink of an eye. C'mon, there's a fu.cking moron, you're garden variety dummy/ standard backward fu.ck-up running this country. Paulie Shore would do a better job. Oprah would be outstanding. graemlins/rofl.gif Paulie Shore would do a better job. graemlins/rofl.gif

That is the unfortunate truth.
And
10-08-2003, 01:40 PM
Gee do the Oprah fat/eating jokes ever stop being funny?
I mean how many times can one really laugh at the same tired shit over and over again .. graemlins/sleep2.gif
Leslie
10-08-2003, 01:43 PM
Originally posted by mhd:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by corwin:
When I saw the title of this thread, I assumed it would be about the Oprah-Arnold connection. Or more specifically, about how Oprah used her programme (a season premiere) and influence to humanize Schwarzenegger and pave a smooth path to Sacramento.

word, that was unbelievable </font>[/QUOTE]how quickly we forget....
Jamie 3:26
10-08-2003, 01:49 PM
Originally posted by 6 23:
Gee do the Oprah fat/eating jokes ever stop being funny?
I mean how many times can one really laugh at the same tired shit over and over again .. graemlins/sleep2.gif Honey,I knew Oprah when she was not shit.She used to do Springer type shows and everything.Her show was a Chicago local thing before she blew up...no pun intended.

I just really do not like her.She's just a big phony to me..and to a lot of other people too.
Andriuh
10-08-2003, 02:36 PM
Originally posted by 6 23:
Gee do the Oprah fat/eating jokes ever stop being funny?
I mean how many times can one really laugh at the same tired shit over and over again .. graemlins/sleep2.gif ex-****ingactly.
LEONARD REMIX RROY
10-08-2003, 03:30 PM
She may as well do it and push forward an agenda that will leave things so mixed up that it will take years to re-**** the country back to it's normal state of being.