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New nicknames for Trump.

rmrd0000 — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 00:57:55 +0000

In reply to remember seeing this cartoon

New nicknames for Trump. Either one works.

remember seeing this cartoon

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 23:19:01 +0000

remember seeing this cartoon when it came out. Assume everyone knows by now, but in case, "kemo sabe" comes from "qui no sabe" - he who knows nothing, which is a proper rejoinder for being called "tonto", the fool.

"Our side?"

HSG — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 20:14:30 +0000

In reply to I don't know, Hal. If our

"Our side?"

Saddle up, kemo sabe.

Michael Maiello — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 18:08:22 +0000

In reply to "Our side?"

Saddle up, kemo sabe.

I don't know, Hal. If our

Michael Maiello — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:15:54 +0000

In reply to Oprah for President?

I don't know, Hal. If our side nominates Oprah in 2020, the way I'm going to act about it is going to make you on Sanders in 2016 seem the height of restrained rhetoric.

Black women are energized. I

rmrd0000 — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 13:54:31 +0000

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Black women are energized. I wish McBath all the best. Black voters are supposed to accept whatever crumbs come from the Democratic Party and Liberals. Black women had to force their way into the Women’s March. North Carolina lost a case where gerrymandering was so outrageous that the courts halted the current plan. Ohio is trying to purge voters from their ranks to suppress votes. Moral Monday’s was spearheaded by the black church. Blacks are fighting voter suppression like they fought Stop and Frisk. It is hard to find traditional Liberals who are deeply involved in these fights. Earlier in the year, Black female activists send a letter addressing their grievances. Black women activists are going to be selfish about having their issues addressed just like white Liberals are selfish about their goals. Coalitions are messy.

Black women and the Women’s March.

https://www.jetmag.com/news/womens-march-black-women/

Black women activists letter to DNC

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/open-letter-dnc-chair-tom-perez-there-s-too-much-n764221

North Carolina gerrymandering

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/10/politics/nc-redistricting-analysis/index.html

Ohio purge

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/10/supreme-court-ohio-voter-purge-hearing-protest

It's fair to move the

HSG — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 13:14:38 +0000

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It's fair to move the goalposts after acknowledging, as you do, that the kick would have sailed through them if they had been left in their previous position. I agree that there is much that we don't and really can't know about Oprah or anybody who runs for President. Dr. Cleveland makes a good point when he notes that this discussion is probably a lot of smoke without substance. Nevertheless, I find Oprah to be an intriguing and admirable in many ways who because she is extremely well-liked and well-known might have a chance to be President and to be a really good one.

It's also useful to see how

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 07:29:54 +0000

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It's also useful to see how people are groomed when they enter any field. Oprah made her early steps on her own, but once she's on network TV, they have a bunch of resources and patterns for production, with a lot of people from the industry helping you design & operate a show.Move that to business ventures & it's the same thing - where did Mitt Romney's father help, how was the business scene in Boston, and all the other steps along the way - serendepity at work. Once you venture from that tunnel of 1 success, other successes are much more uncertain. Hey, GoPro tried to move from head-mounted cameras to drone-mounted cameras - and have now gone bankrupt. 1 little switch. Extend this to all these expectations about business & politics being interchangeable elsewehere.... Also good to remember this blarney about Trump's business when he had about 12 people, not 12000 or 120000 like a Chrysler or Walmart or....

Her business success does

Flavius — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 07:27:21 +0000

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Her business success does indicate good judgement . But while you could fairly charge me with moving the goal posts I wonder whether it tells us anything about her judgement under pressure.

In October 62 JFK demonstrated that when many of his advisors: generals and former successful executives, did not.

Ron Suskind´s ¨The Confidence Men¨ is unflattering about some of the 2009 Obama decisions but to me at least it portrays a "no drama¨ leader ,

When attempting to envisage a 2020 Democratic candidate my test is to imagine substituting him or her for that 2009 Obama.

Being good at business doesn

ocean-kat — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 06:52:29 +0000

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Being good at business doesn't indicate anything about being a good politician. Figuring out how to get out of a bad business deal doesn't mean they'd be good at figuring out how to get out of Afghanistan. Making a lot of money doesn't mean you can come up with a good tax plan or infrastructure bill. Running a large business with lots of employees might mean you can manage the WH but it doesn't mean you can get legislation passed through congress with the equal branches of power and competing interests. Business success might mean you're a sociopath willing to screw everyone over every chance you get.

Business success in one field doesn't even mean you'd be good at running a business in another field. Running a business based on achieving popularity as a movie star and talk show host doesn't mean you'd be great at running an international chain of supermarkets like Walmarts or an innovative tech company like Google or microsoft. And being Bill Gates doesn't mean you'd be successful as a talk show host as anyone who's seen a video of Gates surely knows. It doesn't mean Gates would be good at running Walmarts.

These are all different skill sets and there is nothing in Oprah's past that leads me to believe she'd be a good president. Not one single thing. Add that to the fact that no one knows what her views are on 90% of the issues. She is quite skilled at never speaking on most controversial issues. We just assume it would be liberal but we don't know if she's even thought about them, studied them, and come to an informed opinion. Every person posting here might know more about every issue of the day than Oprah. I know you all are pretty well informed but no one knows if Oprah is.

Then there's the fact that she's a gullible fool who's been suckered into promoting Dr Phil, Dr Oz, Jenny McCarthy, and a long list of less famous purveyors of New Age quackery. Oprah is popular and can give a good speech. That is the only reason anyone would suggest she run for president. I barely care as my last consideration about those qualities when I decide who to vote for for any public office