{"id":20124,"date":"2017-03-03T17:02:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T17:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=20124"},"modified":"2017-03-03T17:02:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T17:02:27","slug":"oprah-in-2020-please-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=20124","title":{"rendered":"Oprah in 2020? Please &#8230; no!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/oprah_winfrey_61949-1280x8001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20125\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/oprah_winfrey_61949-1280x8001-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/oprah_winfrey_61949-1280x8001-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/oprah_winfrey_61949-1280x8001-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/oprah_winfrey_61949-1280x8001-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/oprah_winfrey_61949-1280x8001.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have nothing against Oprah Winfrey as a person, as a media celebrity\/mogul, as a highly successful businesswoman.<\/p>\n<p>But this notion making the social media rounds about whether she might run for president of the United States of America in 2020 is driving me a bit nuts.<\/p>\n<p>Oprah apparently said out loud recently that if Donald John Trump can be elected president, then damn near <em>anybody<\/em> can be elected.<\/p>\n<p>I happen to agree with that assessment.<\/p>\n<p>However, the presidency should not become a playground for the rich and powerful. Oprah has as much public service exposure as Trump. That would be, um, <em>none!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a bit old-fashioned in that regard. I kind of prefer heads of state and heads of government to at least have run for something, <em>anything<\/em>, that demonstrates a commitment to public service.<\/p>\n<p>Oprah is a celebrity. She&#8217;s a star, in fact. She&#8217;s made some fine films and has been an eloquent spokeswoman for the causes she deems worth espousing. She&#8217;s made Dr. Phil McGraw a star. She faced down some angry Texas Panhandle cattlemen who sued her\u00a0for defamation because she said on the air that she didn&#8217;t think beef was safe to eat.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all fine and dandy.<\/p>\n<p>She ain&#8217;t presidential material.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this little mini-tempest settles down quickly.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have nothing against Oprah Winfrey as a person, as a media celebrity\/mogul, as a highly successful businesswoman. But this notion making the social media rounds about whether she might run for president of the United States of America in 2020 is driving me a bit nuts. Oprah apparently said out loud recently that if &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=20124\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Oprah in 2020? 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