"peddle their woo" I love that description!! I say 'groomed for consumption'.

I'm a little surprised at the No's. I thought it would be a gender split on this one, but there doesn't seem to be. Almost everyone is saying no or probably no.

@paul1967 just because I am a woman doesnt mean I would support a woman candidate

@btroje I've noticed that, and it surprises me. Not that you're wrong for not supporting a woman. I think you should support the person you think is the best qualified. However I was SHOCKED how few women supported Hilary Clinton who I absolutely know was more qualified than Trump, yet woman hated her (I'm speaking in generalities based on polls) and voted Trump and that included a lot of liberal women who voted Trump to avoid voting Hilary. I was pissed and upset, but it is what it is and we are stuck with the results. I am not blaming women for Trump, I'm just saying that was a factor along with a long list of other factors and who people vote for is their business and not a right or wrong thing. I was pissed and upset because my candidate lost.

@paul1967 i sure can't explain that, i voted for her bu did no likr the idea of another political dynasty

@btroje Would you feel the same way if Michelle Obama ran for office? I ask because I hear that reason, "I don't like the idea of another political dynasty" and I've never understood the rationale for that objection. I promise I'm not being ugly here, I'm just curious if that answer is possibly a cover for the fact that you just didn't like her and you don't know why you didn't like her. I could also be way off base and If I am, I'm sorry.

@paul1967 I voted for Obama twice and I think they are both amazing people.I just don't like the way power is getting so consolidated among a few in the recent past.Maybe it would have been better if Michele ran and won first

@btroje I'm only asking because I genuinely want to see a qualified president who happens to be female in the white house. Surprisingly I see women supporting other women as the hardest hurdle to overcome. I might be wrong, but I see women attack other successful women far more than I see men attacking successful women. I scratch my head every time and wonder why aren't more women supporting successful women?

@paul1967, i am not into isms, in particular not feminism. it just divides people.

@walklightly Not athe"ism" or natural"ism" or secular"ism" sorry, I'm just teasing you

@paul1967 I know what you are talking about, won't try to imagine what each individual is thinking and go from there. I will vote for the best candidate. I would hate it if say a Margaret THatcher type became president just because women banded behind her

@paul1967, that's ok, tease away but yeah, basically i'd prefer to deal with people individually. as that is not always possible without getting very convulated i tolerate isms occasionally.

I don't think she'd make a great president, but she would be better than Trump. However, Andy Dick would be better than Trump. Trump lowered the bar so much that you'd have to start digging (or perhaps mining) to find it.

@snytiger6 I can not disagree. I'm hoping we'll realize that electing smarter than us is a good thing. I don't know why the Republicans resent that. Seemingly.

@phil21 They demonize intellectualism, education and knowledge in general. I think it is because if peopel were educated enough to kow what was beign done, they would not likely o put up with it. So republican politicians set out to make the uneducated feel like they already know enough and to be outraged at those who know more than they do.

I agree that beign a celebrity does nto make a person qualified for the presidency. However, unlike Trump, she did nto inherit, but actual. ly was self made, and she has never gone bankrupt.

So, all things considered, I think despite her lack of qualifications, she would still do a better job and is more qualified than Trump, as she is at lest a better business person and she at least knows what it is like to be poor.

@syntiger6 "she would still do a better job and is more qualified than Trump".

Set a low bar and you get terrible candidates. I would rather someone better than Obama or Clinton. Using Trump as the metric allows for more terrible people. Another GW Bush is viable with just being better than Trump and Bush started a war that's been going on for years.

Neither Trump nor Oprah is qualified or has the background for the job. However Oprah has something Trump doesn't... competence.

I don't think Oprah would be a good President, and I would not support her in an election. However, I keep hearing this statement being said over and over. "We don't need another celebrity in the White House" A few years ago the statement was "We want change and not another political insider" What I see when it comes to politics is trends, people seem to follow one another based on the popular verbiage being used. I see no correlation between someone who happens to be a celebrity and their ability to lead. Reagan first term was a reasonably decent President. George Washington was a surveyor before becoming President. Andrew Johnson was a tailor in South Carolina and Tennessee before coming President. I could bore you with a list of jobs people had before becoming President, but I think you get my point. I want people to drop the group mentality and think deeper next election. Look at what is being proposed and if you can't understand something ask someone you trust to explain it to you. I don't understand 90% of what's being offered until I start asking around. Anyways I hope you didn't take this as an attack. I could have posted this on just about everyone's post, but I picked yours to post this. I want to hear what you have to think about what I said because I'm open to being wrong.

Oblowme the manChild is not president, FYI

I dot' think she is qualified, but she would still do better than Trump... who also isn't really qualified.

i think we need somoene who is both qualified and competent. At least Oprah is competent.

A lot of baggage is right! Repubs would nail her to a cross ( I know I said cross,but it's the essence of the idea).

I couldn't agree more. Good post!

Your liberal education is showing, I'd clean that up.

@BigTen Your ignorance is showing. Read a book.

A wild boar would do a better job and have a better temperament than Trump.

@paul1967 lol

@paul1967 When it comes to people, even Andy Dick would do a better job than Trump.

Unlike Trump, at least Oprah is competent. She didn't inherit her wealth but is truly self made and she never went bankrupt. She is the better business person.

However, despite all that, she still isnt' realy qualified or have the right background.

Please trot out the Butcher of Bengahzi again!

She woudl bring something Trump lacks... competence.

Still she lacks the background for he office.