No, Oprah should not run for president
newsdepo.com
Oprah gave a fantastic speech at the Golden Globes. That being said—she should not throw her hat in the ring for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020. As a matter of fact, many of the folks currently being thought of for that same nomination shouNo, Oprah should not run for president
Oprah gave a fantastic speech at the Golden Globes. That being said—she should not throw her hat in the ring for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020. As a matter of fact, many of the folks currently being thought of for that same nomination should not throw their hat in the in ring either. Some of those names that have been thrown around are: Businessmen/women: Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg Dallas Mavericks’ owner Mark Cuban Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz COO of Facebook Sheryl Sandberg Politicians: Virginia Senator Tim Kaine L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti Hillary Clinton Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown California Gov. Jerry Brown Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker California Sen. Kamala D. Harris New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren Former Vice President Joe Biden Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders Celebrities: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Oprah Winfrey Private Citizen: Michelle Obama Now we have the list, what do we do about it? First off, the country cannot be run like a business. So the titans of industry are immediately crossed off the list. I do not care how many billions of dollars a person has made, how they have grown a company from a corner in their garage to multinational corporation. Business and government are not the same thing and take entirely different skill sets. The government is not set up to make a profit—this idea that has permeated into the left from the right is a bad one and should be put out of its misery for good. Read more