BOOM - Oprah knocks it out!

[abbeyco]

What an amazing speech!

[bdamomma]

1. Leave it to Oprah!!!!

to speak the truth!!!! She's one in a million.

I guess Meryl was relieved that she wasn't the key note speaker!!!

Time's Up!!!!!!!

[hlthe2b]

2. Yup... and you know at least the majority of the audience

was thinking.... she needs to be our next President. Powerful.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

34. No, she does not. She may have made a great speech,

but we do not need any more rich, inexperienced celebrity game show hosts. We need people with substantial experience in the public sector who understand exactly how government works, not ego-driven media stars.

[fierywoman]

37. Thank you, babe.

[hlthe2b]

53. Contrary to your statement, I didn't say SHE should or WOULD, just that that was what the

audience was THINKING, being, as we are, starved for intelligent, thoughtful, articulate leadership.


But, while I agree we need someone with the intelligence, grace, and humility AND experience/understanding of government to clean up after Trump, it is not that an outsider, or intelligent media personality could NOT be a good leader. It is that Trump had NONE of those traits and only EGO, VINDICTIVENESS, Greed, and Narcissism, with an absolute unwillingness/inability to learn the job. While Oprah won't want the job, there should be NO comparison between the two.

[ginnyinWI]

38. She may not want to go into politics, but she's a great speaker.

She can be an advocate for some future candidate maybe.

[NCTraveler]

56. It's exactly how many in that room think. nt.

[demtenjeep]

3. She knocked it out of the park

and she was so honest and sincere

[RainCaster]

4. She is a truly stable person

Unlike...

[longship]

51. Ask her about John of God and then decide about her stability.

John of God

Oprah is a babbling idiot who shouldn't be allowed to get anywhere near government.

[DURHAM D]

5. AMEN ! And, right here on DU we have

posts like this -

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210072097

[brer cat]

10. Ignoring or ignorant

about how respected Oprah is in the world. She is the perfect antidote to trump.

[Heartstrings]

6. Amazing!

#theirtimeisup

[blogslut]

7. That was glorious!

Yes!

[Funtatlaguy]

8. Wish she had alluded to Trump

But maybe she thought that would dilute the message.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. ME TOO. Perhaps it's too obvious

[DURHAM D]

9. Here it is -

[Phoenix61]

18. Thanks so much for posting

She is amazing.

[Cha]

21. Mahalo, Durham!

[SunSeeker]

31. Got me in tears.

[Cha]

33. I bet me, too.. I turn

to mush easily these days.

I'm savoring it until after I eat supper.

[yuiyoshida]

47. me too

[NBachers]

50. Thank you for putting that up, Cha.

[ailsagirl]

23. Stupendous!!!!

[cwydro]

24. Wow.

Fantastic.

[SunSeeker]

32. Wow. Thanks for posting that.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. YES...But disappointed they aren't trashing Trump. Guess they are rising above

but I am not

[madamesilverspurs]

13. I think that's calculated.

And it will drive him nuts to have been so publicly ignored. So there's that.


.

[Cha]

22. There definitely is

THAT!

[MontanaMama]

43. OH snap!

They DID ignore him didn't they? Brilliant! I watched the whole show and it didn't even dawn on me. Thanks for pointing it out!

[Kirk Lover]

27. tRUMP got trashed, "The press is under siege" n/t

[ailsagirl]

28. I thought she did (indirectly?) when she said...

We know the press is under siege these days. We also know it's the insatiable dedication to uncovering the absolute truth that keeps us from turning a blind eye to corruption and to injustice...

Certainly can be applied to der Führer

[MrPurple]

41. and she worked in the word tyrants

[ailsagirl]

55. Yes!!

[roamer65]

14. She reminds me of someone.

President Obama.

[OhioBlue]

36. me too. omg - I love her speech so much. n/t

[mountain grammy]

15. Yes..great speech

Great Oprah!

[randr]

16. Out Of The Park

and tore down the walls

[dsc]

19. Sterling K Brown's speech was also great

He is an amazing actor who is finally getting recognized as such.

[Cha]

52. Sterling K Brown made history!

Sterling K. Brown Makes History at Golden Globes 2018 as First Black Actor to Win TV Drama Award



https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/golden-globes-2018-sterling-k-brown-makes-history-with-win/

[keithbvadu2]

20. Trump and Oprah?

Trump and Oprah?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign,_2000

Donald campaigned/ran for Prez in 2000

Trump focused his campaign on the issues of fair trade, eliminating the national debt, and achieving universal healthcare as outlined in the campaign companion piece The America We Deserve, released in January 2000. He named media proprietor Oprah Winfrey as his ideal running mate and said he would instantly marry his girlfriend, Melania Knauss, to make her First Lady.

[Fiendish Thingy]

25. Good speech, but I hope she's not seriously considering running in 2020 nt

[Kirk Lover]

26. Oprah/Rock 2020

[DURHAM D]

30. Last I knew he is a Republican.

He spoke at their convention for George junior.

[mr_lebowski]

42. Maybe it's "The Rock"? I could see him being a Dem, but dunno ...

And don't want him as VP (although that combo would be unstoppable most likely as they're both so well-liked in general, though not necessarily by the same folks ... it'd be a BIG tent).

[DURHAM D]

44. Here is his speech at the Republican convention introducing

former wrestling coach and pedophile Speaker Hastert -

He was in the Bush family box most of the convention.

[mr_lebowski]

49. No longer appears to be as 'cut and dry' circa 2017 ...

http://variety.com/2017/politics/news/dwayne-johnson-the-rock-president-2024-1202640132/

I assumed the original reference was to 'Kid Rock', and it was a joke you may've misunderstood. Didn't recall 2000/2004, and what 'The Rock' did at the time, sounded more like something Kid Rock would've done.

[DURHAM D]

54. Nope. Dwayne was at the Golden Globes and

people were tweeting about his political aspirations, including Joy Reid.

[mr_lebowski]

58. I'm with ya now sorry for the confusion, you're 100% correct :)

[Guilded Lilly]

29. Just watched it twice. Our Goddess spirit nailed it.

[MelissaB]

35. Stedman says she would run.

Link to tweet

[Sophia4]

39. Wonderful speech. Truly inspiring!

[samnsara]

40. i loved it..never been a follower but maybe now I will pay more attn.

[dlk]

45. As Oprah Said, a New Day is Dawning. It's Time!

[lpbk2713]

46. In his wildest dreams Trump could never be that eloquent.

And she spoke from the heart, not from notes or a teleprompter.

[Upthevibe]

48. Well, Seth Meyers said that he sometimes gets blamed for dt being in

Ofice because of what he did (Seth) at the Correspondents Dinner in '11 to trump. So during his opening tonight he looked at Oprah and told her she'd be a terrible President and NOT to run and then told Tom Hanks, don't you run as her V.P. (not his exact words but something like that). I thought Seth did a GREAT job tonight!

[Gothmog]

57. K&R