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In reply to the discussion: No Amateurs as Democratic Presidential Candidates, Please! [View all]kstewart33
(6,551 posts)The key to success when you don't know how to do a job is threefold: 1) Know what you don't know; 2) have the smarts and experience, and consequently the skills to select people who are exceptionally good at what they do; and 3) delegate smartly.
I have no idea if Oprah would make a great president. I do know that she has run several successful companies. I don't know of one that has failed. Logically, I conclude that she knows a lot about people and has selected very good people for management in those companies, and knows when and how to delegate effectively.
On character, she seems top notch. You have to have something special if you were born into poverty in rural Mississippi, were sexually abused by multiple relatives, struggled mightily in your adolescence, and then worked and worked to become the most successful self-made female billionaire in this country.
So I won't dismiss her potential candidacy. We're in that wait-and-see phase that precedes 2020. Let's see who enters the race.