We have entered the silly season, when Democrats, who are desperate for someone to replace Donald Trump or Mike Pence in 2020, have decided that Oprah Winfrey is the person to nominate and elect President.
This author and blogger has no issue with the significance of Oprah Winfrey to the entertainment community at large.
Oprah has had a wonderful and inspiring career, and has spoken up for much that is good and decent.
It is not an attack on her virtues to say that a speech at the Golden Globes Awards ceremony, while inspiring, is not a justification for her to be running for President.
Of course, she can run if she chooses to, but that does not mean America should elect her, or Mark Cuban, or Dwayne Johnson, or Mark Zuckerberg, or any other successful entrepreneur or entertainment star to the White House.
We should have learned from Donald Trump that being successful in entertainment or business does not qualify you to be the leader of the free world, far from it.
All of the above, including Trump, lack EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE in GOVERNMENT and FOREIGN POLICY, and in this complex world, one needs to have had a career in government, as a US Senator, a US House of Representatives member, a Governor, or a Mayor, or possibly a significant cabinet officer, such as Secretary of State, Treasury, Defense, Homeland Security, or Attorney General.
One needs a record of accomplishment and involvement in the domestic and foreign policy issues that matter.
Such a person, just one example, is former Vice President Joe Biden, who if not for his age, would be seen as the best person for 2020, but the answer is to use Joe Biden’s great credentials, combined with the idealism and progressive credentials of a Joe Kennedy III or Chris Murphy or Amy Klobuchar or Cory Booker or Eric Garcetti or Kamala Harris or Gavin Newsom or numerous others as a Vice President.
Have Joe Biden agree to one term, followed by the likelihood of one of these government leaders succeeding, in theory, for two terms.
Any of the above and even others in government would be far better than a celebrity, such as Oprah Winfrey by vast margins!