WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES, OPRAH – AT 8:48 A.M. ET:   We are informed that Oprah Winfrey wants to run for president.  Okay, so do a lot of sixth graders. 

Maybe Oprah believes her run will be one long love fest.  Maybe she can make "love" her campaign theme.   That's what those afternoon talk-show audiences wanted, right?

Can you take a punch, Oprah?  About five thousand punches?  Because that's what you're going to get.  Not much love on the stump in Nebraska.  From Fox: 

Internationally renowned musician Seal trashed Oprah Winfrey on social media just days after her widely praised speech at the Golden Globe Awards on sexual misconduct in Hollywood, calling her a “part of the problem for decades.”

In a fiery Instagram post Wednesday, Seal republished a pair of photos of Winfrey with disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, including one in which she appears to be kissing the producer’s cheek. Overlayed on the photos, in all-caps, is the text: “When you have been part of the problem for decades, but suddenly they all think you are the solution.”

Seal added a sarcastic comment to the right of the photographs that suggested Winfrey knew Weinstein was mistreating women.

“Oh I forgot, that's right.....you'd heard the rumours but you had no idea he was actually serially assaulting young stary-eyed actresses who in turn had no idea what they were getting into. My bad,” Seal wrote.

He added the hashtag “#SanctimoniousHollywood” to the post.

COMMENT:  This is just the start, and that's from a black guy.  If Oprah runs, watch the opposition researchers go over every show she's ever starred on, every movie she's ever made, every word she's ever spoken.  By the time she reaches the end of her first week of campaigning, she'll be portrayed as the nation's leading snake-oil salesman, and a self-gratifying billionaire.  EWatch her numbers plummet.  It usually happens that way.

Maybe you'd prefer an easier life, Oprah.

January 11, 2018