Hal 9000

What I initially did underestimate is the amount of Americans who would say enough is enough with the cult of celebrity, and to that I am encouraged. Say what you want about Trump (and you do), but Trump was a business man first and foremost, and despite some setbacks, he always emerged on top. The one question that will stop Oprah from running is; What if I lose to Donald Trump? No, she'll find a diplomatic way of backing out, probably end up backing Corey Booker and his "tears of rage" campaign.

Well, I used to think so too. However, at the height of the "Oprah for Pres" mania she is really only 10 points ahead nationally (and 60% don't think she should bother), which is where Hillary was at one point. Trump has maintained his following and that will never change, add in the hidden vote and Trump is closer than polls indicate. So, the only thing that can logically happen, is Trump closes the gap. Celebs and women love her - I get that, but more people than expected have come out and said "Yes, we love Oprah, but we wouldn't want her as president" - as they should. She may secure the democrat strongholds like California and New York...Chicago. With the tax situation and job creation going the way it is, working people and women may love Oprah, but they love jobs, money, food, investments and a roof over their head even more. As I said, Oprah has never been in a situation that she didn't control and I think her brand is actually more important to her than anything else. She wont run, but I'd love to see it!

By Oprah, you mean; Spokesperson for weight watchers, but can't lose weight Preaches parents about children, but has no kids Preaches to couples about marriage, but has never married Supports the gay community, but won't come out of closet Preaches equaity, but is herself a racist Takes credit for giving away stuff that she never owned or paid for. Yeah, that Oprah! Good luck, Trump will have a hey day with her!

to the OP, what (if anything) inspires you?

Deflection! Isn't it the media who is saying that Trump has called Haitians shitty people? Go check out any CNN feature - especially AC. Now, that's "fake news". Also, there are other Caribean countries that are doing fine and are not "shitholes" - Haiti simply isn't one of them.

She won't run. At this point polls have her at 10 points over Trump, but she has never entered into anything that she didn't have 100% control over. She has always been the interviewer, never has she been questioned about anything substantial and I don't think she's willing to sacrifice her entity, her ego and her brand for this. At this point, people think she'd win, and if she never runs, they'll always believe that. If she runs and loses to Trump, that would be extremely damaging for her. No, she won't run, she'll find a way out that makes people love her even more.

Slavery was just the most sensational reason given by historians, there were many reasons for the civil war including the transport of goods, the south wanting to control the cotton trade, separation, and American Indian rights. I don't claim to to be a civil war buff, but as a child all I ever heard about was slavery, however the civil war likely would've happened regardless of the slavery issue.

Exactly, new cultures come and take over the weaker cultures...and what did we learn from that? Nothing! The only question is; who will take us over first? The muslims or the Chinese?

There may or may not be anything scandalous about the Uranium One deal, I think it would be worth looking into though. What I find distressing is the fever pitch in the way that Hillary supports run around to dispel any idea of wrongdoing when in fact there is solid reason to look further into not only this transaction, but also the 'dossier", the emails, the accusations from Donna Brazile among other things. It makes no sense to bend and contort every bit of minutia surrounding Trump, only to have pundits accept everything they're told by Hillary and her people as fact.

So, if you have a rat in your house the solution isn't to get rid of the rat, it's "oh well, lets get more rats".

What a great reason to accept radical Islam into our lives!

Of course the idea is to flip him, that's a given. I would be careful of getting too excited though.

Even the Popadopolous indictment looks pretty weak. Maybe there is more, maybe Mueller just wants to show a little something.

I read it, it's all greek to me

As of right now, yes, it is irrelevant. I would think that everyone at that level of politics or business has ties to many countries, it doesn't mean collusion.

You do know this is supposed to about election tampering, right? What Manafort did 6 years ago, really doesn't mean anything for Trump's campaign.

So? It's still a witch hunt.

This is an investigation looking for a crime. They have found no crime, let alone proof or even evidence of a crime, that's what they want Manafort for. It's so transparent that Mueller should be ashamed of himself.

It still doesn't add up to anything on Trump - It's a hail Mary pass at best. If he's guilty, lock up Manafort, who cares. You must know that they don't care about Manafort, which means they are looking to find criminality on Trump - of course it's a witch hunt. This indictment has been and was predicted months ago - ho humm!

Well, they likely have something on Manafort - right? They were always after Trump - right? They found someone close to Trump who likely broke the law years ago - right? They probably care about Manfort only as far as what he can tell them about Trump. This all equals an old fashioned witch hunt - yes!

They're trying to scare Manafort into saying something - looks even more like a witch hunt than ever before.

This has nothing to do with being a "witness", we know exactly what happened...and why! Clearly you lack common sense and the ability to assess facts as well.

The left has always sold politics as NDP/Liberal = good people, Conserv = bad/mean spirited. It's a very simple concept. They indoctrinate kids to this belief in elementary school. They're just more open to it now. The fact is; on most issues we all want to get to the same place, but have different ideas of how to get there.