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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhich celeb to nominate for 2020?
van jones said whenever a celebrity runs for a major office, they usually win.
so which celeb can the dems nominate in 2020?
imho, the only person within the party that can win is michelle obama.
but if she's not interested, which star can do it b/c the only way i think a dem wins in 2020 is if trump is an immediate catastrophic disaster.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,749 posts)canetoad
(17,178 posts)My thought even before opening the thread.
skylucy
(3,740 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Ever suffered through One Fine Day?
greatauntoftriplets
(175,749 posts)Certainly better than Celebrity Apprentice -- not that I've ever watched it.
rug
(82,333 posts)Not "Alex"
rug
(82,333 posts)Initech
(100,099 posts)I can see the marketing now: He will crush Trump!
Demonaut
(8,924 posts)LeftInTX
(25,515 posts)I hate to say it, but I think she could win.
I'm also pretty sure Oprah would win.
Demonaut
(8,924 posts)La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)and at least nominally engaged in politics.
Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)My love. And he can do it, dammit.
rwheeler31
(6,242 posts)Cartoonist
(7,321 posts)I hope he gives it some thought.
Lotusflower70
(3,077 posts)At least we would still have a planet.
Demonaut
(8,924 posts)Hulk smash trump
LeftInTX
(25,515 posts)Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)TwilightZone
(25,473 posts)Wait, she already ran. Or did she?
I disagree with your assertion that the only person who can win is Michelle Obama. Trump has all the hallmarks of a one-term president, and he's not even president yet.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)Chipper Chat
(9,686 posts)Biden/Winfrey 2020
DemocraticSocialist8
(396 posts)and I could see either of them running honestly...especially Clooney. Denzel would definitely win, but he's never been known to be very open with his politics. I doubt he'd run.
samir.g
(835 posts)rzemanfl
(29,567 posts)Docreed2003
(16,869 posts)Sure feels like we're living in Idiocracy!
rzemanfl
(29,567 posts)Takket
(21,616 posts)SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)skylucy
(3,740 posts)rwheeler31
(6,242 posts)Onyrleft
(344 posts)But then again; backing it up a month, it seems like those probably aren't absurd enough. Steve-O and Lindsay Lohan are too young. Maybe Flavor Flav or someone from the WWE?
Initech
(100,099 posts)Can you imagine him giving a State of the Union? I would stop whatever I was doing to watch that!
treestar
(82,383 posts)Madonna?
Dems to Win
(2,161 posts)against Trump
Initech
(100,099 posts)Angleae
(4,492 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)True!
monmouth4
(9,709 posts)Dems to Win
(2,161 posts)Seems to be the most important criteria
flvegan
(64,412 posts)Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)He'd be my top contender
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...both patriotic icons. Both smart. Damned near bulletproof. Works for me...
HarmonyRockets
(397 posts)Hopefully people aren't serious.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)Awfully strong word...for a thread...
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)FrenchieCat
(68,867 posts)That's the Democrats. Sorry!
The closest we could get would be Gavin Newsom! I say we go with that.
Cha
(297,528 posts)She's a working phenomenon who has celeb status.
Poor America.. cares more about sexual perverts than a worker bee.
Hugin
(33,189 posts)The only way to beat A Trumpster is to be a better Trumpster.
andym
(5,445 posts)although perhaps he doesn't bring the aura of a George Clooney.
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)perfect!
Buns_of_Fire
(17,191 posts)He already has experience in dealing with recalcitrant republicans...
Bucky
(54,041 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,322 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,377 posts)and want someone who actually knows how to govern.
progressoid
(49,996 posts)How about we stick to people who know how to govern.
CrispyQ
(36,502 posts)That's only sort of a joke. Cuban stated that Trump's run for president created a new class of politician - the billionaire class, who can finance their own campaigns. As for Trump, if he wasn't a billionaire going into the White House, you can bet he will be one coming out. The highest office of our land, has become a money making position for the elite of the elite. I guess it always was, but now they aren't even trying to disguise it.
JCMach1
(27,570 posts)also, Bloomberg as an (I).
meadowlander
(4,402 posts)He certainly has the experience.
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)From his Wiki page:
In 1969, Jackson and several other students held members of the Morehouse College board of trustees (including a nearby Martin Luther King, Sr.) hostage on the campus, demanding reform in the school's curriculum and governance. The college eventually agreed to change its policy, but Jackson was charged with and eventually convicted of unlawful confinement, a second-degree felony. Jackson was then suspended for two years for his criminal record and his actions. He would later return to the college to earn his Bachelor of Arts in Drama in 1972.
While he was suspended, Jackson was employed as a social worker in Los Angeles. Jackson decided to return to Atlanta, where he met with Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, and others active in the Black Power movement. Jackson revealed in the same Parade interview that he began to feel empowered with his involvement in the movement, especially when the group began buying guns. However, before Jackson could become involved with any significant armed confrontation, his mother sent him to Los Angeles after the FBI told her that he would die within a year if he remained with the Black Power movement.
This is from the 2012 election:
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)gulliver
(13,186 posts)former9thward
(32,068 posts)He's got the experience.