{"id":533,"date":"2018-01-18T10:49:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T15:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mutualgaze.com\/blog\/?p=533"},"modified":"2018-02-01T11:19:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T16:19:43","slug":"so-queen-oprah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mutualgaze.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/18\/so-queen-oprah\/","title":{"rendered":"So, Queen Oprah?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think of Oprah in the White House, not as a president but as a sort of Matriarchal Queen elected for life. \u00a0Opulent, corpulent, magnificent. She won’t govern, she will inspire, bequeath, prophasize<\/span><\/span>, cajole, praise, and propose. Should she start cutting off heads, she will be sent to the space station. Actually running the government will be Prime Minister Bernie, Elizabeth for Labor Secretary, Robert Reich for Economic Development, John Louis running Justice, Michelle Obama heading the \u00a0newly formed department of Womanhood.\u00a0<\/span>Bill McKibben for the EPA. Barack as State, for Health and Human Services. Congress will morph to a Parliament, the electoral<\/span><\/span> college disbanded, lobbying made a felony, all guns banished.\u00a0And universal health care. A living wage, a minimum<\/span><\/span> monetary guarantee<\/span><\/span> for all paid for by the billionaires.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, I \u00a0do notice everyone named here is a Democrat. Yes. Let us assume that, In this scenario, the DNC<\/span><\/span> has been transformed into a transparent organization no longer able to manipulate candidates via super delegates<\/span><\/span>. In this scenario, Republican party is confined to Alabama until it comes up with an agenda favorable to the human race, the planet and agrees that corporations, really, are not people.<\/span><\/p>\n

We will be Norway with a better climate.<\/p>\n

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I think of Oprah in the White House, not as a president but as a sort of Matriarchal Queen elected for life. \u00a0Opulent, corpulent, magnificent. She won’t govern, she will inspire, bequeath, prophasize, cajole, praise, and propose. Should she start cutting off heads, she will be sent to the space station. Actually running the government … <\/p>\n

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