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Could it happen? Oprah as President with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as the second in command? It sounds ridiculous, but it’s not as far fetched as it may seem, and it may not be a bad thing.
First get over the fact that I, as a psychic soothsayer, predicted Oprah as President in this post from 2011 and three weeks ago predicted Dwayne Johnson would run for a Florida senate seat in 2018 in my psychic predictions for 2018 . (Also, this just came to me, a new addition to my 2018 psychic predictions: Meghan Markle, the new Duchess of Something or Other, will get pregnant. It may be announced late in 2018 or early in 2019.)
Some people are up in arms about another TV personality running for public office. Many people are thinking, “Why do we need another ego-driven, no political experience, blowhard in office?”
Guess what? I think that’s exactly what we need in office. I lived through it once already and it wasn’t so bad. When I was a kid, Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States. And guess what? Back then everybody felt pretty good about it. I think we all felt pretty good about it specifically because he had been an actor! We didn’t think to ourselves, “Oh great a B-list actor from the 1950’s is our President!” What I believe we liked was his ability to appear Presidential and speak in a very Presidential manner. He acted like a President. His State of the Union addresses seemed like it was your grandfather sitting the country on his knee and telling you that no matter how many nuclear weapons the Russians had you should just have your milk and cookies and go to bed because he was going to make everything alright.
Ronald Reagan may have been a pioneer, as far as politics go, when he first was elected to public office, but he certainly wasn’t the last:
Four terms as Congressman
California Governor 8 years
Former Governor of Minnesota
He played a District Attorney on Law & Order while he was a Senator!
See? Some Hollywood types have successfully segued into the political arena without doing permanent harm to the country’s collective psyche. And, admit it, there have even been times that you’ve thought to yourself that you could be a better leader of the country than whoever was in charge. You imagine yourself filling your cabinet with the wisest, most experienced minds in the land, and you would hear and consider their counsel before making wise decisions.
Don’t you want someone running our country who might just take that approach and give kick ass speeches that make us feel good? I do. That’s why I’m running for President in 2020 against any and all Hollywood types that choose to show up. If a goofy old actor or exaggerated real estate salesman can be President, why can’t a psychic humor blogger? A psychic President would be great. If I knew what was going to happen in the future I could make all the right decisions! #Phil2020 <== Go ahead, click that, you know you want to!
Have a great Saturday! I’ll see you on the campaign trail! ~Phil
great point –
Which one? That we like actors or that me as a psychic President would be great?
You missed Sono Bono and Al Franken (or don’t we talk about him anymore?)
I didn’t miss Sonny Bono. I didn’t think anyone would remember him. And Al Franken, I wasn’t going to touch that one!
It still like Al. He got a bum deal compared to some
I guess I am dating myself with Sonny
( I knew who he was too)
I’d support you
Or Oprah and how
It couldn’t be worse
Than what we have now.
I’ll vote for you! Oh wait I can’t. I’ll divorce my husband, marry an American, move to America, get American citizenship (I’ve heard it’s easy) and THEN I’ll vote for you. Sorted.
Excellent!
Umm… why not just bring the hubby and you both could get American citizenship? Is there a reason that in your first thought you were going to leave him behind?
Oh. Hahahahaha. Yeah that’s probably a better plan. A) I thought American citizenship would be easier with an American husband B) I thought now would be the time I could finally marry Bryan Cranston/Jason Segel/Q from Impractical Jokers (yes I do have an eclectic taste in men)
Does your husband know about your evil plan?
He does now, but won’t grant me a divorce as apparently “Donald Trump is not grounds for divorce”. Pfft. I’ll have to come up with another plan.
More good predictions
I heard a rumor that @thebloggess was going to run. I’m sorry, but it’s not looking good for you. Or Oprah.
The bloggess against me? Puh-leeze! If she has enough popular appeal, I’d be happy to add her to my list of V.P. candidates. In all honesty, she has a great blog and seems like a lovely person . It would be brilliant to have a ticket with the two of us. I don’t see how we could lose!
Well, maybe there’s some negotiating room! I’d vote for your tickety-ticket. And if you choose to use some taxidermied possums in your cabinet, or name Sick Christine your Chief Strategist, well, that would be an improvement in my opinion.
You are wise. SickChristine would be an excellent Secretary of Sarcasm and speechwriter
Being Canadian, I’m pretty happy about our very pretty Prime Minister, aaaannnd,Oprah would probably be a great President.