Adapted from Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History copyright © 2017 by Kurt Andersen. With permission from the publisher, Random House. All rights reserved. Forty-eight hours ago, after watching Oprah Winfrey give a terrific, rousing feminist speech on an awards show, millions of Americans instantly, giddily decided that the ideal 2020 Democratic nominee had appeared. An extremely rich and famous and exciting star and impresario—but one who seems intelligent and wise...

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  • julie s.
    julie s.

    I believe Oprah Winfrey would make an excellent president Just look at what she started out with as a child and What she has done from there She is amazing I would Love to meet her and have a nice chat and te her How roux she should be n she should invite women like me who have struggled all their life to get to be 1/10 the woman she is and still struggling Oprah I would be absolutely honored to meet U

  • Robin H.
    Robin H.

    I believe that Oprah Winfrey would make an excellant president. I voted for Hillary Clinton and I would vote for Hillary again or I would vote for Oprah. Either way, we WIN!!!

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