Oprah endorses Hillary Clinton: 'It’s a seminal moment for women'

[onehandle]

Source: LA Times

Oprah Winfrey is backing Hillary Clinton's presidential run, emphasizing the historic nature of a female presumptive nominee.

“Regardless of your politics, it’s a seminal moment for women,” Winfrey told "Entertainment Tonight" at the premiere of her new show, “Greenleaf.”

If a woman can step into the position of leader of the free world, anything is possible, Winfrey said. “I really believe that is going to happen,” Winfrey said.

Winfrey, one of the most successful women in media and a prominent philanthropist, joins several celebrities who have pledged support for Clinton, including actors George Clooney and Kerry Washington.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-trailguide-oprah-endorses-clinton-i-m-with-1466081495-htmlstory.html

[Gomez163]

1. Did Hillary get a free car???

[femmocrat]

3. Yes, this one:

[Gomez163]

4. Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ineeda]

5. Bazinga! n/t

[Major Nikon]

8. I thought it was just the furniture they got to keep

[840high]

9. heehee

[The Green Manalishi]

19. A ride worthy of the Lady :-)

[iandhr]

20. Turn around three times and spit.

[Sanity Claws]

2. Seminal?

Ovarian? Ovular? A word based on ova would be better than one based on semen.

[greymattermom]

6. Right

must be a joke

[groundloop]

7. Any suggestions?

[localroger]

11. Singular. Pivotal. Fledgeling. Glass-ceiling-shattering. /nt

[mahina]

26. Pivotal ftw.

[CanadaexPat]

13. Phrasing!

[avaistheone1]

31. Seminal eh?

LOL

[muriel_volestrangler]

40. Both come from the Latin word for 'seed'

But if you think of bodily fluids when you hear 'seminal' in another context, I can't stop you ...

[avaistheone1]

43. LOL

https://www.google.com/search?q=define+seminal&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

[Cryptoad]

10. Thx O

the forces of misogyny run deep and strong just below the surface of all our culture.

[spiderpig]

12. Imagine my surprise

[Smarmie Doofus]

14. Ummm.... Oprah. Sweetness. Arguably well- intentioned.

But precisely the WRONG word.

>>>'It’s a seminal moment for women'>>>>>


And.... truly... not well thought-out at ALL.

[stonecutter357]

15. K&R!

[William769]

16. kick & recommended.

[chapdrum]

17. The easy choice.

Practically anyone vs. Trump is going to get endorsed.

As to the women: At least we have sterling examples of leadership in Albright and Rice.

A teenager can see they're just as bad as their male counterparts.

But it'll be different with HRC.

Blech.

[ThinkCritically]

18. What Oprah suggested here is the same as...

if you vote for someone just because they are gay, or black, or Latino... She even said “Regardless of your politics". So policies no longer matter? I mean, I absolutely support women and hope to one day have a woman president (which will not only be huge in the US but will send a very loud message to our enemies in the middle east), but for the office of the president, we HAVE to look at their character and policies no matter if they are a woman or a man. If we want to be truly equal, we should vote for people based on their merits, experience, and ability. ANY person qualified should be able to go for it.

(PS, I'm not saying Hillary isn't qualified, doesn't have the merits or the experience... Just saying Oprah's statement and reasoning isn't responsible. You can use that argument for other people who aren't qualified, like Sarah Palin for example.)

[phazed0]

25. +1 nt

[alarimer]

42. I agree

At this point, I'm not voting FOR anyone. I'm just voting against Trump. I want HIM to lose by a landslide, to send a message to the GOP and to the approximately 50% (possibly less, I'm just throwing out a number) of American who are irredeemably hateful. I want THOSE people to lose big. I want to humiliate them. And maybe it's more humiliating to them if Clinton wins, than if, say Gary Johnson does.

Which, I admit, is also a terrible reason for voting because it means overlooking the not-insubstantial flaws of the Democratic candidate.

[YOHABLO]

21. I see, now Hillary's been anointed by the almighty. How could she lose now?

[phylny]

29. I'm so over Oprah.

Am I alone in this?

[YOHABLO]

32. I find her narcissistic .. and a fraud. No one humble puts their picture on their own magazine.

[TexasBushwhacker]

60. Especially every single month

I could see her being on it once a year.

[TrueDemVA]

53. Didn't she use to be on tv?

Just kidding. Yeah, I thought she was retired, except for a magazine which I assume is about her, b/c she is on every cover.

I didn't know people still care about what she has to say.

[LanternWaste]

45. Both 'anointed' and 'almighty' are multi-syllabic, so I empathize with your accidental misuse of bot

Being that 'anointed' and 'almighty' are each multi-syllabic, I empathize with your accidental misuse of both. If used purposefully though, I yet empathize with your petulance and peevishness.

[KoKo]

22. Seriously? What about those of us who could care less who Celebrities Endorse?

If you base your opinion and voting on what any celebrity tells you then you've given up on doing thinking on your own.

Better to do your own reasearch... and it's pretty easy these days with simple searches of their stands on issues you care about.

[anigbrowl]

49. What about you? If you're not interested just ignore it

I personally don't care two hoots about Oprah's endorsement (I came into the thread to make a side joke) and while I don't think the endorsements of celebrities or business people mean too much I don't blame people who find that information useful, and I don't necessarily think that those who incorporate it have stopped doing any thinking of their own.

But I don't understand your post title. What about you? Would you like someone to start a thread about what you think so you feel more important?

[MrMickeysMom]

23. Is she going to give her a car?

[retrowire]

24. Why did I read this as...

Hillary endorses Oprah for President?

My brain.

[Ned_Devine]

27. Would it have been a special moment if Carly Florina had been nominated?

Just because she's a woman doesn't mean she's the right one. Stupid pointless narrative.

[Pharaoh]

28. and apparently any woman will do

Oh......

I would love a woman president, but she ain't it.....

I'd rather have Oprah !!! By a longshot.

[maggies farm]

30. When Oprah moved to town

For that last 15 years I have earned my livelihood in some of the wealthiest zip codes in the U.S. Hope Ranch in Santa Barbara, and the nearby unincorporated area called Montecito.

I won't name drop my clients (Oprah is not one), but I work for multi millionaires and some billionaires.

Oprah Winfrey lives down the road from me. Regardless of her past she is now an oligarch.

She quickly raised eyebrows by her extreme water consumption for her estate lawns.

She is not as conspicuous as her initial arrival, but still remains an over the top consumer.

Drought in Southern California? Does not exist to the ultra wealthy. They avoid excessive use penalties by the local water district by draining the water wells of nearby Santa Ynez over the mountains and elsewhere. Daily you see water trucks coming and going.

Oprah Winfrey 'hires $15K water tankers to hose the garden of her 40-acre estate' amid rising California drought restrictions

"In an effort to reduce her bills from the Montecito Water District - which have increasingly surged over the last three years as a record drought continues to cripple California - Oprah Winfrey has reportedly been sending a fleet of water tankers to her 40-acre Santa Barbara property to maintain her gardens."


How the Golden State’s 1 percenters are avoiding the drought.

"The top three users for Montecito in 2012/13 guzzled close to 30 million gallons alone. “That’s enough water to provide the needs of a small town,” says Mosby."


The novelty of partisan democratic oligarchs collapsed when I got involved in a local water issue. Montecito Hot Springs is in part what attracted people to the newly formed state of California, “Come for good health of the climate and take of the medicinal waters”.

The controversy of the springs unfolded when a wealthy resident that lived near the springs bought the land (and springs) for 6 million dollars. As someone involved with hot springs nearly all my life I took great excitement and tried to convince one client in the merits of once again making these springs available to the public. What I discovered was the plan to actually buy the springs to prevent use and enjoyment. My client told me, "don't worry this project is in good hands all of the donors are democratic”. Much to my dismay when I had a conversation with the primary donor this is what he told me, "if I could I would have bulldozed the springs so no one could ever enjoy the springs again".


New Concerns Emerge Over Historic 462-Acre Parcel in Montecito

This is a case of NIMBY. Democratic funding oligarchs.

Today, over 25 million gallons a year of natural hot spring water are sequestered from the public and are piped and go to Montecito Creek Water Company to irrigate lawns and gardens that rival many parks found in municipalities across the states.

I say eat the rich. These people care little beyond their personal pet projects and their philanthropic dollars very often have conditions attached

[chapdrum]

48. And HRC is just another Oprah.

All superficiality.

But against Trump, likely very easy win.

Yet another manifestation of "Mission Accomplished, Inc."

[YOHABLO]

33. She tries to present herself as some kind of intellectual .. she's not. She just has a lot of money.

[brentspeak]

34. You and your family are less safe thanks to HRC's program for ME regime change

And you and your family are poorer today thanks to the policies she has supported (Bankruptcy "reform" Law; "free trade" deals), but other than that...

[blackspade]

35. And Jill Stein isn't?

Not a Green supporter, but Clinton is not a ground breaker on this.

[onehandle]

36. First time a woman runs and will be President.

That's the broken ground.

[blackspade]

37. She hasn't won yet.

Taking a victory lap prior to the race is idiotic.

[chapdrum]

50. And utterly obnoxious, too.

What a surprise.

[lunamagica]

55. She's the first female nominee from a major party. Meaning, the first one ever to have a shot of

becoming POTUS. I don't get why so many want to diminish the importance of this. It just seems petty.

She already made history, and is very likely to smash that glass ceiling once and for all. This is BIG, like it or not.

[blackspade]

56. Jill Stein leading the way didn't deminish...

Clinton's accomplishment. Not sure why that is so hard to acknowledge.

[lunamagica]

57. Leading the way? How?

[blackspade]

58. Sigh....

[lunamagica]

61. Please, enlighten me

[Jopin Klobe]

38. Oprah endorses Hillary Clinton: 'It’s a seminal moment for women' ...

... the irony never stops ...

[avaistheone1]

44. Yup.

Oprah needs a new writer.

[LenaBaby61]

39. The way I interpret what Oprah's saying....

Is that Hillary Clinton, out of ALL of the women known about and running for the presidency--from Stein to Fiorina--actually has a chance to WIN the presidency. Fiorina really never had a chance. She was just window dressing. Jill Stein's got NO chance to win the presidency that I can see, but Humm...Hillary JUST beat Bernie (a male) to became the Democratic nominee for POTUS, so YES if Hillary goes on to win the presidency, she will be the very first woman POTUS of the USA if elected this fall. That's seminal and historic ANY way you slice it.

Again, I definitely agree with Oprah's assessment.

[Cobalt Violet]

41. not very seminal for working class and/or impoverished women.

No thanks.

[whatthehey]

46. Why is this word so childishly questioned?

Semen is Latin for seed. Words deriving from this root have connotations of originalty, incipient growth, etc. That we use the word for fkuid that contains seeds of potential humans is natural enough, but that's a limited and newer meaning than the root word. Do adults snigger over giving testimony (another word where the reproductive system connotation grew from a common root word as witness to virility, with some potentially dubious assertions about oathtaking)? Liking orchids? Supporting Manchester United? Why the hell be so juvenile with this word based on etymology that isn't even directly descended from the modern cognate?

[eastwestdem]

47. Excellent! nt

[anigbrowl]

51. "A seminal moment for women"

A truly bizarre choice of words, especially from someone who runs a reading club. The dumbing down of this country is simultaneously funny and horrifying.

[whatthehey]

59. Yes it is funny and horrifying

seminal
(ˈsɛmɪnəl )



Definitions

Collins English Dictionary
adjective

1. potentially capable of development
2. highly original, influential, and important
3. rudimentary or unformed
4. of or relating to semen ⇒ seminal fluid
5. biology of or relating to seed

I would think it is something with potential for development, and original, influential and important for women.

God help us if Hillary is called to testify again...

[anigbrowl]

62. I don't think you get my point

I have been an unwavering Hillary supporter through the whole primary process. I just find it odd that we're talking of a 'seminal moment for women' when seminal is by definition a biologically masculine term - and just because semen is 4th in the list of definitions doesn't alter that, because all the other meanings are pendant on the metaphor of biological conception. It's a fundamentally sexist adjective and one that I've been working to phase out of my vocabulary for much the same reasons I avoid referring to over-excited people as 'hysterical.'

https://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2014/04/21/dont-say-seminal-its-sexist/ has a more in-depth explanationi f anyone needs one.

[whatthehey]

63. Of course I did. That's only a secondary meaning

The root is a Latin word for seed in general not the fluid that carries it in mammals, and the current English word has far more meanings unrelated to masculinity in the slightest than those narrow medical terms where seminal fluid is the subject.

[anigbrowl]

64. Really. So who performs an act of insemination?

We have embedded sexism in our society precisely because it is so difficult for people to critically examine their everyday assumptions, and that includes dictionary editors. I've explained this to you twice now and you still don't get it even though it's been spelled out for your in the plainest terms. Apparently popularity trumps semantic content for you.

[Jester Messiah]

52. Just money supporting money.

What a surprise.

[peace13]

54. Endorsing her not on politics but gender...

.....what century are we living in? Endorse her for her amazing work, her commitment to humanity, for the peace talks that she so tirelessly held..........For her amazing gender! I am a woman and a wife and I would hate to have either of those as my main qualifier of anything!

This is a seminal movement, I mean moment. Darn auto correct! A true testicle errr I mean testament to the times!