(04-25-2020 11:26 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(04-25-2020 10:52 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(04-25-2020 07:55 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(04-25-2020 04:01 PM)mrbig Wrote:  

(04-25-2020 03:43 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Trump got rich from his daddy, then became a TV star. Oprah got rich as a TV star, then became a businesswoman.

FIFY

Perfect example of TDS.

You guys just can't stand it that he was successful, can you? Cannot give him his due.

You may remember the parable of the talents from your Bible days. It was the guy who did nothing to increase the value he was given who was the one castigated, even though he returned the most to the master. Trump has increased his "talents' 1000 times or more.


Yep, he had a bit of a head start - then he way outpaced the field. If you give a guy a 50 ft head start, and he wins by 3 laps, can you really say he was slow? Can you really say it was all the head start, that anybody could have run that fast with a 50 ft. head start?

In comparison, Oprah had a lot of money already (from performing) when she started running a business. Just like Trump. Both have done well with what they had.

Are you actually comparing how Trump got his start up funding to how Oprah did? In what world is it similar to come from poverty, work your way up the network TV echelon, and translate that to a media empire as compared to coming from a real estate empire and then turning it into a bigger real estate empire?

No doubt that Trump deserves credit for expanding his brand and building what he has built. It’s impressive in its own right, regardless of any leg up he was given due to his connections and initial familial support.But come on, how can you honestly say that “Oprah had a lot of money already (from performing) when she started running a business. Just like Trump?” Sure, if you ignore all of the details and context and only focus on the most superficial level of that comparison.

More TDS.

Oprah

"Winfrey co-founded the women's cable television network Oxygen..."
I wonder where the penniless woman got the money for that? it takes money to make money. We know the source of Trump's seed money. Where do you think Oprah's seed money came from?

You are not going to get perfect parallels, so stop insisting on them. Both used their available assets to build a fortune.

Not everybody has to start from zero to be considered a success. I guess next you will be dismissing Bill Gates because his dad had a garage, and not everybody is lucky enough to have a dad with a garage.




Aside to FBO: "At the age of 17, Winfrey won the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant."

LDS - liberal derangement syndrome.

The inability to read what is clearly written and only respond to what one thinks a liberal is trying to say.

Somehow writing what I did in bold is dismissing Trump’s success. My point is clearly that the story of Trump and Oprah’s rise are very different and not comparable outside of the most superficial sense (they’re both lead very successful businesses that they’re primarily responsible for building). Bill Gates has a much closer story to Oprah than Donald Trump.

Also, I continue to love how conservatives seem very offended by FBO stating that Palin did beauty pageants, which is a fact. But when Tanq makes fun of Pelosi’s looks, or Owl#s makes fun of Abrams weight, or either of those two level the derogatory term “slut” at Harris, absolute silence. ******* L-O-L.