Oprah Refuses To Interview Sarah Palin

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When I saw this headline at the Drudge Report, I thought it had to be a mistake:

OPRAH REFUSES: PALIN WON'T BE ON

Are you kidding me? The strongest and most popular voice for women in this country is refusing to interview the first woman nominated to be vice president in 24 years?

WHAT?

According to ABCNews.com, in an article stunningly titled, "Is Oprah Biased? Host Won't Interview Palin," such appears to be the case (photo courtesy Getty Images/AP): 

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Responding to media reports first publicized on Matt Drudge's "The Drudge Report" claiming that there was turmoil at Winfrey's Harpo Studios as to whether to book the GOP vice presidential nominee on the popular talk show, Winfrey's camp said that while she has nothing against Palin, the veep hopeful won't appear on the show anytime soon.

"The item in today's 'Drudge Report' is categorically untrue," Winfrey said in a written statement provided to ABCNews.com. "There has been absolutely no discussion about having Sarah Palin on my show."

"At the beginning of the presidential campaign, when I decided that I was going to take my first public stance in support of a candidate, I made the decision not to use my show as a platform for any of the candidates," wrote Winfrey.

"I agree that Sarah Palin would be a fantastic interview, and I would love to have her on after the campaign is over," she added.

I made the decision not to use my show as a platform for any of the candidates. Is she kidding?

She's done multiple events for Barack Obama since announcing her support in late 2007, which apparently has cost her some popularity with her fans. All because he hasn't been on her program since then, does she actually believe that she's not using her show nee fame as a platform?

Winfrey certainly used her show as a platform to bash George W. Bush weeks before the 2006 midterm elections when she invited on the New York Times columnist Frank Rich to discuss his hit book about the president.

Beyond this, in September 2000, Oprah invited both Al Gore and Bush on her program to discuss their campaigns. As such, it's a tad late for Winfrey to hide behind the fallacy that her sofa is apolitical.

With this in mind, as the ABC.com piece stated, Winfrey is taking a risk of looking absurdly biased and hypocritical by refusing to interview Palin especially as her audience is dominated by women:

"Whether you agree with Sarah Palin and her positions or not, the fact that she's the first female Republican vice presidential candidate is historical," said Joanne Bamberger, who runs the blog Punditmom1.blogspot.com.

"I'd have to imagine her audience would really want to see Palin," said Bamberger, who said that she is voting Democratic but still would love to see Palin interviewed by Winfrey. "It seems to me that Winfrey's show is all about empowering women."

By not having Palin on her show, Grossman-Green says that Winfrey is actually doing a disservice to her predominantly female audience, many of whom look for inspiration in the guests who appear on the show.

"She's doing an injustice to women by not having Palin on," said Grossman-Green. "Palin is a wonderful role model of what we're all trying to do as working women which is everything."

Newsday's Verne Gay offered five reasons today why Oprah should do this interview regardless of her support for Obama:

1.) To talk about motherhood, her family and Bristol; if you're really hung up on politics, O, then this doesn't have to be a "political" debriefing at all, per se, but a larger look at even more important issues, which your show claims to care about.

2.) It'd get a huge number. Hell yeah! Perhaps one of the biggest numbers in "O" history. This is a mercenary business, O, in case you've forgotten.

3.) It'd get the show back to that sweet spot of "relevance" and "news-worthiness." Wonderful to have all 150-or-so Olympians on Monday's season premiere, but the Olympics are old news; Palin is fresh news.

4.) Of course, it's O's right to support Obama in whatever forum she chooses, but she's simply too transcendent - her word - a cultural figure to pretend she's lil' ol' objective and non-political Oprah on her show, and yet Obama's most important supporter in the WORLD when she's not on screen. That's a silly artifice, transparent to all. Why not get Palin on and say, "OK, lady, I happen to think this guy walks on water. Now you tell me why he doesn't, and let's go at this." That would be great TV, and far better than a dreary debate between Palin and Joe Biden.

5.) O helped secure at least a million addition votes for Obama but probably lost hundreds of thousands of McCain supporter-viewers - if not more - to her show in the process. Here's her chance to say to everyone, "I have a right to support whomever I choose, and now to prove to you just how open-minded I am, here's the gun-toting mama from Alaska on the show."

Those are all well and good, but let me offer another: if she doesn't, she runs the risk of appearing racist to her adoring fans, or at the very least so in the tank for Obama that she would put his interests ahead of helping to eliminate that glass ceiling so many of her viewers believe exists.

Let's speak plainly here: the idea that arguably the most powerful woman in America, and certainly the most powerful in Hollywood, would refuse to interview the first woman in history with a legitimate chance of becoming vice president is disgraceful. 

After all, in 1984, Walter Mondale never had a chance of beating Ronald Reagan, thereby making Geraldine Ferraro's nomination more figurative and historic than anything else.

By contrast, this race is all tied up with two months to go making Palin closer to the office than any woman in history. For Winfrey to avoid giving her audience an opportunity to meet this woman up close and personal is the height of bias as well as stupidity.

Of course, none of this might be important to Oprah, for what former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich told NewsBusters Wednesday might really be the reason for this abysmal decision:

I think that it is totally appropriate that the left-wing media is doing everything to smear and destroy her because they correctly understand that if she's still standing after six weeks from now that she has delegitimized the entire left's ability to define what a successful, competent, professional woman is. If you can be a mother of five, an articulate, intelligent, professional woman who's also an NRA life member, who's pro-Life and who's conservative, you suddenly break up two generations of investment by the left in being the legitimizers of feminism. So, I think no one on the right should underestimate the level of threat she poses to the elite media, and therefore, the level of frenzy you're going to get.

Whatever the reason, we can only hope that if Winfrey sticks to this decision, women around the country will see it as a huge betrayal. Furthermore, if McCain wins, Palin should return the favor, and refuse to ever sit on Oprah's couch.

—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.


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Does Obama pay for the advertising time?

I am not knowledgable about campaign financing but I thought that tv had to provide equal time to opposing parties? If nothing else has she not already exeeded the maximum donation amount by providing air time????

 

"I need more cowbell!" SNL

@JTP

As a private enterprise, she's under no obligation other than common sense to air opposing points of view.  And that's fine with me - the last thing we need is Big Brother telling everyone who does something for public consumption that they have to be fair and balanced - that's the Fairness Doctrine, my friend.

If Oprah is wrong about this decision, it'll cost her plenty.  Lower audience numbers mean lower advertising rates.  Controversy is anathema for most advertisers, and there could well be long term damage to Oprah's ad revenues.

All men and women who don't agree with Oprah's decision - you know what you have to do - don't watch Oprah, don't buy her magazine, don't support her book club, don't visit her website.  Let her know that she made a mistake.  If she's the successful entrepreneur that we all have seen her to be, she'll either relent, or she'll accept the inevitable and adapt to her new lower audience numbers.


"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)

www.conservativeboot...

Maybe Oprah does not want to endorse teen pregnancy?

I can't blame her.

Palin says daughter, 17, is pregnant (Anchorage Daily News)

I know I would not.

oh please

Teenage pregnancy is not always the parents fault, you can preach and teach all you want and kids will turn out how they are.

Like Hillary, Okra Winfrey

Like Hillary, Okra Winfrey is the torch bearer on the left concerning strong, succesful, powerful women and is afraid of being upstaged by a strong conservative woman who rolls up her sleaves and refuses to play the victim. 

Plus, Sarah Palin is a sexy conservative woman, but of course that's redundant.

 

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."   

Oprah...

Oprah Winfrey is Garbage Wrapped In Skin.

 

MSM = PR firm for the Democrat Party

Unkeeaf, It's as Mr. Blackwell described her years ago...

Frumpy - lumpy - and dumpy!

Sarah Baracuda has more class in her little finger than the divine Ms. O has in her entire body!

Who needs her stinkin' show?

"The sun's not going down, the horizon's moving up!" - Firesign Theatre

Who the hell cares Oprah

besides Palin could not afford the time to de-sanitize herself after the interview anyway!!

"9 out of 10 doctors agree that flag burning is the number one killer of liberals."

"...the fact that she's the

"...the fact that she's the first female Republican vice presidential candidate..."

Bingo. The left doesn't want to recognize the fact that it's a Republican who might be the first female VP in the history of the United States.

Too bad I haven't watched Oprah since the eighties because it would have been a pleasure to turn my back on her show and never allow it in my house again. Let's hope more women let Oprah know just how they feel. What a hypocrite.

Also, I used to get a kick out of reading the trashy US magazine, but those days are over.

And the fact that Oprah is a

And the fact that Oprah is a black woman.  Not a woman who is black; a black woman.   The black comes first.

But at least the lesbian

But at least the lesbian,......I mean femi-nazi comes second.

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."   

Palin will be on AFTER Nov 4 th... what's the problem???

About time this OLD leftest hag takes, a dan rather down turn.

Drudge got 31 MILLION page views today...

MSM is fading away... as folk keep turning it off.

This trend shall continue.

Liberals62%


IranianUranium

Amen Upcountry

I was thinking the same thing.  First the metrosexual candy asses in the MSM (Matthews, Olbermann, Blizter, Schieffer, etc.) get smacked up-side the head due to their own zeal and now Oprah is going to play into our hands herself.  Beautiful.

 

HF

she finally shows her cards

Oprah is a racist pig. QED.

Black Circles

I thought we were past that.  Obviously not!

"If a liberal didn't live it, it doesn't exist."

Of course not Noel, Oprah

Of course not Noel, Oprah doesn't want to have a nazi on her show. These people make me sick, and I hope Gov. Palin put's every one of them in their place.

 Sarah Palin A Nazi?

 

 

Making Fun of AGW http://giovanniworld.wordpress.com/  

I, for, one am glad Oprah

I, for one, am glad Oprah is not going to have Palin on...

I would hope Palin would not go on her show in the first place...

I have been nauseated by politicians going on these shows years ago now...it is no place for politicians to whore themselves in my opinion.

Oprah is just showing her true colors for all to see anyway with this hypocrisy....she is only hurting herself...I say thank goodness for that...I can't stand her as it is, never have been able to for years.

From Ellen's show, The View, Oprah, the night shows like Letterman, all of them, I just feel politicians should stay off of them, but heck, I'm older so I know others see things different I just think one is lowering themselves to be on these type of shows. 

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

bt... It just occured to

bt...

It just occured to me why Oprah can't have Gov. Palin on her show. Oprah is afraid of having a stronger woman on her show than she is.

Sarah Palin A Nazi?

 

 

Making Fun of AGW http://giovanniworld.wordpress.com/  

Yep Ct, exactly...Oprah

Yep Ct, exactly...Oprah couldn't hold a candle to her...

Palin has more class in her little fingernail than Oprah will ever have, let alone brains.

Oprah has made her millions off a bunch of dummies...well and good, but she is way over-rated, always has been. 

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

BT

BT,

Can't agree with you here. As I discussed with Jennifer Rubin on PJTV last evening, when you're a candidate, face time is precious. For Palin to be able to speak to all of Oprah's viewers, it would be HUGE for her. HUGE. As Verne from Newsday said, the audience could be the biggest Oprah's ever had. What is it worth to be able to speak to that many people, and have it NOT COST your campaign a dime?  ns

Noel... Good point! Sarah

Noel... Good point!

Sarah Palin A Nazi?

 

 

Making Fun of AGW http://giovanniworld.wordpress.com/  

Normally, I couldn't care

Normally, I couldn't care less who she chooses to have on her show or not, but by providing a campaign platform for a "chosen" candidate is inordinately unfair.

Their excuse that she "made a decision to not have ANY candidate on the show" and "we haven't had Barrack on since he announced"  is totally bogus.   She gives Barrack a nuclear boost that cannot be measured in dollars, and then says to be FAIR she won't have anyone on?  Please.

When asked if he went to war with Iraq  to derail the impeachment vote:  “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).

She uses the excuse that

She uses the excuse that she didn't want to use her show for politics.Isn't Oprah the host of the show? It's up to her what she want's to talk about. So I geuss Oprah has no controll.....BS! Everybody in the lame MSM says "we want to know Gov.Palin".What the truth is,they know that the Gov.will mop up Oprah in the arena of idea's.

McCain/Palin 2008,2012,2016,ect.....Jindal

Noel

What is it worth to be able to speak to that many people, and have it NOT COST your campaign a dime?  ns

Noel..in my view...your integrity and pride.

She is getting her message out just fine...she will continue to do so...these talking head shows have been so over-rated, and a come down in my opinion for politicians to go on...like I said I am older...so that is how I see it...if more politicians would quit pandering to these leftist fools with their leftist audiences they would not be so danged important...as they shouldn't be.

The msm is who have made these people so self-aggrandized, if we would quit catering to them, they may get real...I said may.

I realize I am in the older generation, I started watching Oprah when I was young...I also quit watching Oprah when I was still young, people that cater to her are brainless nit-wits anyway in my opinion.

I understand about all the free adverizing BS, you do not need these shows to get your message out...for me it is demeaning when it comes to politics.

Once again we'll just have to agree to disagree I suppose...  ;-)

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Oprah will offer a compromise, tho...

....everyone in the audience will get a voucher good for one free abortion at their nearest Planned Parenthood Clinic.

"....everyone in the

"....everyone in the audience will get a voucher good for one free abortion at their nearest Planned Parenthood Clinic."

.....and unlike her audience Pontiac give-away, this time she'll even pay the taxes on it.

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."   

So much for all the empathetic bs she's been pumping...

So much for all the empathetic bs she's been pumping out for all these years. Besides, Oprah has wealth beyond anyone's imagination, so what has she got to lose? A great deal. She's just as phony as all the rest of her Leftist cronies--hollow.

Let's see; Oprah's got

Let's see;

Oprah's got her billion plus already and is getting tired of doing the show?

Wants to see what irrelevant feels like?

She doesn't like being upstaged?

Afraid of someone she can't bully around?

Doesn't know barracuda tastes a bit like crow?

Feel free to add your own.

"Fighters are fun but bombers make policy"

Palin Should Release A Statement to Oprah Along These Lines....

Dear Oprah:

Sorry to hear you don't want to interview me during the campaign.  It would have been fun.

Regarding your suggestion that I appear after the election -- I'm afraid I will be awfully busy in Washington.

Sister Sarah

Beresford, good one. how

Beresford, good one.

how about? love ya, kiss kiss..

I'll send a invite to the ball..NOT. 

 

Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.

Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.

 

Oprah just let everyone

Oprah just let everyone know that she is a liberal black first and a woman second. Way to go sistah !

OPRAMA 08' !

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."   

Oprah / bigot

Very thorough analysis, Noel. Imagine someone who supports the guy who says that "we have to talk to each other -- we have to talk to the enemy," deciding that she can't even talk to another person. gh

Bigot. let's go to the Dictionary - (3 different dictionaries) :

-A prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own.

 - a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion.

- One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.

Gary

Gary,

I think this is all about what Newt said. If McCain wins, the left and their media minions have lost their control of defining what a competent, hard-working, successful, professional woman looks like. They can't have that. It could be the end of them. 

Right now, these folks are more panicked than they've possibly been since SCOTUS rendered its decision in December 2000. Politics will change forever if McCain/Palin win, and I sincerely hope that conservatives that have eschewed the senator from Arizona will recognize how much more is now at stake because of Sarah.  ns

Noel. Can we hope..

Noel. Can we hope.. that if Mac/Palin wins that the media gets a wake-up call (and listens) as well?

PS.. by the way, my comment about a "very thorough analysis".... Noel Sheppard.. gee, a standard bearer? (;~>

The Media is too pickled in

The Media is too pickled in it's own venom to listen to anyone except the people they want to put in office.  They're too arrogant and self-righteous to learn anything because they already know it all, don't they?

My hope is that they'll all go bankrupt as their audience slowly evaporates. (Sorry for the grunts who will also lose their jobs in the process).

 

Amazing

I can't believe Oprah would so quickly come out with a statement against having Sarah Palin on until AFTER the election. I will be amazed if she is not pressured into back-tracking on that public statement. After all, business is business, how can she afford to miss the greatest ratings of her lifetime?

 Oprah may be in the tank for Obama, but she is still a savvy business women who I think will put $$$ in front of her love of the Obamanator.

 Does anyone doubt for a second that if Obama had chosen a woman running mate that Oprah would not be jumping at the bit to have her on?

NObama '08

Life's a garden, dig it. - Joe Dirt

"Oprah may be in the tank

"Oprah may be in the tank for Obama, but she is still a savvy business
women who I think will put $$$ in front of her love of the Obamanator."

Maybe she has a bigger stake, like some newly created cabinet position (Secretary of the Sheeple?) and views Palin as a threat to her own political interests. Not likely I know... It's sad how much influence these entertainers have.

The only good thing about

The only good thing about your comment is the fact that most entertainers are too selfish, rich, and unwilling to give up their posh lives to actually serve in government for a low wage (for their standards at least).

I do have to admit that it would be incredible if Obama appointed Oprah to some post....maybe she'll be his press secretary. Then they can combine her Big Give right before the State of the Union address each year. Everyone in the Capital that night will not only get to hear Obama preach, but they will also leave with a free book on New Age spiritualism, a cosmetic makeover kit, and a new car!!

Life's a garden, dig it. - Joe Dirt

This is just another example of........

how completely unhinged the left has become over Palin.  They are running around in circles with their hair on fire......fingers in their ears yelling la la la la la la la.....If I ignore it it will go away.  The more they do this, the more attention they give to Sarah Palin, the more negative, even more attention to Palin.  They are committing collective suicide.......which is fine by me. 

"If a man does his best, what else is there"?

General George S. Patton Jr.

BEGRUNT...

It's actually pretty hilarious seeing how scared they are of a real woman. 

Sarah Palin A Nazi?

 

Making Fun of AGW http://giovanniworld.wordpress.com/  

 

Undermining the "Fairness" Doctrine

The fact that Oprah refuses to interview Palin AND that 60 Minutes will not have the GOP Ticket on this coming Sunday (unlike what they did for Oba-den last Sunday) completely undermines the liberal call for a "fairness" doctrine in media.  The "fairness" doctrine is primarily aimed at radio stations, with the argument being that TV stations are that biased.  But if they impose it on the radio shows, Oprah WILL have to interview Palin and 60 Minutes WILL have to interview McCain-Palin.

Of course, they could just overlook that logic.

 

<insert witty signature here>

Um, we don't need the

Um, we don't need the fairness doctrine for TV, we already have heros like Olbermann making sure things are as fair as possible.

Lol... Now that's

Lol... Now that's funny!

Sarah Palin A Nazi?

 

 

Making Fun of AGW http://giovanniworld.wordpress.com/  

yep when the fairness

yep when the fairness doctrine works, man does it really work.

http://www.pravda.ru...

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."   

FINALLY someone on this site

FINALLY someone on this site has recognized the important job that Olberman has done in keeping this race balanced and objective......hold up, I need to remove the fork from my brain......

Noel, this is a conflict of interest

Oprah Winfrey has publicly endorsed Barack Obama and she clearly wants him to be the next POTUS. She already said she will be glad to have her on the show after the election.

Just like Maria Shriver took a hiatus from Dateline when Arnold was running for Governor, it is a conflict of interest. IMO no media bias here.

Real life video games are cool

So Shawn, do you believe

So Shawn, do you believe that if the shoe was on the other foot and Obama elected a woman VP of Sarah's calibre (yea,good luck) she wouldn't have had her and her whole family on the show lavishing them with praise, feeding them grapes and fanning them ?

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."   

Blazer

Yes it would have different Blazer, but again Oprah has endorsed Obama to be the POTUS.

Real life video games are cool

So a different Blazer is

So a different Blazer is the reason? Thanks I take full credit.

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."   

Blazer

"So a different Blazer is the reason? Thanks I take full credit."

Not one of your more creative comebacks Blazer :-)

Real life video games are cool

Shawn, even one of my least

Shawn, even one of my least creative comebacks will be encased in The National Depository. : )

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."   

Blazer

Sorry Blazer buddie, you know we are friends but that one had as much creativity as "I know you are but what am I?. You know whats really pathetic though?. Right now I am in Lake Tahoe in a 5 resort hotel, I have a bar right outside my room serving drinks, and I am on a News Blog. When did I get this old?

Real life video games are cool

Shawnie!

Turn the computer off!

Go...have fun.

Report back Sunday evening.  :) 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

shawn....WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?????

LMAO....If I was there, this is the last thing I would be doing......Have fun!!  ;-)  

"If a man does his best, what else is there"?

General George S. Patton Jr.

"'You know whats really

"'You know whats really pathetic though?. Right now I am in Lake Tahoe in
a 5 resort hotel, I have a bar right outside my room serving drinks,
and I am on a News Blog. When did I get this old?'"

How can you be in five resorts at the same time? I have a bar in my room, take that beotch ! : )

Lake Tahoe sucks, I have a front row seat for Hannah. Take that.

 

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."   

You & Rick, Blaze

Hope it moves fast and you keep your power...it is so NOT FUN to be without a.c.

I can live with iced down beers...but no a.c. is positively uncivilized. 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

Blonde thanks for your

Blonde thanks for your concern babe. I have a gas grill and a diesel genny, I learned from Isabel. If they fail, I'm gonna go out and shoot shit and burn tractor tires in anger.

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."   

Hey Blaze

Sometimes the best thing to happen when you're "in the cone" is to let off a little bit of steam, and get some sympathy in return.

Wait until Monday/Tuesday, I'm gonna be a wreck! 

I'm not evacuating unless its CAT 3 or higher...now the idiots in the Nanny State have decided it's easier for them to keep people away for several days.

Guns and burning stuff sounds pretty good tho.  I'll have to remember that one.

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

blazer

Your just baiting me Blazer. Unless you mean you have a front row seat to Harrah's in the Tahoe Strip, you are trying to get me to say how cute Miley Cirus is, Not gonna happen, conservatatives will always blame the liberal :-)

I feel gross, I quit smoking but something made me have a cigarette tonight. It was actually pretty good, but it leaves a bad taste in your mouth.

I don't experience this freedom very often, the wife and kid are back at home. I will be a hitting night club at 10:30. Have not been to one in 15 years.

Real life video games are cool

I say go with it baby ! I

I say go with it baby ! I have a front row seat to Hannah, but I wish it were Harrahs. I've been to the casino's and they are totally addictin'. More so than the drink and cigar I'm nursin  now.I wish you luck.

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."   

Did you not understand

Did you not understand Shawn's post?

"They seem to believe that high moral indignation offsets and indeed outweighs all deficiencies of punctuation, grammar, spelling, logic, and style.  In support of this notion there's only the entire culture." -R.R.

"Did you not understand

"Did you not understand Shawn's post?"

Of course I did, the hypocrisy of it that is.

 

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."   

It's a joke jason.....

"lighten up Francis". 

"If a man does his best, what else is there"?

General George S. Patton Jr.

Not even close shawn.....

Maria Shriver is married to Arnold, whose Gov of CA....thats why she put her career on hiatus.  Is Oprah secretly married, or related to Obama??  This is a clear cut case of bias on her part, as well as hypocrisy. 

"If a man does his best, what else is there"?

General George S. Patton Jr.

Shawn

I dont care if Sara goes on Oprah.I against supporting bigots.My way of thinking Sara shouldnt go on any show where bias is so prevalant.

Shawn and JC

Shawn and JC,

So, does her endorsement of Obama supercede her position as a women's advocate? Do neither of you see the hypocrisy here? 

BTW: As an aside, we just had an earthquake a few miles away. I'm home literally for 20 minutes, and my welcome is a 4.0 quake. Thanks!

Honestly, guys, this is a woman that has made a career off of women and advancing women's issues. If she can't put aside her support for Obama for one hour in order to interview the woman that might become the first female vice president of this country, she's a farce and someone all women of non-color should eschew. JMHO.  ns

Jeez Noel

Thats scary, people like us that live on fault lines gotta be careful. I already checked my wife and kid are okay.

Noel I don't see the hypocrisy, she endoreses Obama and said she wants him to win and will do what she needs for him to win. She does not want to give Palin exposure if she is not the one that she wants to win.

 

Real life video games are cool

Shawn

Shawn,

She's a women's advocate, and has been for decades. That's what's made her a billionaire...NOT being a political advocate. She's basically telling all of her fans that Obama is more important than women. 

Honestly, if you can't see that, I'm astounded. Are you REALLY this jaded?  ns

Noel Look....

The election is only two months away. She wants Obama to win right now, and Sarah is excellent on the mic and will look great if Oprah interviews her and would be great publicity for Sarah Palin.

Oprah alreadys says she would love to interview after the election, imo she is being unpretencious and wants Obama to win. No big deal, your making a mountain out of a molehill


Real life video games are cool

shawn

shawn,

Baloney. If Oprah doesn't interview her before the election, every conservative writer in America is going to make sure Oprah has NO contact with Sarah if McCain wins. I guarantee it. I personally will be sending e-mail messages to folks inside the campaign to that effect.

You CAN'T jump on a bandwagon after it's passed. SORRY. This woman has made ALL OF HER MONEY ON WOMEN, and now she's ABANDONING THEM for HER POLITICAL INTERESTS!

And you don't see the hypocrisy? Wow. Maybe that's what caused the earthquake I just felt.  ns

Noel

Again, she wants Obama to win and does not want to give publicity to a women that might help McCain win the Presidency.

To be honest Noel, I did not expect this from you. I mean you have every right to think the way you do, but you will try to keep Palin from going on Oprah after the election? That is big time sour grapes Noel.

Real life video games are cool

shawn

shawn,

BALONEY! If Oprah wants to pick sides, then she should live with her choice. PERIOD!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? This woman that has made BILLIONS off of women is now abandoning them for a POLITICIAN! And you're questioning ME for wanting her to PAY FOR IT if she ends up backing the wrong horse?!?

GIVE ME A BREAK!  

You can't have it both ways. If she doesn't want to do the right thing now because she feels it might hurt her candidate, then she should suffer the consequences for such a decision in the future. That's life.   ns

Noel

So she does not McCain to be the President. She wants Obama to win. I do not find this at all a bad thing.

So Sarah Palin should not go on the show just becausae Oprah did not want to help her win before the election, is just sulky and childish.

UNDERSTAND I am not calling you childish. I am saying if Palin does not go on the Oprah show, THAT would be childish.

I believe there is a media bias Noel, but in this case it is admitted bias and support, and at least she is not hiding it.

I gotta go hit a club that is in my hotel right now, it opens at 10:30,  right now, talk to you later if you are still up.

Real life video games are cool

Why would Palin go on Oprah?

Oprah is for Obama which there is nothing wrong with that.The fact that she had him on months before he anounced for the presidental race smells fishy.Sarah should not go on any of these shows.She doesnt owe the media of any form jack.As Sara said she is going to Wash. to represent the people.

The media elite and celeb sidekicks can go to hell.Hope your haveing a nice stay in Tahoe.Beautiful country.At least it used to be.Santa Claus was a elf last time I went.

Shawn, you're obtuse. No

Shawn, you're obtuse.

No one disagrees Oprah wants Obama to win, but Noel is trying to tell you that her platform is women, not politics. Further, by not embracing Palin's historical position extinguishes all of Oprah's creditibilty.

And please don't repeat yourself again and tell us she wants Obama to win. That is common knowledge and not what is being discussed here.

You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?

The funny thing about the

The funny thing about the ratings, circulation driven, stock-holder traded, or private media is, they sometimes forget that they're not PBS or NPR. 

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."   

|Thousands cancel their

|Thousands cancel their subscriptions to Us Weekly in protest. Now, thousands more may not watch the O woman in protest as well. I see no dark cloud in this silver lining.

Oprah Cutting Off Her Nose To Spite Her Face

Of course Oprah is biased.

Being an avid television watcher, especially the gooney reality shows, I've noticed something recently.

On the most recent edition of ABC's, "The Mole", contestant Nichole, an OB-GYN and a black American, actually said into the camera about the white males on her team, "I don't trust those guys, they're not even my people."

On a recent episode of CBS's "Big Brother 10", contestant Libra, a black American, said to another contestant, black American Ollie, "We have to stick together, they're not our people."

Evidently Oprah feels the same way.  Don't even argue.  She does.

Racist?  I don't know.  It sure feels that way, and surely Oprah, Libra, Ollie, and Nichole would accuse ANY white American of racism if we had said or done what they have, but, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt, choosing to see these four people as (racially) ignorant.  They've been raised by "their people" to not trust whites.

The bias of the major networks, due to that good ol' liberal malady, "white guilt" is being ramped up and the egregious behavior of individuals such as Oprah, Nichole, Libra, and Ollie completely accepted.

Oprah demonstrates herself to be a close-minded, self-serving, favor-my-race-over-any-other individual.  That's her choice.  I don't have to buy her magazine, watch her show, or buy the products she hawks - none of it.  And I can (will) tell my friends and family not to watch her, subscribe to her, or buy the products commercialized on her show.

Good thing she's already a billionaire, because of white American women, I don't think her financial status will be inflated by white American women anymore, though.

Was Hillary on the Opah show

Was Hillary on the Opah show at any point during the primaries?

I don't know...but why

I don't know...but why would she be Jesse?

Are you not following that Oprah has always supported Obama ...where have you been, just get let out of the basement.

Geesh...what do you need, everything spelled out for you?

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

bt...

Sometimes it's just too easy. LoLoL!

Sarah Palin A Nazi?

 

 

Making Fun of AGW http://giovanniworld.wordpress.com/  

It's her show, if she

It's her show, if she doesn't want to have Obama's opponents on, she doesn't have to.

Palin can go on Pat Robertsons show instead.

Jessetrollster... Nobody

Jessetrollster...

Nobody here said different...you were the one that asked if Oprah had on Hillary...did you get lost in your own trollishness...

Nevermind...obviously you are not paid well enough...you need to be a more upscale troll...you have time to work on it..don't know how much before you're fired here...but keep on trollin'...time will tell.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

I HOPE SHE DOESN'T...

OPRAH is getting torn to shreds on her web site!!  Yes... I read 60 comments...couldn't take anymore...not one agreeing with her!!

90% of those are no longer watching her show...and talking BOYCOTT!!! They are even throwing around race/sexism charges!!

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I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

She would've been if she

"Was Hillary on the Opah show at any point during the primaries?"

 

She would've been if she was in blackface using her Selma accent.

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."   

Yes, Hillary was on.

Yes, Hillary was on.

Dope-Rah

Of course Oprah won't have Palin on. Heck, the way Obama's been back pedaling over Hurricane Palin you'd think that she was running for president instead of McCain.

O's big O went on The Factor and FINALLY acknowledge the success of the surge. Like rats from a sinking ship called the SS Messiah. 

I'm sorry, but I can't get upset about this one.

Obama hasn't been on in almost 2 years, if I recall correctly, and the last was before he announced he was running for President, so she's under no obligation to be "fair".

Secondly, she's a private citizen running a private business. She can run it however she wants. I'm a conservative so that means that I don't want government interfering in business, so let her keep Palin off if that's what she wants to do.

I think it's a stupid business decision, but Oprah is more than entitled to make stupid business decisions.  She's obviously made a few great ones along the way.

Don't get me wrong. I can't stand the woman. But this just isn't something I can get upset about.

I think its foolish, why

I think its foolish, why would you PO over half of the people that watch you. 

 

Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.

Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.

 

Liberal Cowardice

Apparently Harpo Winfrey is afraid to have Governor Palin on her show. She would rather brandish
her own version of censorship rather than allowing her viewers to hear
views different from hers and Barry's...

Gee, Oprah, what are you afraid of? Are you afraid that Governor
Palin's platform might be more palatable to the average American?

 

If conservatives are RIGHT, then liberals must be WRONG.

Most Oprah viewers have

Most Oprah viewers have already heard Palin's platform, so I doubt Oprah is afraid. She's just supporting her candidate.

Jesse ... ?

"Most Oprah viewers have already heard Palin's platform..."

What do you base that on?

If conservatives are RIGHT, then liberals must be WRONG.

Oprah could use a ratings boost

Oprah has 5.2 million viewers now or less than 2% of the country. Wheel of Fortune has more viewers, 9.1 million. (Wheel of Fortune has more viewers than any news show.)

Now if Palin wants to

Now if Palin wants to connect, I think you just hit the nail on the head there!!!!! I think she would have an excellent opportunity to get her message across, play for a charity and be seen by 4 million more viewers. There would almost guarantee to be no ambush attacks or bias either.

Crash and Burn Opie

Let's just hope her empire crashes and burns like Obama's 08 run for emperor!

This kind of biggoted leadership we don't need.

Hey Barack, your biggest fan is tanking her career for you!  Way to go Barry!

Oprah is a racist

This election is more fun than the Steelers winning. It is just absolutely wonderful too see liberals who profited, hid behind and whined about "unfair" treatment of women and minorities to see them in Oprah Winfrey doing the same exact thing to Gov. Sarah Palin.

This is not bigotry, this is not bias, but this is pure racism in the priestess Oprah against a white woman married to a native American.

Oprah had on George Bush when Al Gore was running, but just as soon as it is a male of Arabian heritage (Obama is according to reports more Arabian than black) Oprah becomes a racist.

It would be very nice if someone in this election actually reported the following facts:

Fact 1: Barack Obama's family is Luo and Arab.

Fact 2: The Luo tribe immigrated out of Africa and displaced by force other less developed black people out of Kenya as in war and conquest.

Fact 3: Blacks in organized groups as Obama's hunted, captured, imprisoned and sold less developed blacks into the slave trade.

Fact 4: The Arab's developed the slave trade in Africa.

Fact 5: The Muslims of North Africa enslaved around 1 million plus white Europeans as the book White Gold by English historian Giles Milton documents on Amazon.com.

Fact 6: Barack Obama in not his white heritage, but his black and Arab heritage were the very people who caught Oprah Winfrey's ancestors and his wife, Michelle's ancestors and made them into slaves.

Now that in Arabic Obama is a most interesting issue which one would believe the black community and Oprah Winfrey would address.

Address now as in Oprah's racism she now has an open hour in denying Gov. Palin a place on her program.

Note* Oprah lost about 13 points off her audience when she backed Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton.
That number should double for the 100 million dollar woman who is probably going to find like Martha Stewart when the audienced leaves your power leaves and you end up on the midnight time slot next to the vitamin cure guy.

 

*HIC IACET ARTORIVS REX QVONDAM REXQVE FVTVRVS

WOW.................thats all I can say.....

 

"If a man does his best, what else is there"?

General George S. Patton Jr.

That was Lame

Cherry ladies and gents tellin it like it is. OUTSTANDING! Very Well Done. Thank you for tellin the truth, most people would not.

  As an aside, LC, you got this election and after Sunday the Steelers winnin, does it get any better than that?

And for those of you that remember, yes it does, cause the Swedish Bikini Team drops in. 

 

 

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love youBut if you really make them think, they'll hate you.

Don Marquis 1878-1937

A more clear example of

A more clear example of Liberal open-mindedness would be hard to find.

Oprah

It is pretty clear to me Oprah is a racist. she has stirred the pot, or to conjured up an old phrase stirred the kettle black.

 

Oprah though has another problem we should be aware of, she does not live in Chicago but in Rolling Prairie Indiana, Yep Rolling Prairie is "good ol boy" territory at its finest. I'll let your imagination work on that one.

 

JW

Her business (literally)

Hey, I'm a huge McCain/Palin supporter, but Oprah (unlike Olbermann and the other network) actually built her own business and media presence. If she doesn't want to give Palin a lift, I don't blame her.

As I business owner, I don't want people to tell me who to hire. I sure don't want them to force me to help a political candidate I do not support.

Let's be consistant with core Republican values and let the liberals demonstrate their moral inferiority with their constant hypocrisy.

Oprah's BRAND, Actually

Oprah is, by Oprah's own desire and design, a brand.  Oprah's campaigning and holding publicized fundraisers for Obama is equivalent to using the television show to enhance his popularity.  Wherever Oprah goes, by Oprah's own desire and design, it's "The Oprah Winfrey Show".

Oprah can attempt to justify her feeble and empty rationale to her viewers, viewers easily recognizing blatant hypocrisy, it doesn't change the glaring appearance of Winfrey clinging to a bias and a prejudice.

This one will be difficult for Oprah to shirk.  It will always be easy for American women to remember.

Don't disagree

Hey, I'm not saying that it won't cost her. But like McCain, I don't have too much problem with people who stick their commitments instead of blowing with the wind.

Gretta grilling some clown about it NOW!!!

He's defending the decision!!!  She is getting torn up...BIG TIME...on her own web site!!!

LOL!!

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I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

"Refuses"? That's an

"Refuses"? That's an interesting way of putting it. It's not like the Palin people offered to be on and Oprah said "No way." Or that a show sponsor demanded Palin be on and she refused.

Oprah said she has no plans to have her on, OR Biden, OR Obama, OR McCain. 

Why would she have Obama on?

She already had him on twice before he declare.3-4 months later he declares for the presidency.Her own fans are torked off at her.Go to her web site.Just a suggestion bring steel pot and flak jacket.

THIS IS GONNA BE A BIG 2 MONTHS FOR NEWSBUSTERS!!!!!

WOW!!!

1)  The slow death of the liberal media (MSNBC, PRINT MEDIA)...

2)  The slow death of the liberal pop culture (OPRAH)... 

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I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

Pfthtttttttttt.........Now.......

go away or I will taunt you a second time..a......LOL.....Good one Ster!! 

"If a man does his best, what else is there"?

General George S. Patton Jr.

<adjusting helmet>...sniff....

 You don't frighten us, English pig-dog! Go and boil your bottoms, son of a silly person. I blow my nose on you, so-called Arthur-king, you and your silly English kiniggets.

 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

Guess what BEGRUNT???

 General George S. Patton Jr's son ...George S. Patton IV went to my High School!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Patton_IV  class of '42

THE HILL SCHOOL, POTTSTOWN, PA.  I'm class of '86.

}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

We're knights of the round table, We dance whenever we're able, We do routines, and chorus scenes, With footwork impeccable. We dine well here in Camelot, We eat ham, and jam, and spam a lot.

I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

Wow...No kidding?

I know his son went on to serve in Vietnam...as a Brig. General.  I have been meaning to get to the GSP Jr. Museum in Riverside, CA.....heard it is a real treat. 

"If a man does his best, what else is there"?

General George S. Patton Jr.

hmmmm...........Oprah-Olberma

hmmmm...........Oprah-Olbermann-Obama. Not sucha good year for the O's

I guess Oprah is just

I guess Oprah is just showing her ROOTS.

Oprah the bargainer no more…

Oprah just made a huge mistake and she’s damaging her reputation. And it will be long term damage.

 

Shelby Steele is the foremost expert on these issues.

A must watch below

 

http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/03/21/shelby-steele-obama-the-bargainer/ 

 

I wonder if Bill O’R asked Obama about Affirmative Action or Reparations???

 

Oh, I'm so conflicted!

No, I'm not - don't watch Oprah, never will.

I will, however, be voting for the divine Republican ticket.

 

Does that make me racist??????BWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!

She doesn't need to appear

She doesn't need to appear on that wacko's show, hell the zombies who watch her weren't gonna vote of Sarah anyway, if the lunkheads vote at all.  If I were Palin I would damn sure pick and choose who I granted an interview.  It's not like they are going to say anything good about her anyway.

Even Simpler Than All That

Newt is sort of on the right track with Palin's instant de-legitimization of feminist twaddle just by standing there smiling, and yes Oprah = Obamarama. Why should she even inadvertantly make the 2nd biggest reason to vote against him look good, give her free air time, and possibly even find herself drawn to Mrs. Palin's ideas and thus find herself questioning whether or not the Obamaman can measure up? Those reasons are just the gravy and the side dish, however.

The meat & potatoes reason Oprah Winfrey won't let Sarah Palin anywhere near Harpo Studios is more simple: Palin would be a clear and dangerous transgression of the Limbaugh Rule in Guests or Callers: THE GUEST OR CALLER SHOULD ALWAYS MAKE THE HOST LOOK GOOD. Sarah Palin, with her loving family, unambiguous political & social policy positions, superb record of public service, stellar personal presence and babe-o-licious looks would make Oprah Winfrey look like the bogus, superficial, egotistical, ambiguous, self-centered and completely useless blob of humanity that she really is. Not only that, but she would talk circles around Oprah's mamby-pamby wussifying twaddle and eat her callous indifference to actual social change up for lunch. Oprah doesn't stand for empowerment of women, Oprah stands for empowerment of Oprah -- everything that happens on her show or in relation to her public persona is meant to SELL her empire, not actually "help" anybody. If people get a side benefit out of her self endowment then that's just fine, especially if their having done so makes Oprah look even better.

Sarah Palin has done just fabulous without the Oprah approach of feminizing our culture, and would refute all of the unbearably phony nonsense that Oprah pretends to represent with one good snappy "No, and I think you are wrong" answer to even the least of Oprah's pre-written staff submitted questions. If I were to advise Mrs. Palin I'd say screw it, even if Oprah caves and invites you on the show before the election, tell her personally over the phone, "Thank you for your offer, late in coming as it is, but I am afraid that I have more important things to do. Like taking care of my family, serving my constituents, campaigning with Senator McCain, and being a role model for women across the world who think you are a complete jerk for snubbing me before anyone even asked. Thanks, but no thanks. And don't call us, we'll call you.

Click."

Go ABC!

I have fond memories of Peter Jennings and Sam Donaldson as like a dynamic duo -- solid anchor leading into a solid reporter.  I remember Sniglets (I think it was) had a word for him -- "Samblasting", the act of blasting a president with hard questions out of nowhere.

Maybe ABC still has a little bit of that old school spirit and I'm glad to see them calling a spade a spade.  NBC is lost and CBS is looking ill but maybe ABC still has a little fight left in it and can still plow a center field view, that attacks both sides instead of just the Republicans.  It would sure be nice to have something to choose from other than just FOX.

Send a message

If you do feel Palin should do the interview, let her producers know.

Here's the links:

http://www.oprah.com...

https://www.oprah.co...

It would be a slap in Oprah's face

 to interview Ms. Palin because here is a woman who became successful without the equal opportunity scam working for her.

Really?

I wasn't aware Oprah was a product of Affirmative Action.

I'm not saying she wasn't, I just don't have any anformation that would allow me to agree with your assessment.

Got links? 

Rocky & Bullwinkle '08

Race baiting

I wasn't aware Oprah was a product of Affirmative Action.

Dunno that either. I do know she is the richest woman in America and is proof positive that institutionalized racism is DOA in America. The only ones who fail to see that are the ones wearing the racism blinders.

D

Keep the ILLEGALS out, join NumbersUSA to send free faxes to your reps.

What about Ellen?

Ellen demonstrated considerable restraint in her interview of President Bush.

This might be a win/win for both Sarah and Ellen. 

Rocky & Bullwinkle '08

Maybe I'm taking this wrong but...

the divine Ms. O is sure sounding racist to me.

There's no such thing...

... as a 'black' racist.

Ask Reverend Wright. Or Spike Lee for that matter.

PALIN/McCain 2008

Unfair

Sounds like a Eugene Robinson comment.

 She is allowed to support who she wants. Leave the racism accusations for the angry left.

"Forty Acres and a Mule"

"Forty Acres and a Mule" doesn't sound like a good trade off for lost viewers, but forty acres in Malibu may be worth it.

Is it really bias?

I mean she is on the record as an Obama supporter and gives that rationale for her decision.

It's not like she is Olbermann and the rest of the hacks and denying that she is an out and out partisan supporter of Obama.

Never will watch O again

If she can't be a public figure that can allow all sides to be heard I am done with O and so are so many people I know.