[BenLurkin]

No — not so. Old Ben remembers.

Bush gave Oprah a peck on the cheek in 2000.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,55385,00.html

It won him the election.

[Stars&StripesNE]

That was 10 years ago. The thread attempted to portray it as if it was recent because of his book tour.

Oprah provided a political venue for ALL politicians that year.

here is Al Gore's appearance on Oprah. http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/yasmin-alibhai-brown/yasmin-alibhaibrown-fat-is-an-oprah-winfrey-issue-1067078.html?action=Gallery&ino=9