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Hillary can’t beat Oprah
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 12-10-07 | Jim Wooten

Posted on 12/10/2007 11:04:59 AM PST by tcrlaf

Barack Obama may have The Bomb.

And it’s not aboard the Enola Gay. It’s now aboard the Obama Express campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination. Suddenly Hillary’s not looking invincible.

The secret weapon is, of course, Oprah, the nationally adored talk-show host. She attracted a crowd estimated at almost 30,000 Sunday in Columbia, S.C., after campaigning with him Saturday in Iowa.

“There are those who say it’s not his time, that he should wait his turn,” she told the crowd in Columbia. “Think about where you’d be in your life if you’d waited when people told you to.”

She added, too, a line that could build some fire under his campaign and attract disgruntled Independents, and perhaps even some Republican women: “I’m sick of politics as usual.”

Much of the nation is. But it’s quite a feat to get from that declaration to mobilizing the turned-off segment and delivering them to a specific candidate. But I’m not one to underestimate Oprah. Clinton and Obama are neck-and-neck in Iowa, and she’s up in the 5-10 percentage point range in New Hampshire and South Carolina. That’s within the Oprah impact zone.

The nomination’s still Hillary’s to lose. She can beat Obama. But she can’t beat Oprah.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; democratparty; elections; hillary; nightmare; obama; oprah; urinalconstipation
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To: Judith Anne

I can still hear his voice saying that.


61 posted on 12/10/2007 2:14:32 PM PST by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: MozarkDawg

“I didn’t come here to talk ‘bout no books,” and, “Don’t say no black man can’t do somethin’,” said The Oprah.


62 posted on 12/10/2007 2:16:42 PM PST by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: RipSawyer

I am trying to be nice :)


63 posted on 12/10/2007 5:58:49 PM PST by jveritas (God bless our brave troops and President Bush)
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To: tcrlaf
It's too bad that Oprah is going to die in a plane crash.....

Hello Arkancide!

64 posted on 12/10/2007 7:58:04 PM PST by NRA2BFree
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To: jveritas; Grampa Dave; potlatch; pookie18

65 posted on 12/11/2007 11:49:44 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
Thanks, george76...will run a larger version L8R in the week with a TBD click-on audio...


66 posted on 12/11/2007 11:58:05 AM PST by pookie18 (Of course, I'm voting for the Republican nominee!!)
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To: pookie18
You do excellent work
67 posted on 12/11/2007 12:00:03 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Thanks...appreciated...


68 posted on 12/11/2007 12:21:33 PM PST by pookie18 (Of course, I'm voting for the Republican nominee!!)
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To: george76

69 posted on 12/11/2007 4:05:02 PM PST by Grampa Dave ("Ron Paul and his flaming antiwar spam monkeys can Kiss my Ass!!"- Jim Robinson, Sept, 30, 2007)
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To: Miss Didi
LOL!


70 posted on 12/11/2007 7:38:56 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Illegals: representation without taxation--Citizens: taxation without representation)
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To: tcrlaf

It would be so hilarious if Oprah cost Hillary the ‘Rat nomination. Man, can you imagine the cursing (and the racial slurs) that would be flying around in the privacy of Hillary’s inner circle?


71 posted on 12/11/2007 7:44:51 PM PST by puroresu (Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

That’s great!


72 posted on 12/12/2007 10:08:42 AM PST by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: tcrlaf

Sounds like the denizens of the Democrat plantation are getting a might restless. It’s about stinkin’ time.


73 posted on 12/12/2007 10:11:08 AM PST by Antoninus (Republicans who support Rudy owe Bill Clinton an apology.)
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To: AU72

Al/Oprah ticket. It would not suprise me a bit or
Obama/Oprah


74 posted on 12/12/2007 10:21:25 AM PST by winodog ( It really is all about the benjamins)
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To: tcrlaf

75 posted on 12/12/2007 11:26:26 AM PST by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: Miss Didi

76 posted on 12/12/2007 8:04:36 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Illegals: representation without taxation--Citizens: taxation without representation)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Oh, my...look at Mrs. Clinton!


77 posted on 12/13/2007 8:09:13 AM PST by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; KlueLass; ...

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78 posted on 12/19/2007 7:29:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Tuesday, December 18, 2007___________________https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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