BIG DILEMMA: OPRAH BALKS AT HOSTING SARAH PALIN; STAFF DIVIDED

Drudge Report ^ | 9/5/2008 | Matt Drudge

[mojito]

Oprah Winfrey may have introduced Democrat Barack Obama to the women of America -- but the talkshow queen is not rushing to embrace the first woman on a Republican presidential ticket!

Oprah's staff is sharply divided on the merits of booking Sarah Palin, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

"Half of her staff really wants Sarah Palin on," an insider explains. "Oprah's website is getting tons of requests to put her on, but Oprah and a couple of her top people are adamantly against it because of Obama."

One executive close to Winfrey is warning any Palin ban could ignite a dramatic backlash!

It is not clear if Oprah has softened her position after watching Palin's historic convention speech.

Last year, Winfrey blocked an appearance by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, timed to a promotional tour of his autobiography.

Oprah and executive producer Sheri Salata, who has contributed thousands of dollars to Obama's campaign, refused requests for comment.

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[mojito]

Sorry if this has already been posted.

I searched the title and got nothing.

[edcoil]

Sadly for the O, race is more important the gender.

[Candor7]

Oprah Drank the Obama Kool-aid. Too bad, she used to know how to handle fascists. She should have stuck with Hillery.

[xzins]

Palin doesn’t need Oprah....they’ll only attack her when she gets there.

[clintonh8r]

For The O and many others, race trumps everything.

[Red in Blue PA]

If it was possible for black people to be racist, that is what I would call her.

[N3WBI3]

then why block Thomas? clearly for the O. Her ideology is more important than anything...

[Mamzelle]

I don’t heart Oprah.

[Nervous Tick]

I wonder if anyone has asked Sarah Palin if she even *wants* to go on Opera.

Why waste her valuable time on this fat partisan windbag Oprah, anyway?

[Always Right]

Sadly for the O, race is more important the gender.

Considering the Clarence Thomas ban, it is not even about race. It is about the self-centered religion of liberalism.

[beethovenfan]

Sarah should ignore Oprah and her show for cretins.

[happygrl]

If I was a mean person, I would wish that Oprah's downfall would be swift and sudden.

Just for Clarence Thomas alone...

[Enchante]

If somehow it did come off it would be an ambush.... After her speech it’s obvious that Governor Palin would not be put off her stride by any political attacks, but I can imagine that they could turn it into an oral exam on Democrat pet issues you can always come up with questions that almost no one will be able to answer..... refer to obscure events and facts, frame questions in ways that they have not clear or settled answers, etc. I doubt that Oprah would give one of her usual mushy interviews, it would be a calculated blood-letting.

[A_Former_Democrat]

There was an earlier thread but I’ll add my comments:

To the Ladies who watch Oprah . . . if you truly believe in equality, women’s rights, motherhood & career opportunity, etc.

You’ll turn Oprah off and never watch her or buy anything she endorses again.

[GloriaJane]

"Sadly for the O, race is more important the gender.

I guess she, like zero bama, was listing when she attended the same racist hate whitey church that he attended.

[BigEdLB]

Oh the humanity!

[clintonh8r]

And I hope she ignores The View as well....bunch of cretins.

[El Cid]

Last year, Winfrey blocked an appearance by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, timed to a promotional tour of his autobiography.

Its her show, and it is her right to allow, or disallow, who she'll have on her show ... but what a jerk.
Mr. Thomas is a good man.

[sarasota]

Agree. And I hope she stay clear of The View, though I hear Cindy was on. I’d love to see Cindy but not the others.

[Question Liberal Authority]

Screw Oprah. There's like 400 billion talk shows whose ratings will soar if they have Sarah Palin and treat her fairly.

If Oprah wants to give market share to everyone else, so be it. That goes double for rags like US Magazine.

Let's say Sarah Palin is Vice President for 8 years and President for 8 more years and a popular ex-president for 50 years after that. Is it really in your long-term interest to be on her bad side?