Posted on 09/05/2008 10:37:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Oprah taking sides?
The queen of talk says it ain't so.
Winfrey reacted strongly Friday to a report posted on the Drudge Report that claimed she and "a couple of her top people are adamantly" against booking newly minted Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on her show.
"The item in today’s Drudge Report is categorically untrue," Winfrey said in a statement sent to news organizations in reaction to the DrudgeReport.com posting. "There has been absolutely no discussion about having Sarah Palin on my show. At the beginning of this 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. I agree that Sarah Palin would be a fantastic interview, and I would love to have her on after the campaign is over."
That said, Winfrey used her show to introduce Barack Obama to America's women voters, and has endorsed and campaigned with the Democratic nominee. She also was very visible at Obama's acceptance speech last week in Denver.
Winfrey's staff reportedly is sharply divided on booking Palin.
"Half of her staff really wants Sarah Palin on," a source told Drudge. "Oprah's Web site 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."
Oprah last year blocked an appearance by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, timed to a promotional tour of his autobiography.
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Sorry oprah,We dont buy it.I will bet your numbers for your show start falling away soon.
She's a racist, and she is a liar about it also.
I am not fooled by any of these Obama people.
Ruh Row Oprah, gonna loose quite a few viewers with that response.
“At the beginning of this 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.”
WTF? Is this supposed to sound like her private self is in support of Obama, whereas her “show self” is neutral? When I read it, it sounds as if she’s saying, “At the beginning of this presidential campaign when I decided that I was going to take my first public stance in support of a candidate (because he’s black and from Chicago), I made the decision not to use my show as a platform for any of the OTHER candidates, because I don’t want to give press to Barrack’s opponents.”
Oprah is a bitch. There I said it.
Sarah needs to be careful.
F Oprah. She’s going to pay for this.
Oprah’s just scared that Sarah’s gonna mistake her for a moose!
Hmm. Winfrey turns out to be a liar.
Of course she doesn’t want Palin. Oprah’s in the entertainment industry and promotes fantasy. God forbid she should have a real, person who could make a difference on. Actually, having Palin on her show would be the ONLY thing that could make me watch it I stopped a LONG time ago when she caught the “ME” syndrome.
Oprah, you decided not to have your show be a platform for candidates? Uh, rrriiiggghhhttt.
That’s why you had the lovefest show with Obama? Because he is not a candidate?
And your loyal viewers all sucked that b.s. up and said, “Yum, yum?”
Doesn’t say much of the intelligence of your viewers if they swallow a fib that big.
Nor of your view of your viewers’ intelligence that you would expect them to swallow such a big fib.
But hey! Your show. It’s a free country. You got a right to be the racist you are.
If Oprah does invite her on, Governor Palin needs to tell her she’s too busy. She’s got a race to win. Oprah’s audience would probably be full of Cold Pinkos and Ron Paul supporters. There is really no reason for the Governor to have to put up with those pinheads.
And why exactly would Sarah go on Oprah AFTER she wins the election??
I'm sure the Vice President of the United States will have better things to do than watch you flap your gums.
Palin shouldn’t go on that show, even if they invited her.
Great photo to accompany this story.
Stupid cows?
She would be right, too.
Lincoln said you can fool some of the people all of the time, and she is going with that all the way to the bank.
A billion dollars worth.
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