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WHITE HOUSE SET ME UP: Oprah whines
NY POST ^ | 4/3/02 | MICHAEL STARR and ADAM BUCKMAN

Posted on 04/03/2002 8:01:54 AM PST by Liz

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:05:37 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Oprah Winfrey fired back at the White House yesterday - saying she felt "extremely used" by the Bush administration for implying that she was too busy to tour Afghanistan schools on behalf of President Bush. Winfrey called her pal, "The View" co-host Star Jones, before yesterday's show and told Jones the story "was just not true."


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To: All; miss marple; howlin
What set Oprah up is her left wing mouth over whelmed her, and she acted like Barbarrraaa or Rosie.

She showed her true colors, as a member of the left wing Axis of Liberal Whining Weasels!

The stealth president wins another stealth battle with half brained whiners like Oprah. She has revealed to the Americans what she really is.

21 posted on 04/03/2002 8:19:04 AM PST by Grampa Dave
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To: Liz
Were Oprah and Star downing cheeseburgers while they discussed this?
22 posted on 04/03/2002 8:20:54 AM PST by JoeGar
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To: Liz
Well folks, after all operas are for the most part about whining, crying and all kindsa tragedies. If you want something on the merry, gay side go see an operetta (or would that be 'Oprettah'?)
23 posted on 04/03/2002 8:21:15 AM PST by Revolting cat!
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To: Pete
I must be missing something. (The WH said Oprah said she was too busy to go). "She said, 'So
imagine my surprise, I wake up and read in the newspaper that I'm being cavalier, I'm too busy.'

Oprah's been reading too many articles in her self-help magazine about healing the inner you.

24 posted on 04/03/2002 8:21:39 AM PST by Liz
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To: Liz
Why is it always them against us. Could it be she REALLY had commitments. I think it's admirable that she would honor her commitments rather than have some photo ops. Why do you assume she doesn't like Bush. I think she's positively justified in her feelings here.
25 posted on 04/03/2002 8:21:48 AM PST by Hildy
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To: Pete
I must be missing something.

Me too. Here is what I see in the above article:

Bush: Hey Oprah, wanna go to Afghanistan for me?
Oprah: Love too, but I have prior engagements.
Bush, to press: We invited Oprah, but she was too busy.
Oprah, to press: How dare he use me like that? I was too busy to go!

26 posted on 04/03/2002 8:21:59 AM PST by hopespringseternal
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To: Liz
What exactly is she complaining about? I'm confused here. The leak from the white house was that they asked her and she had other committments, she was too busy. She says they called her but she had fund raisers scheduled, and so couldn't go. That seems to be pretty much what the white house said isn't it?

That others took it as a snub on her part? Good grief.

27 posted on 04/03/2002 8:22:02 AM PST by patent
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To: Grampa Dave
Oh my goodness, someone please pass out the cheese with that whine:).
28 posted on 04/03/2002 8:22:04 AM PST by baltoga
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To: JoeGar
Were Oprah and Star downing cheeseburgers while they discussed this?

Yeah, with extra-large fries.

29 posted on 04/03/2002 8:22:33 AM PST by Liz
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To: JoeGar
Can't we discuss this without personal slams about weight?
30 posted on 04/03/2002 8:22:58 AM PST by Blessings
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To: Blessings
the media could have had a role in creating an inaccurate perception?

Nah, the media would never stoop to setting up public quarrels. Never!

31 posted on 04/03/2002 8:23:07 AM PST by jlogajan
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To: Liz
Oh shut up, Oprah.

You know you dissed President Bush, and now you're just mad because they called you on it.

Go snarf a gallon of Ben and Jerry's and stop WHINING......

32 posted on 04/03/2002 8:23:30 AM PST by RooRoobird14
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To: Liz
Did she say she's going now?
If not then make like a tree and get the hell out of here.
33 posted on 04/03/2002 8:24:09 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: JoeGar
Orca and Star would need more than a few cheeseburgers..
34 posted on 04/03/2002 8:24:27 AM PST by codebreaker
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To: Grampa Dave
(Oprah) revealed to Americans what she really is.

And Doctor Phil will give her a big hug for it.

35 posted on 04/03/2002 8:24:30 AM PST by Liz
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To: Grampa Dave
You're right; she DID set herself up. I mean, for the President to request a civilian to go on a diplomatic mission is a BIG DEAL, and she rightfully SHOULD have jumped at the chance. It would have been a history-making event, and she turned it down for "fund-raising."

No class, no style, no brains. She's an idiot.

36 posted on 04/03/2002 8:26:16 AM PST by EggsAckley
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To: wingnuts'nbolts
She set herself up to look stupid and if at
first you don't succeed place the blame fast!

ROTFLMCO. Now that's funny.......and true.

37 posted on 04/03/2002 8:26:22 AM PST by Liz
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To: RooRoobird14
Oh shut up, Oprah..... Go snarf a gallon of Ben and Jerry's and stop WHINING......

Betcha Oprah can whine with a mouthful of Cherry Garcia.

38 posted on 04/03/2002 8:28:13 AM PST by Liz
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To: Blessings
Can't we discuss this without personal slams about weight?

Of course, but it isn't as much fun!

;-)

39 posted on 04/03/2002 8:31:38 AM PST by mombonn
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To: Hildy
Did you read the first article about this, where her OWN company released a statement saying that she was too busy? That information was from HER company, not the White House.

So how is it that she is so surprised to read about it?

On that other thread, I commented that she had assumed that she was more popular and more important than the President. I wondered if she would learn her lesson.

This talk on "The View" is to backpedal and try to make amends for her mistake, since I bet she got a ton of mail about this. She is compounding her mistake with this. Bet it comes up at the White House briefing, which is scheduled to start in about 20 minutes.

I am betting on the White House, myself.

40 posted on 04/03/2002 8:31:48 AM PST by Miss Marple
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