Oprah Rips Americans for Not Supporting Obama

Friday, December 10, 2010 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

Syndicated TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey tore into the American people for lacking "reason," "respect," "civility," and "decency" and "only thinking about themselves" for not supporting Barack Obama. Winfrey made her scathing criticism during an interview with ABC's Barbara Walters.

A survey released this week showed that a majority of the country believes they are worse off after nearly two years of the Obama presidency.

WALTERS: "And today, what would you say to him (Obama)? How do you feel about it all?"

WINFREY: "I feel that it is, first of all why would anybody want that job? To get, because no matter what you do and how uh, much you give of your heart and wisdom and uh, soul and energy, and I think he's, he's really fully there, giving his all. And to be criticized the way he is I think it's unfortunate. I think it's unfortunate when you have a nation of people who don't want to support the president of the United States."

WALTERS: "Do you think he's communicating?"

WINFREY: "I think that he is. You know what I think that what wasn't communicated? I think we don't realize was how close we came to depression. And as soon as we got saved from the brink of that we all forgot what that was, we all forgot. And so I think that he has done a lot and I think that people uh, can't see it because they're only thinking about themselves. The fact that people uh, still are out of jobs, but we're not in breadlines, we have forgotten, we have forgotten how close we came.

"So I think that there needs to be a greater level of respect and a sense of uh, decency and civility and reason. And I think we, we've lost that."

Transcript by kristinn.

Video of the interview can be found at the Huffington Post.

[ReverendJames]

Oh, like the same respect you and your Liberal/Democrat friends did for Reagan/Bush?

[Matchett-PI]

"For the very first time in my life, I feel compelled to stand up and to speak out for the man who I believe has a new vision for America, . . . I am here to tell you, Iowa, he is the one. He is the one!"

"We're all here to come together – to appreciate our uniqueness and to treasure our diversity, and we're here to evolve to a higher plane . . . The reason I love Barack Obama is because he is an evolved leader who can bring evolved leadership to our country. . . .

". . . When you listen to Barack Obama, when you really hear him, you witness a very rare thing. You witness a politician who has an ear for eloquence and a tongue dipped in the unvarnished truth..."

- Oprah Winfrey ("Messianic Rhetoric Infuses Obama Rallies", by Ben Smith and David Paul Kuhn Politico Dec 9, 2007).

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[A CA Guy]

But after the teleprompter went on a world anti-American bashing tour, it then confiscated a sixth of the economy into the government and said some of us spoke stupidly.

What's not to love about this Oprah?

IMO O should stick to eating Gale or what ever she likes to do when she doesn't back racist part black people.

He's failed the American people and been an embarrassment to us.

[WaterBoard]

Who are Oprah's viewers and who made her a billionaire?

Oprah's audience is predominantly female, white, and over the age of 55. Nationally 7.4 million people watch Oprah daily -- about 2.6% of American households. Four percent of American women (about 5.7 million) watch her daily, compared with 1.2% of men (1.7 million people). Overall, 2% of all 18- to 49-year-olds watch Oprah.

Oprah has the highest ratings among older Americans -– a critical caucusing or voting block. 3.7 million people age 55 and older watch Oprah, and 2.7 million of these individuals are women. Eleven percent of all older black women watch Oprah, and 7% of all older white women watch the show everyday.

Oprah's audience is also predominantly white: 5.9 million of whites watch Oprah, compared with 1.4 million blacks. Her reach among the Hispanic population is tiny -- only about 230,000 Hispanics watch the show daily.

But what about in the early primary states? Across Iowa's four major media markets, 56,000 households watch Oprah everyday. In the Des Moines/Ames media market, 32,000 of 407,000 (or 7.7%) of all households in the Des Moines area have Oprah playing on their TV sets between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm every day. To put that number in context, consider that only about 150,000 people in the state caucused in the last primary.

In the Cedar Rapids, Waterloo and Dubuque media market, 18,000 of 339,000 households in the area (5.4%) watch Oprah.

Both the Cedar Rapids and Des Moines markets reflect the largest concentration of people and Democrats in Iowa. Across other parts of the state, 5.9% of homes in the Sioux City area watch Oprah and in Davenport and Moline in the eastern part of the state, 4.6% of homes watch the show.

In South Carolina, Oprah is even more popular. In the Columbia area, where Oprah and Obama will appear together on Sunday afternoon at an 80,000 seat arena, 30,000 households have the channel set to the Oprah Winfrey show daily. That's about 8% of the 384,000 households in the area.

[Vaduz]

The country believes they are worse off after nearly two years of the Obama presidency.
Hey Winfrey guess why people thinks Obama sucks.

[onyx]

She’s frightening. She truly believes she’s on a mission from God.

She knows that she has a huge impact on millions and she said last night that she will work until she is used up.

Very frightening that she will have her own cable network called OWN = “Oprah Winfrey Network” in January. Left-wing, “feel-good” programming. Indoctrination.

[DejaJude]

So what she is saying is that the American people should stop thinking of themselves and think just of him. Poor widdle guy.

[surfer]

I hope America shows Oprah just how they feel when they decide not to watch her new network and she goes bankrupt...

[Hoodat]

Who is Oprah?

[RichInOC]

Oprah...

1. On those rare occasions that the president does something of which I approve, I support him. Otherwise, I don’t. I could pull out that old Teddy Roosevelt quote, but...it’s been done.

2. This President, this administration, doesn’t have a communications problem. It has a message problem. It doesn’t have a perception problem. It has a reality problem.

[DCPatriot]

Yuck Fou, Oprah!

[UB355]

I’m still waiting for Oprah’s thank you note. Some years ago when her mom lived nearby one of her relatives ran her car into a tree and my Fire Department had to use the Jaws of Life to free her from the car.

No note, no thank you.

[Wuli]

“I think it’s unfortunate when you have a nation of people who don’t want to support the president of the United States.”

“So I think that there needs to be a greater level of respect and a sense of uh, decency and civility and reason. And I think we, we’ve lost that.”

WHEN did she ever say such things about GWBush?? Never.

[jag.drafting]

Could The Oprah be the AntiChrist??? she has the following....

[melancholy]

I think it's unfortunate when you have a nation of people who don't want to support the president of the United States.

A nation of people? Unless it's your lousy English, you said the “whole” nation is against him. True, we're the BOSS! 0h0m0 and his Communist regime have no respect for their BOSS.

When was the last time any of you "compromised" with your BOSS?

Oprah Rips Americans for Not Supporting Obama

We're no apes, bitch!

[VOA]

“
Syndicated TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey tore into the American people for lacking “reason,” “respect,” “civility,” and “decency” and

“only thinking about themselves”

for not supporting Barack Obama.

Thanks Oprah.
I finally see “It’s only about Obama”.
I can’t believe I didn’t open my eyes to this truth earlier.

(/SARC)

[RetiredNavy]

I cannot even stand the sound of this harridan’s voice anymore. She ruined the whole “LIFE” series for me, which I was told was otherwise excellent. In addition her support of the socialist, victim agenda lost her the respect that she had previously earned.

Just say NO to Oprah

[KJC1]

I’m wondering, since Oprah trumpeted Obama’s (nonexistent) greatness, is she worried that when the shine comes off him it comes off her too?

[crusty old prospector]

Yep, I flip it on occasionally when I am channel surfing and when I hear her voice, “Buh bye!”

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Oh, gosh Opra! Your anger should be slanted toward those racist democrats in the House!