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Oprah, Take Off Those Black-and-White Glasses
Townhall.com ^ | November 21, 2013 | Michael Reagan

Posted on 11/21/2013 7:26:35 AM PST by Kaslin

Come on, Oprah.

You're way too smart to be this stupid.

When are you going to get off this kick about Barack Obama being disrespected more than previous presidents just because he is a black man?

It's getting embarrassing, Oprah.

You're one of America's great talents and greatest success stories.

You're a self-made billionaire, an astute multimedia mogul, a beloved cultural icon.

You're admired around the world for your generosity and good works. Your opinions and endorsements influence what millions of people read, how they think and who they vote for.

But after five years of President Obama's reign, you apparently still haven't learned a thing about presidential politics and race relations in this country.

You proved it again just last week in Britain when you were plugging that movie "The Butler."

You were asked - for the umpteenth time - by the BBC whether you thought President Obama was being treated unfairly or criticized disproportionately by the media and others because he was black.

You said, "When the senator yelled out, 'You're a liar' -- remember that? Yeah, I think that there is a level of disrespect for the office that occurs, and that occurs in some cases and maybe even many cases because he's African American."

Seriously, Oprah.

I realize your primary job in London was to promote "The Butler," the movie about the real-life black butler who worked in the White House for eight presidents that was so bad I dubbed it "The Butler from Another Planet."

But was your response to the BBC reporter's question -- a variation of the same claim you've made before -- really the most thoughtful thing you could come up with?

Were you jet-lagged? Exhausted? Were you weary of being asked the same dumb question and having to give the same cliched answer?

Come on, Oprah. You're off your usual game.

Using the example of the president being called a liar in Congress as proof that President Obama is a victim of racism is getting pretty stale.

It occurred in 2009. And it wasn't a senator, it was South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson who yelled out "You lie" when Obama was overpromising the benefits of his Affordable Care Act to a joint session of Congress.

Oprah, you're great. But you need to brush up on your history and current events.

America still has racists and bigots. They come in all colors and creeds. But you, better than anyone, must realize that the American people, especially the young, are increasingly colorblind.

You couldn't have become the most influential woman on the planet and America's richest black woman if white audiences hadn't fallen in love with you and your TV talk show.

And President Obama couldn't have been elected twice without the broad support of white voters who cared more about his hopes and promises than the color of his skin.

Obama is being beat up for political reasons, not racial ones. Just take off those black-and-white glasses, Oprah, and read the headlines.

Obamacare is a disaster. Obama's economic policies are failing and his administration is incompetent.

The president's bipartisan critics in the media and in Congress don't care what color his skin is, just as the "disrespecters" of Presidents Clinton, Bush and Ronald Reagan didn't care about their white skin.

Oprah, let's face it. It is you who are still fixated on the color of the president's skin.

You need to update and upgrade your thinking. What you say matters. People trust you. They expect intelligent thoughts about race from you, not outdated and predictable cliches.

Imagine if you had said something to that BBC reporter like, "You know, that's a really dumb and racist question. President Obama isn't America's black president, he's America's president. He's taking his lumps because he's been screwing up. It happens to presidents all the time. Except for a few racists, no one in America cares anymore what color the president's skin is. Neither do I. I only care about the job he's doing."

That would have been an Oprah-worthy answer -- and an important message about race for America.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
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1 posted on 11/21/2013 7:26:35 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

2 posted on 11/21/2013 7:29:27 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Kaslin

“President Obama isn’t America’s black president, he’s America’s president. He’s taking his lumps because he’s been screwing up.”

39% of Americans can’t say this, let alone Oprah.


3 posted on 11/21/2013 7:30:03 AM PST by Rennes Templar (America needs Obamacare like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask.)
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To: Kaslin
Anything Oprah is not allowed in my house.

It sure looks like the Rev. Wright's teaching's took on her and she wasn't there as long as Obama

4 posted on 11/21/2013 7:30:19 AM PST by scooby321
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To: Kaslin

She just joined the ranks of Jesse, Al et-al.


5 posted on 11/21/2013 7:30:32 AM PST by golfisnr1
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To: Travis McGee

She also says one of the biggest issues is that Black hate Blacks of different shades.

They are all basically haters and blame everyone else.


6 posted on 11/21/2013 7:30:55 AM PST by edcoil (System now set up not to allow some to win but for no one to lose!)
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To: Kaslin

She’s made her living from the forced racial dichotomy in this country.


7 posted on 11/21/2013 7:31:07 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Kaslin

I guess it’s appropriate for MR to take this on in his column, but I seldom waste my time talking about racists like Oprah.


8 posted on 11/21/2013 7:31:53 AM PST by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: Travis McGee
That cartoon should say, "Look at ONE OF THE HOUSES they force me to live in."
9 posted on 11/21/2013 7:32:11 AM PST by Baynative (Wake me up early, be good to my dogs and teach my children to pray.)
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To: Kaslin
"You're one of America's great talents and greatest success stories."

One of the greatest successes, yes, but I don't know about the talent part. She had a minor acting career, and to my knowledge doesn't sing, dance, play a musical instrument, paint, write music, or sculpt, and probably has a couple of ghost-written, biographical self-help books under her belt. Not a great talent, in my opinion.
10 posted on 11/21/2013 7:33:43 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Kaslin

Correct me, if wrong, please. Isn’t okra green?


11 posted on 11/21/2013 7:34:12 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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Reptilian green?


12 posted on 11/21/2013 7:36:03 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Oprah

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13 posted on 11/21/2013 7:37:16 AM PST by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: Kaslin; GOPJ
RE :”Come on, Oprah. You're way too smart to be this stupid. When are you going to get off this kick about Barack Obama being disrespected more than previous presidents just because he is a black man? “

This makes me recall how in early 2005 the lib BCC and Barbara boxer were able to hold up the certification of GWB winning electors in congress for a special contesting vote in both houses, claiming he stole the election and was not legit.

Oprah didnt object to that.

Looking back, giving Cosby and Oprah those network TV shows and middle class America supporting them in 1980s with their viewership as if they were 'just like us' has backfired, 'give them an inch and......',
Seeing them as spreading family values to libs has 20 years later helped advance gay marriage through Obama.

14 posted on 11/21/2013 7:38:59 AM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
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To: Kaslin

Oprah will be paying all bills run up by the Obamas in their retirement ,she’s going to go broke ,LOL


15 posted on 11/21/2013 7:40:32 AM PST by molson209 (Hillary Clinton)
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To: Travis McGee

Well, I confess I’ve said things like, “The Watergate generation of journalists needs to die off (or retire) before we can have any hope of a balanced media.”


16 posted on 11/21/2013 7:42:12 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Travis McGee

And she lives in that mansion alone, mateless and childless, surrounded only by photos of her girlfriend, Gayle King. That is why she is bitter, but she blames it on racism. Dried up old spinster.


17 posted on 11/21/2013 7:42:55 AM PST by informavoracious (Root for Obamacare and healthcare.gov failure!)
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To: Lee'sGhost

After this I will not watch any show she is on! Any movie she is in, or purchase any Magazine she is in. She is dead to me. Her hate has soured me to her-— She can leave the spotlight and wither away for all I care. She saddled us with Obama—and he gave her the Medal of Freedom—the medal has been tainted now as a worthless political payback token.


18 posted on 11/21/2013 7:43:37 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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20 posted on 11/21/2013 7:46:01 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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