As Oprah Slaps Bush

[takumi]

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=225

By Mark Morford / SF Gate

So there she was, the nation's most powerful and popular public female, kicking butt on a recent installment of her insanely beloved TV show with the help of celeb guests (Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, P. Diddy, Christina Aguilera) and galvanizing stunned women across the nation to participate in this election, or else.

There was Oprah, doing what she does so freakishly well, cheerleading and extolling and impressing upon, getting women up and getting them angry and demanding that they exercise their hard-won right to vote and demanding that they quit dissing their feminist ancestors, the ones who worked so damn hard for suffrage and for freedom of choice and for the right to tell powerful sexist Republican men where they can shove their repressive sexist antichoice bigotry.

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[obnoxiousdrunk]

1. This is old news.

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. Yeah. So last week. (not!)

I hadn't heard about it, and I'm here nearly every day. OK. Every day. I don't watch Oprah, but I wager that most of the several million people who do don't get their news from DU.

This is great!

[Grillymom]

3. I like it when

Oprah uses her power for good. Unlike the Rove contingent that use their power for evil!

[blue neen]

5. Good point, Grillymom.

Welcome to DU! How's Ohio looking?

[Grillymom]

9. Better than a couple of months ago.

Kerry and his people are here a lot. I live in a very repub county and it looks like dems are coming out of the woodwork! I'm amazed at how many Kerry signs are in yards. Usually it is a 70/30 split Repub/Dem now it seems like it is 50/50.

[blue neen]

7. I know what you mean about being here every day.

I think I'm addicted!

[Iceburg]

12. News to me too! She will sway a few (million) into action

In America there is God, and there is Opra ... most people watch Opra

[blue neen]

4. Men who get what it's all about do love women.

Thanks for the post. Good article.

[sonias]

6. Oprah is important

Notice the bu$h boy has not been invited to be on the show this election season like he was in 2000. This year it has been more about getting young people and women to vote. Her efforts have been aimed squarely at women since there were 22 million single registered women that did not vote last election.

Oprah says vote because it's important and a lot of women will do it.
She is very admired and respected.

Thank you Oprah!

Sonia

[central scrutinizer]

8. I agree

One of my co-workers is a novelist and when her book was mentioned on Oprah, sales went ballistic. She has an incredible amount of influence - many people trust her.

[TrogL]

10. has Kerry been on O?

[DemExpat]

11. This is GREAT!!!!! And I had not heard.....

Thanks for posting!

:kick:

DemEx

[sadiesworld]

13. She needs to atone for her shameless Schwarzenegger pander-fest.

[2Design]

14. thanks - good to see this on mm site and I missed that oprah