On the lighter side, who thought that Michelle Obama inadvertently outed Oprah on LK Live?

[ruggerson]

It was pretty funny.

Conversation went something like this (paraphrasing)

LK: You've become friends with Oprah through all this?

MO: She's a remarkable woman.

LK: Have you become close?

MO: With her and Gayle both. They're terrific.

Not her and Steadman. Her and Gayle.

Larry blinked a little and then moved on.

[Straight Shooter]

1. I'm just surprised Michelle didn't refer to Oprah as "brilliant." n/t

[LadyVT]

24. "She's a brilliant woman." -- she did!!

[Straight Shooter]

32. LOL. Thanks for that. The word "brilliant" is getting tossed around a lot lately. n/t

[tammywammy]

2. Gayle's her best friend

And they also work together. Oprah talks about Gayle a lot. I didn't hear it as an "outing" at all.

[ruggerson]

4. Yes, I know she's her "best friend"

[tammywammy]

13. Would it matter even if she was gay?

[ruggerson]

20. Actually

it would make me feel a little warmer towards Barack Obama

[MADem]

27. I think it would matter, actually.

Some people would be pissed off--like they "own" Oprah and she has to be what they want her to be on the tee vee.

Some people would be overjoyed--she'd be a very successful, black role model for gay youth and even those gay people who are older.

Some people would be amused at her keeping such a secret for so long.

Some people would say "AH HA!!!" I KNEW it!!!!

And of course, some people wouldn't give a shit one way or another.

But the media would be all over it for at least a week, maybe more, depending upon how the information was obtained (a self-declaration, a 'compromising' video, an assertion by a former paramour...). If Oprah outed herself and went on "the rounds" of the talk shows she could keep that ball in the air for a month or more, easily.

[babylonsister]

25. No, her 'best friend'. What part of that don't you understand?

Gayle has 2 or 3 kids and has been on Oprah's show, shilling for dates. Now they're an item? Whatever. And whatever! Who cares?

[ruggerson]

28. Why the anger about it? This is a light thread about who might be dating whom.

It's not about people dying in Kabul.

[babylonsister]

30. You're full of it, my friend. It's not light at all when you bring the name

of a wife of a candidate into it that you don't like, and a surrogate you like perhaps less. On a political board. Keep stirring, I notice it.
Have fun.

[ruggerson]

31. Uh, wrong. And you come from a very heterosexist POV to say that

The idea of Oprah and Gayle being SO's doesn't alarm or bring up any negative connotations for many of us.

Btw, welcome back!

[JVS]

3. I don't know how it's going to happen, but I know this is going to become a flamewar.

:popcorn:

[KitchenWitch]

5. Pass me some of that!

:popcorn:

[JVS]

14. So, my dear KW. Funny seeing you here in GDP hellhole. What have you been up to?

[KitchenWitch]

19. It has been in the 80s here - I have been working on my tan

:P

[JVS]

21. And how did you enjoy the CA primary?

Who are you rooting for in this corking electoral duel?

:hide:

[KitchenWitch]

22. We had more to vote on than just the future presidential candidates

We had 7 friggin ballot propositions. LA County had 8!

Of the two left standing, I am leaning slightly toward Hillary. Both are far better than what is on the other side of the aisle.

[JVS]

23. And you still speak to me? Amazing!

I've become a partisan douchebag, but I can live with that.

[KitchenWitch]

26. You are a White Sox fan too!

If anything would keep me from speaking to you, it would be that!

:rofl:

[JimGinPA]

7. Don't you think that was the intention for starting the thread?

[JVS]

11. Nah, I remember a time before the primaries when the OP was just another person and not part of a...

supporter army. I was that way too. Someday we'll be back to normal again.

[ruggerson]

15. Why would this subject turn into a flamewar unless

people think there's something wrong with Gayle being Oprah's SO?

[jlake]

6. Yeah, I caught that.

Oopsie!

[babylonsister]

8. You are really stretching there. Read the transcript; Michelle shared

her admiration for Oprah after knowing her for awhile. Make of that what you will.

[ruggerson]

10. I think it's great. I was amused by it. And I like Michelle O

She's very forthright.

[FrenchieCat]

9. Why would this matter to you?

Pray tell.

[rodeodance]

12. oh well she has a sense of humor.

[Pirate Smile]

16. Gayle was with Oprah while campaigning and moderated a townhall (or something like that) with Obama.

[Pirate Smile]

17. dupe

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. Who freakin' cares? Oprah, who gives a rat's ass what she says or does?

And Michelle Obama? I find her too be trite and boring.

[MADem]

29. Well, Steadman was hooked up with...ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS!!!

In a business venture, mind you:

Because of his willingness to carry water for Right-wing conservatives, Armstrong has been richly rewarded. The Graham Williams Group, formed with Steadman Graham, Oprah Winfrey’s longtime beau, has had an array of well-paying corporate clients. Until now, Armstrong has been a media darling, appearing regularly on CNN and other networks that routinely ignore more thoughtful and credible African-Americans. Conservatives make sure he gets invited – and paid – to give speeches to sympathetic groups.

http://georgecurry.com/columns/index1.shtml?id=1105401369

[DB1]

33. Not me. If Oprah was gay, Michelle is too smart and polite to out her.

[Der Blaue Engel]

34. Hee

Now that's cute. :)

I think it's a sad sign of the poisoned waters on DU that anyone would think your post was some kind of backhanded attack on Obama. Personally, I'd be thrilled if Oprah came out. I don't think it's completely out of the realm of possibility, either. And hey, why couldn't she be with both Steadman *and* Gayle? Some people have no imagination.

:hi:

[ruggerson]

35. Beats me

One can only view this thread as negative if one thinks that them being together is something negative.

:toast:

[defendandprotect]

36. Steadman doesn't seem like the kind of guy anyone could feel warm about ---

It's obvious that he's not really anyone who counts in the line up --