What about Boxer, Tubbs-Jones, Conyers on Oprah?

[SaveAmerica]

Does anyone think the next organized effort should be for everyone to e-mail Oprah and ask her to have these 3 (or as many of the reps as possible) on her show? She has to realize how historic their actions were. One hour with them on her show would be the rocket fuel to get this off the ground, I think. Anyone else?

[dflprincess]

1. An excellent idea

If she can spare an hour for Amber Frye (sp) she ought to be able to have these three on.

Pity Donahue doesn't still have his original talk show, he'd have them on.

[Blue_In_AK]

4. No kidding

Phil would have snapped them up in a second.

[chomskysright]

2. heeehaw....am in NC also....how should we speak to Oprah?

from Asheville, NC

[SaveAmerica]

6. Link to e-mail Oprah

http://www.oprah.com/email/email_landing.jhtml


halfway down it says 'e-mail show suggestions'. I think she'd do it.

(I love Asheville, it's heaven, I'm just above Charlotte)

[Liberty Belle]

22. I sent a request, and offered to forward a press packet!

:bounce:
:kick:

[SaveAmerica]

32. Will You let us know if they ask for one?

I wrote mine last night and putting my feelings into words and realizing one person has the power to educate so many on this had me in tears. Please everyone, write to Oprah, tell her what it means to you, and then post the link to e-mail her on other forums so we can flood her offices with e-mails. Thanks to everyone who has already written!!!

[BamaBecky]

28. Done

[troubleinwinter]

38. Thanks for the link! I emailed.

[electropop]

42. Done. n/t

[Alizaryn]

3. What an EXCELLENT idea!

[proud patriot]

5. excellent idea for a 40 year voting rights acts anniversary show

"How Far Have We Come in 40 years ?"

[SaveAmerica]

7. That's perfect, I wonder if it's too late to film it this week?

Senator and Reps not due back to work until the 20th.

[Blue_In_AK]

8. Also would be good for an MLK day show n/t

[fooj]

11. Wow! Great Idea!

:toast:

[me b zola]

19. I ask myself; how far have we come?

I am not sure if it is two steps forward, one step back, or

one step forward and two steps back.

[electropop]

43. Fantastic!

I wonder what the freebies should be... butterfly ballots? Orange sweatshirts?

[merh]

9. Great idea!

Do you think she would have the courage to do the show?
If she did, that would reach millions of voters. Splendid Idea!!
:yourock:

We could begin a fax, email, telephone campaign to her production company. That would get her attention.

[fooj]

10. I often wondered why she didn't take a position on this!

I think you are absolutely right! Lets e-mail her until she responds! I'm in!

[madison2000]

12. Its an excellent idea

I hope she will go for it, she's a smart lady and uses her power thoughtfully.

[liam97]

13. actually, I wrote to Oprah many times

about this, she never responded. I even wrote to Maya Angelou

[LeahD]

14. Superb Idea

I was thinking the same thing yesterday...that it would be a great show with them as guests, but I hadn't thought about the timing with MLK Day. It would be perfect. I wonder if they're able to put a show together that quickly? I'm going to send an E-mail too.

[newyawker99]

62. Hi LeahD!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[suffragette]

15. sent an email

Great idea. Definitely worth a try.

[loudsue]

16. She needs to have that guy on.... what's his name?

One of the spokesmen for the Ohio recount? I want to say Lowery, but I'm not sure... The guy that spoke at the rally in D.C. -- Lowell??

Help!! Faye's blondeness is rubbing off on me!!

:kick::kick::kick:

[New Earth]

17. what!

my blondeness? :cry:

I'm not sure who you're trying to think of, you could mean Lytel? David Lytel? Except he's not involved with the recount, he runs redefeatbush.com.

[loudsue]

24. LOL!! Yes...your blondeness!!

You're always saying you're having a blonde moment....and I just figured it must be contagious!! ;)

Not to cry, Faye... It's one of the things we love about you!! :loveya:

Lytel! That's the guy! I thought he WAS involved in getting to the bottom of the problems in Ohio? Izzat not correct?

:kick:

[New Earth]

25. kinda, not really

he wasn't involved legally or anything, but he did cover it a lot on his site, and he was part of the rally on Thursday.

[loudsue]

26. I'm glad you told me!

I've been thinking he was one of the lawyers, or some such!

:kick::kick::kick:

[Califooyah Operative]

18. I think it's worth a shot. nt

[consciousobjector]

20. I agree...good idea

Kick :kick:

[Liberty Belle]

21. :kick: Keep this up there, folks!

[InvisibleBallots]

23. Barbara Boxer is now the front-runner

I'm quite happy with this turn of events.

[roenyc]

27. she did an entire show devoted to voting and

discrimination against womans rights and voters rights last year. it was um, bi-partisan, NOT! lol - put it this way it was supposed to be but when you start talking about womans rights and minorities rights the republicans always look bad. anyway she did a great job and it lit up her message board.

i didn't see the show just heard about it and viewed the message board.

she did the show with famous people not politicians if i remember correctly. but i think having conyers on would be a wonderful idea. and the others too.

he is such a lovely man. i would love to listen to him speak and answer questions for more then 5 minutes.

just dont know how much Opra is in the pocket of the networks. like i said she had to make her other show very non-partisan. she can do the same here. i would love to see Tom DeLay on her show. go ahead tom make my day!

[madison2000]

29. What about "The View"

Those ladies are to the left and pretty darn smart. Its technically not part of ABC News so they wouldn't have to compromise their MSM right wing status!

[il_lilac]

30. Done! n/t

[Smoochie]

31. great idea ... go for it!

[Catamount]

33. Forgive me for asking, is O a Dem? n.t

[New Earth]

34. she's definately a liberal

i know that much. i used to watch her religiously and there is no way that woman is Republican. no way.

[Catamount]

35. It makes sense then,

with her audience mass education( especially for house-bound women) could make all the difference in the next two years.
I hope she does it.:)

[New Earth]

40. regardless, i know she is a fair person

if someone did something positive that needs public recognition, she would support it no matter what party they are affiliated with. She's not a political person, she's a 'rights' and 'activist' person, for civil rights and human rights regardless of association.

[Amaryllis]

36. How about Cynthia McKinney as well? She is a real firecracker; one of the

few to talk about machine fraud.
It would be nice to have someone up there who won't just say "Not enough evidence to change the outcome."

[Catamount]

37. Yes indeed! She has the guts! n/t

[mod mom]

39. done, but have you read her list of upcoming shows?

I can't say I've ever seen the program, but her topics seem light and uncontroversial. She might upset her white suburban followers.

[Amaryllis]

44. She has done some heavy stuff. Taken on domestic violence for one.

[NationalEnquirer]

41. Great idea!

NOBODY, I mean but NOBODY I know is aware of the election problems. If someone major, even Oprah, would get the word out, I am SURE more people would respond.<I>I show them stuff I get from here, or tell them stuff I've read, and their mouths open in shock, but then they just shake it off as if I was crazy. Oprah would be a way to legitimize the movement.

[mod mom]

45. I just emailed an aide at Rep Conyers office and he replied back

"Sounds great. Rep Conyers is a friend of Oprah's. "
Please email all your contacts and see if we can make this happen!

[SaveAmerica]

46. AAAAAAA!!!!! Holy Cow, Come on Oprah

Way to think 3 steps ahead, Mod Mom!!!! I have to wonder why, if they're friends, she hasn't already thought of this. If she has to be asked by millions first, so be it.

[helderheid]

48. excellent!!!

[MarkusQ]

47. Kick!

[mopinko]

49. just one quibble

"She has to realize how historic their actions were."

i hope so, but i can tell you it ain't been on the tv. it was on page 14 of the chicago trib, even though both illinios senators spoke, and 4, count 'em 4 illinois reps voted not to accept. and nothing in the perspectives (editorial) section on sunday. just freaking amazing.
ok, but i will e-mail her now.

[mod mom]

50. Speak of CIVIL RIGHTS abuses and POLL TAX effected

tens of thousands of low income African american voters, many first time voters. and please mention Rep Conyers!

[liam97]

51. So will the original poster draft a letter to Oprah

and collect signatures or should we bombard Oprah with individual emails?

[SaveAmerica]

52. I think bombarding is the best way to go

I was going to PM you and ask you if you'd re-send your e-mail to her. I love that you contacted Maya, too. I think it would be most effective if everyone wrote why they feel this issue shouldn't be swept under the rug and maybe add a link to a web page or document that backs that up (I sent a link to Conyer's report).

[liam97]

53. I don't think I saved it - but I can redraft one if

there is demand

[mountainvue]

54. Damn good idea. I'll email her. n/t

[liam97]

55. Hi all on her website

there is way to pitch a show idea - I think we should use that and emphasize the race-related issues. Rep Kirkpatrick's statement was particularly powerful

[mod mom]

56. Night time DUers help us bring the story to middle America

[mod mom]

57. Please continue contact with Oprah-reach middle America!

[insane_cratic_gal]

58. She did a show about blacks trying

to vote. How every american should cherish their right to vote.

Maybe you should go from that angle. Appeal to her sense of right and wrong/ Oppresion is happeing across that nations. FL and OH.. NM ect.

She was very passionated about convincing people to vote, maybe now she needs to consider that election reform and educating America needs to happen.

Who would like to draft the letter?

[praisethelowered]

59. Here's my soft-spoken request-emphasizing the non-partisan

even though we all know that focusing the country on this issue will lead straight to exposing who's behind it. . .


I am probably an unlikely fan of your show but the honesty with which you approach important social topics has won me over many times.

I want to suggest that your clear approach to voting rights would be incredibly helpful to this country right now. The issue is being mis-characterized as a partisan debate, but in order to restore faith in our government and country to millions of voters who experienced discouragement and fraud at the polls in 2000, 2002, and 2004 we need to have a look at the issues in a non-partisan manner.

I believe that you could do this and re-focus the issue on the humanity and dignity that needs to be brought to this important topic. My ancestors fought and died for the right to vote. . and it seems that it is slipping away from us again.

[mod mom]

60. excellent-pls pass on thru your networks! nt

[LeahD]

61. Oprah interviewed Barack Obama

for the November 2004 issue of her magazine, "O." Since her show is in Illinois, maybe we should include him as a possible guest with Boxer, etc., when we send E-mails?

From the interview:

OPRAH: Would you define what you're doing as a new kind of politics? I don't consider myself political, and I seldom interview politicians. So when I decided to talk with you, people around me were like, "What's happened to you?" I said, "I think this is beyond and above politics." It feels like something new.

BARACK: I hope it's new. Many of the moments that become "history" happen when politics expresses our deepest hopes. Both of us grew up in a time when there were so many reasons to be cynical: Watergate, Vietnam...

OPRAH: And the politicians themselves. That's why you didn't want to be one.

[corbett]

63. You're A Genius!

That's just the type of coverage those patriots deserve. I've written to the show to suggest it.

[go west young man]

64. Done!

Great idea!