Now they're going after Oprah because she won't interview Puckhead!*

[Iris]

I heard the tool Mike Gallagher on my way to work yesterday griping because Oprah is refusing to interview Palin. First of all, I thought Palin has only granted one interview so far. Second, Oprah is NOT a news show; she's not a journalist. There is no reason she should be expected to interview anyone on her show that she would not "have a beer with" in real life.

The dumb ass is trying to get people to call HARPO productions and complain. NEWSFLASH, Mikey! Harop is Oprah spelled backwards. It's her freakin' company! She can do whatever she wants.

He seems to think the right can take Oprah down over this - causing her to lose money and viewers. He claimed they already got Olberman "demoted" from campaign coverage to political analyist. I guess he missed the news that Oprah is one of the wealthiest women in the world and could walk away from her show at any point.

He also has an interesting poll about Obama's speech on his website.
http://www.mikeonline.com/site


*I edited the title and stole Husb2Sparkly's excellent nickname for Palin.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. What is kinda scary is the trials of experimentation of how much influence

the far right is using to "win". They have control of the "mainstream media", meaning the news and the news pundits. Now, they are flexing their muscle to attempt a "boycott" of Oprah to either force her to take Sarah Palin on her show or to punish her if she doesn't.

I'm not a fan of Oprah in the least bit, but this new development concerns me. They understand her status and want to co-opt it.

[Iris]

4. I agree. I'm no fan either, but can't help but admire her.

A few years ago, I caught the beginning of one of her shows and her fans were screaming, fainting, crying, like she was Jesus or the Beatles. And I believe her biggest fans are suburban women - the very soccer moms married to men who listen to this guy and his ilk.

[The Wielding Truth]

16. Oprah has elevated the human condition. She gained wealth

and respect by sharing and encouraging others to share their learning experiences. She has been measured, thoughtful, and gracious in all aspects of her life.

She has principles, and I think that pressure will only make her stronger. She is unique, yet we can see her common side. I think would go out of her way coerce or harm anyone.

The RW wants no one telling them what to do, but they push there selfish righteously misguided dogma on every one in their path.

They are selfish, narrow minded, reality blind bullies.

Greed is also their big motivator. They need to feel they have the upper hand to feel self esteem.
That's why the gun issue is so important to them.

If they would learn to trust that we all live on this planet and we all are responsible for each other, then we will be able to solve our problems.We all share our humanity. RWer's feel that if they can make everyone believe like themselves, under their idea of God, they will secure their feeling of power for eternity.

The rest of sane humanity realizes that we are already so alike that our minor differences will only add spice and help us grow. We fight against lack of stewardship of the Earth's natural things, and our responsibility to exist in harmony with our god given environment.

[Iris]

34. I agree. Much of her show nauseates me, but her efforts to improve the human condition

more than make up for it in my mind.

[The Wielding Truth]

36. Yes, and the Iris is one of my most favorite flowers.

Peonies, hyacinths, lilies and cyclamens,too.

[Iris]

42. thanks!

:loveya:

[newfie11]

2. Oprah can handle them

Let them piss off Oprah, hell she has plenty of money to support Obama. She also has the air time to bring the lies to millions of people that probably don't bother to watch that many political news show.

[Iris]

5. and that's why they have started trying to go after her.

[MrScorpio]

3. Don't they realize that Oprah can slay them dead?

She's the right hand of God


They better be careful

[Phentex]

6. Yep, Oprah ranks just under God and the Pope...

and if her show ended tomorrow, she still couldn't spend all of her money in this lifetime.

:thumbsup:

[Warpy]

7. The Limbaugh addled far right has always despised her

probably because she's a heavy set black woman with the audacity to be intelligent and wealthy.

The whispering campaign for years has sought to make is socially unacceptable to be a "fat housewife who watches Oprah."

Love her or hate her, once in a blue moon among all the fawning shows on celebrities, the plastic surgery and weight loss shows, she's done one that hits like a fist: the neglect of New Orleans after Katrina and how it really is to live on low income for only two examples. Those shows are why the far right despise her.

I think she's made a very shrewd decision. She knows full well she'd have to be gracious to Palin and that would be taken as an endorsement, much like her treatment of Schwartzenegger on her show during that campaign was taken as an endorsement.

[firedupdem]

9. When did Palin start asking to be heard on daytime talk shows?

I know she's sequestered but come on! This is ridiculous! They really do think that everyone is stupid except for them! The idiots that listen to their crap and believe it is truly amazing.

[Iris]

11. yes, I must admit

I was literally crying when I saw her show on the poorest city in America while at the gym - a mere 30 or 40 miles away from Chicago.

[KharmaTrain]

14. Oprah's The Symbol For Enpowerment For Women

I agree with a lot of what you've posted. There's been a long resentment on the right wing/hate radio crowd about her...based on her race and gender. These are the angry white men who can't deal with "uppity" women like Oprah...it's the rare except where a double negative is an even greater negative.

My first exposure to this lady was when she came to Chicago in the early 80's and turned a mundane local morning show into a national phenomenon. She used her smarts and appealed to the smarts of her viewers...the formula has made her a fortune, but also she still is the class of a genre that prefers exploitation to information. While I'm not her demographic, I do admire the way this lady has built her empire and consistency.

She received backlash for endorsing Senator Obama...moreso than I think she expected, and has backed off and put a wall between her personal politics and the business/show she operates. The flailing of Oprah is part of a coordinated attack of the media by the RNC and its operatives...to turn Palin into a "victim" and use it to energize their base. It just shows how desperate the GOOP has become to keep power at all costs.

Cheers...

[okieinpain]

38. oprah is heavyset. if she is give me some. n/t.

[live love laugh]

8. This is another concerted distraction/smear effort by the right--a two fer at that

First of all they have ALWAYS hated Oprah so it's an opportunity to go after her again.

As has been said time and time again, McSame is the one they should by trying to get on Oprah--if anyone. But the fact that this Palin thing has moved from Oprah's website now to the reich wing MSU (make shit up) media proves how contrived the whole thing is.

[sinkingfeeling]

10. I read about this in Altercation. Drudge started it. They are calling Oprah biased because

she had on Obama (prior to his nomination) and supports him. Oprah stated that she will have NONE of the four candidates on her show. This is a deliberate attempt to stir up the media.

http://daytonos.com/?p=3265

Eric Alterman of Mediamatters says that Matt Drudge’s “ALERT” concerning Oprah Winfrey and Sarah Palin was a conservative hoax meant to stir up a media frenzy:

"It was 8:55 a.m. on Friday, less than 12 hours after the end of the Republican National Convention, when Ruler of the Media Universe Matt Drudge posted one of his infamous “alerts” at the top of the Drudge Report.

It read: “Oprah Winfrey may have introduced Democrat Barack Obama to the women of America — but the talkshow queen is not rushing to embrace the first woman on a Republican presidential ticket! Oprah’s staff is sharply divided on the merits of booking Sarah Palin, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.” There was nothing else to the story — no other information or confirmation, should you not actually believe that Matt Drudge has sources inside the Oprah Winfrey production room. (Although Drudge did helpfully add: “It is not clear if Oprah has softened her position after watching Palin’s historic convention speech.”)

The storm brewed as predictably as all the others we’ve seen. Conservative blogs picked up the “story” — at the Corner, Kathryn Jean Lopez huffed that “Oprah Jumps the Shark If she can’t bring herself to book Palin,” of course linking to Drudge. Oprah released a statement — explaining that the Drudge memo was “categorically untrue,” and pointing out that she has not hosted any candidate since the beginning of the campaign. Not Obama, not Michelle, not Biden, not his wife, not McCain, not Mrs. McCain. Oprah proclaimed the show candidate-free until after the election, after she appeared at some Obama rallies and endorsed him.

But that didn’t stop a full-on Drudgified media frenzy. “Is Oprah Biased? Host Won’t Interview Palin,” asked ABC News. “Obama-backer Oprah says no Sarah Palin on her TV show,” the LA Times politics blog reported. Naturally, Fox News ran with it, as did the New York Post, which put the story on the front page Saturday. This didn’t escape the notice of Tom Brokaw, who, while interviewing Joe Biden on Meet the Press, pondered thusly:

And so it was — questions of Oprah’s “bias” were the political talk of the weekend. Of course she’s biased — she endorsed Obama. But she’s not the host of the CBS Evening News, and she made it clear months ago that her show wouldn’t have any candidates, which naturally would include Palin. There is not one iota new about this story, other than Drudge’s completely unfounded “alert.” Meanwhile, none of the above-mentioned outlets, nor the many others who wrote Oprah stories, spent that time asking if Palin would be giving any real, non-Oprah interviews.

[Iris]

12. That's what makes me laugh. She's rich; it's her show; she has the right to be biased.

[wryter2000]

27. Oh, well then...

If Drudge says it, it must be true.

[Danieljay]

13. Don't mess with Oprah. If she doesn't kick his ass, I will for her. I love that woman! n/t

[merh]

15. He doesn't really want Oprah to make this personal, does he?

what an idiot.

[Iris]

18. That's what I was thinking. Could anyone be that dumb?

[applegrove]

17. I'm sure they knew Oprah would say no to Palin. They just want to be

able to say they are offering Palin for interviews. How could Oprah possibly interview someone she is against?

[CitizenPatriot]

19. gee, I hope they don't piss her off

enough that she books Obama on her show to stick it the man (patriarchal asshats in charge pretending to be feminists now).

Keep ticking O off. She has a LOT of power. Money. Influence. And the PEOPLE love her.

[Iris]

20. "patriarchal asshats in charge pretending to be feminists now"

you said a mouthful.

[hughee99]

21. It seems like just yesterday when some Hillary supporters

were pissed for the same reason. I'm starting to notice a lot of parallels between the primary and the GE so far, as far a media spin is concerned (charges of sexism, preferential treatment, etc...) Let's hope the results turn out the same, with an Obama victory.

[Iris]

22. Interesting observation.

It would be great if this were a trend.

[CitizenPatriot]

25. there was an article

yesterday about how the right deliberately co-opted Hillary's claims of sexism and how they were unearned in the right's case, as Palin had been on the national stage for just days before the right cried out "sexism!!" in their blatant attempt to manipulate the media; put it on notice that hard questions will be considered mean.

I can hardly sleep at night for thinking about the great nauseating factor of it all -- the right. the manufacturers of sexism are crying victim of their own creation? Nope. That don't fly.

Palin is a white man in her heart and soul. She is a sell out, a patriarchal servant to big daddy.

Women know this and that is why they react the way they do to her.

She's a fake, flying herself under the flag of feminism. trying to co-opt feminism so she can take away our right to have any control over our bodies.

[Iris]

33. well, said.

And, hey, the patriarchy ain't all that bad if big daddy thinks you're pretty and you do what he says. Throw in a penchant for hunting and you're in!

[CitizenPatriot]

35. EXACTLY

They love a girl who does what they say and can be put on auto pilot to use her looks to get things done for them
VOMIT inducing.

[aikoaiko]

23. This is just a way for right wingers to try and punish Oprah for supporting Obama.

[Iris]

24. I love how they feel it is their duty to dole out punishment.

[wryter2000]

26. I'll put my money on Oprah

They think they can hurt her? She can hand them their asses.

[Virginia Dare]

28. They stepped in it now, messing with Oprah...n/t

[Matariki]

29. Actually, I'd LIKE to see her on Oprah. I want to see Oprah make her cry

like she did the guy who wrote the phony book that was supposed to be biography.

[noonwitch]

30. In previous elections, Oprah always interviewed both presidential candidates

I don't know if she interviewed the VP picks. If she booked Biden, she should book Palin, to be fair. If she booked Obama, she should book McCain.

Still, though, it's her show and she can do whatever she wants.

[Iris]

31. Yes, that would be "fair." But it is her perogative to not be fair.

[Marrah_G]

32. I believe she decided she would not have any of them on, but was supporting Obama

[yardwork]

37. If I were Sarah TaliPalin I'd think twice about ticking off Oprah.

Oprah can take her.

[Sequoia]

39. Maybe he thinks he's dealing with Harpo Marx...who doesn't speak.

For sure now he doesn't speak.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

40. I heard about this on a local radio news program this morning

I think that the host nailed it right on the head when he pointed out that the people complaining about Oprah choosing not to host their new "love goddess" aren't the type of people whom watch Oprah in the first place.
:silly:

IMHO they just want another platform for her to spout off her lies (and puff up her personal biography) not to mention her going on the show would almost certainly be spun as an "endorsement" by Oprah. Thankfully, she's not even going there.

:thumbsup:

[Iris]

43. maybe not, but their some of their wives are.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

44. So are they trying to convert their wives?

and thinking that if she goes on Oprah it will look like Oprah is endorsing her?

[Iris]

45. that's kind of what I'm thinking. Or giving the husbands ammunition to belittle

their wives for watching Oprah. Look further up this thread - someone said rw radio has been trying to paint Oprah fans as fat housewives for quite some time.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

47. Well, I guess they are certainly welcome to try

I don't see Oprah budging to a bunch of "Palindrones" banging on her door trying to get some free and undeserved publicity for their preferred candidate by appearing on Oprah. However, OTOH, given Oprah's support of Obama and Palin's apparent fear of hard questions about her record I'd imagine that she would probably end up regretting coming on her show (did the McSame campaign actually inquire about an appearance or was this whole thing just orchestrated from a band of palindrones?).

[treestar]

41. IMO Oprah should interview her and ask her the tough questions no

one else will. They could be sorry!

[VP505]

46. BIG mistake INHO,

Oprah is in a pretty enviable position when it comes to who or what she does on her show. Her popularity pretty much guarantees that she will come out on top if they want to get into a pissing contest with her.