Who can forget seeing Oprah with Barack at the big rally in Chicago? There she was the number one woman in America with sway over millions of American women and men and she was standing with the man who would change the world. Oprah loves Barack Obama. Let there be no mistake. She supported him, exhorted his candidacy from her show, told her faithful to get out and vote. She was there in the crowd at the Election Night party in Chicago and she cheered and cried when he won. Then when he was elected she went to the White House and dined with President Obama and Michelle. She is President Obamas’ number one fan. So why did she give Sarah Palins’ kick off to her Presidential Campaign the dream boost?
Let there be no mistake. This is not a Book tour. This is the kick off to Sarah Palins’ run for President in 2012. She studied the Barack Obama model and has taken careful notes and she will emulate his strategy right down to the spidering internet support. She will put her book in every hand she can and then she will slowly drift toward center. The book , the tour, the publicity, is all a smokescreen to get her into American living rooms. What is Sarah Palins’ goal? To defeat Barack Obama in three years. And she just got one heck of a lift from a woman who is dedicated to the man Palin is trying to destroy.
Now you may say it is just business. That Oprah knows the business of television better than anyone and why not score a coup and interview this controversial kind of nutty woman from Alaska? She is just promoting her book after all. But Sarah Palin is not promoting her book, she is promoting Sarah Palin and everyone knows it. Oprah must know this woman’s strategy. She certainly remembers the McCain Palin hate rallies where people screamed KILL OBAMA . She certainly remembers that Sarah Palin insuated Barack Obama was a terrorist. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMZnkcTjVs8 And when it became very dangerous, when people started talking too much about shooting Barack, it was McCain and not Palin who backed them down. Sarah was conspicuously silent.
Oprah is a billionaire. She needs no money and certainly she doesn’t need to prove anything to anyone…certainly to this writer. And I know she loves the President and she more than anyone else wants to see the first African American President succeed. There is no doubt. But she must have had a moment staring into the frozen tundra of that Beauty Queen gaze when she wondered what she was doing. Because if Sarah Palin is successful and unseats Barack Obama then certainly no one can say it was Oprah Winfrey’s fault. But, there will be that moment of pause, where the irony of helping Sarah Palin sell millions of books to defeat our sitting President, will not be lost on one of the most savvy business woman in America.
William Hazelgrove writes in Ernest Hemingway’s attic. His latest book is Rocket Man.
The Politics of Oprah--This Is Not A Book Tour
Who can forget seeing Oprah with Barack at the big rally in Chicago? There she was the number one woman in America with sway over millions of American women and men and she was standing with the man who would change the world. Oprah loves Barack Obama. Let there be no mistake. She supported him, exhorted his candidacy from her show, told her faithful to get out and vote. She was there in the crowd at the Election Night party in Chicago and she cheered and cried when he won. Then when he was elected she went to the White House and dined with President Obama and Michelle. She is President Obamas’ number one fan. So why did she give Sarah Palins’ kick off to her Presidential Campaign the dream boost?
Let there be no mistake. This is not a Book tour. This is the kick off to Sarah Palins’ run for President in 2012. She studied the Barack Obama model and has taken careful notes and she will emulate his strategy right down to the spidering internet support. She will put her book in every hand she can and then she will slowly drift toward center. The book , the tour, the publicity, is all a smokescreen to get her into American living rooms. What is Sarah Palins’ goal? To defeat Barack Obama in three years. And she just got one heck of a lift from a woman who is dedicated to the man Palin is trying to destroy.
Now you may say it is just business. That Oprah knows the business of television better than anyone and why not score a coup and interview this controversial kind of nutty woman from Alaska? She is just promoting her book after all. But Sarah Palin is not promoting her book, she is promoting Sarah Palin and everyone knows it. Oprah must know this woman’s strategy. She certainly remembers the McCain Palin hate rallies where people screamed KILL OBAMA . She certainly remembers that Sarah Palin insuated Barack Obama was a terrorist. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMZnkcTjVs8 And when it became very dangerous, when people started talking too much about shooting Barack, it was McCain and not Palin who backed them down. Sarah was conspicuously silent.
Oprah is a billionaire. She needs no money and certainly she doesn’t need to prove anything to anyone…certainly to this writer. And I know she loves the President and she more than anyone else wants to see the first African American President succeed. There is no doubt. But she must have had a moment staring into the frozen tundra of that Beauty Queen gaze when she wondered what she was doing. Because if Sarah Palin is successful and unseats Barack Obama then certainly no one can say it was Oprah Winfrey’s fault. But, there will be that moment of pause, where the irony of helping Sarah Palin sell millions of books to defeat our sitting President, will not be lost on one of the most savvy business woman in America.
William Hazelgrove writes in Ernest Hemingway’s attic. His latest book is Rocket Man.
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