"He Is The One"
"I'm here to tell you, Iowa, he is the one. He is the one. Barack Obama."
-- Oprah Winfrey in Des Moines Saturday
Oprah reached an estimated 50,000 voters this weekend during a four-stop tour through Iowa, N.H. and S.C. -- her first foray into national politics. The queen of talk explained her decision to back Obama quite simply. She said that she -- like many voters -- has grown tired of politics today. She said that if you keep doing the same thing (or electing the same people), you're bound to get the same results. And she said that she was personally inspired by Obama to take action, to get involved, to make a difference.
Oprah, she of Broadway and book clubs and the Academy Awards, confessed a nervousness about her journey into American politics, but rose -- no surprise here -- to the challenge.
"For the first time I am stepping out of my pew because I've been inspired," she said in front of a 29,000 person crowd at the University of South Carolina's football stadium.
And this:
"Dr. King dreamed the dream, but we don't have to just dream the dream anymore," she said. "We get to vote that dream into reality."
Obama noted the unparalleled and unexpected union of the media and political powerhouses.
"Oprah and I share something, and that is nobody could expect that we would be on this stage today," he said, also in S.C.
It was an historic moment. Without question. So much so that Clinton's campaign kept mum about the events while all the while doing their best to counter with Chelsea Clinton and Dorothy Rodham joining HRC in Iowa.
John Edwards' campaign, scrapping to emerge from the shadows of the two Democratic frontrunners, forwarded to reporters this evening a copy of Howard Fineman's Newsweek article, which posits that Oprah actually outshone Obama.
The power of Oprah's endorsement remains to be seen. But one thing is certain, she put a lot on the line personally, professionally, but picking sides in this fight. She could have just as understandably backed Hillary Clinton. Or she could have kept mum, inviting the eventual nominees to appear on her show to talk about their childhoods or favorite foods.
But the times call for action, Oprah said. Everyone is watching Dancing With the Stars, she lamented, to wipe away their fears about this dangerous world, this morass of a war. This weekend, she all but asked them to turn off their televisions and get politically involved.
Des Moines Register photos here.
(JENNIFER SKALKA)
The Edwards campaign forwarded that article? Hey, I guess you can give it the old college try, but I'm quite sure the Edwards people would have loved it if his name was mentioned a single time in that article. And, I suppose by proxy, it now is.
Oprah was an extraordinary advocate for her candidate. I'm sure Obama is nothing but proud.
Barack Obama may be nothing but proud, but I am nothing but embarassed for him. Who is running for President him or Oprah? He is her man that she bought and payed for what does that say about his inexperience? This speaks volumes about his inadequacies when in reference to the Presidency. Barack Obama is Oprah's hand puppet and she is the ever masterful puppeteer carrying out her on agenda. Barack Obama is only an instrument that she is using to get there and he can't see the forest for the trees. Barack only makes appearances and Oprah sets up the venue, Oprah picks the subject,Oprah arranges the schedules, Oprah okay's the speeches and delivers them. Who is it again that is running for President?
ANY MAN THAT DOES NOT PLACE HIS HAND ON HIS HEART DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS NO ONE I WILL VOTE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE US.!!!
I THINK ITS A SAD DAY IN AMERICA WHEN WE VOTE FOR A MAN. THAT DOESN'T EVEN PLACE HIS HAND ON HIS HEART DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, HOW SAD IS THAT PEOPLE?
HOW EMBARASSING FOR THE UNITED STATES… IT WOULD BE LIKE PAUL MCCARTY TELLING THE PEOPLE HOW TO VOTE FOR THE NEXT KING? HOW STUDID IS THAT. SAME THING HERE, OPRAH’S PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW HER, THE STUDID MORONS THAT THEY ARE. HOW EMBARASSING WE MUST LOOK TO OTHER COUNTRIES. BRITNEY SPEARS IS NOW ON LOCAL NEWS…. WHO CARES, ONLY THE STUDID PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY, LIKE THE ONES WHO WOULD LISTEN TO OPRAH TO TELL WHO THEY SHOULD VOTE FOR. WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THIS COUNTRY??????????
HOW EMBARASSING FOR THE UNITED STATES… IT WOULD BE LIKE PAUL MCCARTY TELLING THE PEOPLE HOW TO VOTE FOR THE NEXT KING? HOW STUDID IS THAT. SAME THING HERE, OPRAH’S PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW HER, THE STUDID MORONS THAT THEY ARE. HOW EMBARASSING WE MUST LOOK TO OTHER COUNTRIES. BRITNEY SPEARS IS NOW ON LOCAL NEWS…. WHO CARES, ONLY THE STUDID PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY, LIKE THE ONES WHO WOULD LISTEN TO OPRAH TO TELL WHO THEY SHOULD VOTE FOR. WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THIS COUNTRY?????????? PLEASE OPRAH TELL ME WHO TO VOTE FOR, YOU WISE WOMAN! NOT
YES GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR A MAN THAT DOES NOT LOVE THIS COUNTRY OR ITS PEOPLE. A PERSON THAT DOES NOT PUT HIS HAND ON HIS HEART FOR OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM. A PERSON WHO DOES NOT SUPPORT OUR TROOPS. A PERSON ONLY WANTING TO BE PRESIDENT FOR HIMSELF NOT FOR THE PEOPLE. PLEASE EVERYONE DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE VOTING FOR THIS MAN. PLEASE BEFORE ITS TO LATE.
Who appointed oprah winfrey as omnipotent, all-knowing, all-telling demigogue - messiah? Jeeze, I wonder who??
Thoughtspeak, anyone??? Huxley, not to mention Goebbels would be proud of you, oprah!!!!
And really, is it not "interesting", or "curious" that winfrey pretends to be color/race blind - unbiased, yet, her not so couched hatred against Occidental/Caucasian society (for starters), now her "objective" support for her plant who just by some strange, odd quirk of fate is also a negro......, I mean, this con artist-huckster barack hussein obama, who, aside from his worthless "dare to dream" mantras is supposedly a "Christian" (who attends a racist church) that winfrey used to attend before she stopped due to her image as America's messiah, this man who supposedly will bring martin luther king's dream to hand by what............., "being president"...?, was that "the dream"....?, who neither looks at the American flag nor places his hand over his heart during the playing of the NATIONAL ANTHEM and who claims he is NOT a muslim............
This man who has lied and continues to lie extensively on his path and takes credit for things he never did and has the worst voting record in the Illinois Legislature - so you cannot pin him down, but asks you to believe his "dare to dream" mantras in his and winfrey's pursuit to be the next COMMANDER-in-CHIEF (by the way, consider who will be in his cabinet........, calling Dr.'s Sharpton, Jackson and Barry....., as in Marion Barry.., possibly even Micahel Vick or Snoop Dog), this man who is being guided by the chief propogandist oprah winfey who has placed him into power....... By the way, let's reflect upon winfrey.......... She dictates Thoughtspeak from her self-apointed messiah dais unto bored, ignorant and lemming brained housewives and feminists what to do in every aspect of their lives but, has no life of her own if you can call it that other than pontificating in the most sanctimoneous and hypocritical manner.........., got an abortion earlier in life that was termed "lost", has never married, has a "relation" with a closet gay man, goes from fat to thin to fat again faster than a pulsar and never blinks an eye when she condemns Occidental society for its sheer existance, supports negro criminal activities at all levels by giving "just cause", "perspective", "rationale", "insight into" and making "excuses", demands that we understand muslim terrorists and what "drives" them to act against Occidental society, who cons everyone via her slick lies and when she could not get into a boutique in Paris, France AFTER it was closed, screamed "racism"............ Yes, the oprah girl really goes. And really, what has she done to give back to American society from a pragmatic standpoint? How many everyday Americans does she honestly help each year? Pick a number between 1-10
Tell us there is no hidden agenda winfrey-obama, that you really care about ALL of America, not solely that which is negro. Tell us that you are not playing the race card. Tell us that mega-ramped up Affirmative Action at the federal level and then some, carried out from 1600 Pennsylvania is not your real agenda, in addition to billions of tax dollars to ruthless African despots (is there any other kind?) in the form of "foreign aid", as well, the possibility of trying to give negro Americans "reparations". Tell us that you will not celebrate the phoney baloney "celebration" of kwaanza at the White House, instead, respect Christmas. Tell us that you will fly the American flag and salute it. Tell us the truth. No, you cannot. You are liars. And we see through you.
Patty, Vikki and John, ya'll must be thinking your some kinda stupid right now! Change has come to America! Obama is the best thing to have ever happened to you, and I can see after he finishs his second term in office (he will get re-elected), you will all look back and wish you never made the comments you made. Yes you can!