Schwarzenegger Takes Campaign to 'Oprah'

[demdave]

LOS ANGELES — Arnold Schwarzenegger, who announced his campaign for governor on Jay Leno's "Tonight" show, is getting more national air time courtesy of Oprah Winfrey.
Schwarzenegger and his wife, TV journalist Maria Shriver, will appear on the season premiere of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on Monday, the talk show announced.



http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/ontv/091003_ent_anold_oprah.html

[Brucey]

1. Thanks Oprah,

we are so proud of you.

[flamingyouth]

2. Rapist pig

Oprah should be ashamed of herself for allowing that scumbag to be on her show.

[CMT]

3. is she going to invite Governor Davis and his wife?

to spend an hour on national tv with her? She should. I understand she and Maria Shriver are close.

[E_Zapata]

4. Write Oprah an email - tell her how you feel:

She loves mail from her fans:

www.oprah.com

[ignatius]

13. Thanks for the link, I asked for equal time

and denounced Ahnuld's appearance due to his creepy conduct towards women.

Sadly,being on her program will legitimize him to many females, the same ones who buy fat ass Dr. Phil's diet book. Herd mentality.

[rocktivity]

5. And when will Davis, Bustamante and McClintock be on?

rocknation

[Freddie Stubbs]

10. Never

Oprah's job is to produce a TV show which will pull in large ratings. These guys won't do that for her. Arnold will.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

6. I will find Harpo's phone number...

and post it here. I am PISSED OFF that she would do something like this! As a Californian, I intend on calling her and demanding that she scrap the show or dedicate the same time to the other CA candidates.

I usually have great respect for her, but this is outrageous.

On edit: finding her production company's phone number is proving to be hard. I'll keep trying, though. In the meanwhile, WRITE.

[gasperc]

7. what kind of fucking bullshit is this!!

what the fucking hell

[nini]

8. I can't stand that self serving witch

I don't get the Oprah mystique.. She grates on my last nerve.

She knows exactly what she's doing here.. and it pisses me off.

[ploppy]

9. Another reason

to think Oprah is a self serving love boat of herself. yeech. It's all about Oprah. I can't stand her.

[monobrau]

11. No local press

The local (San Francisco) TV station was pointing out that while he is going on Oprah, he won't do local press interviews.
If Oprah wasn't a whore, maybe she'd invite a couple of reporters
from California to ask some real questions.

[demdave]

12. Does this mean Oprah is a news show?

I read yesterday that The FCC had determined Howard Stern was a news show and that exempted him from any equal time requirements. Now Arnie could be interviewed on the Stern show. Does the same hold true here also?

[Pocho_Grito]

14. Will Oprah ask Arnold about what he said yesterday???

I wonder if Oprah will ask Arnold about his interview on Fox News yesterday where he voiced his support for closing the US/Mexico border.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,97012,00.html

O'REILLY: OK. Now, one of the reasons you have that problem to begin with is the border is a sieve from San Diego right out to Imperial County. People can come into California. Are you going to do anything about the border? If so, what?

SCHWARZENEGGER: Well, the first thing I would like to do is, is when I become governor, work together with other governors of neighboring states and of states that are next to Mexico to really work on those problems and immigration problems, you know, I think including New York. Because I think if you talk to the federal government, we have to close the borders, make them tighter, especially...

O'REILLY: Would you be opposed to militarizing the border, putting the National Guard in California down there, to back up the border patrol? Would you be opposed to that?

SCHWARZENEGGER: Well, I'm not opposed to that, but I'd really have to check it out and really become much more an expert on how to protect the borders in order to make the -- to stop that from happening.

[MODemocrat]

28. Schwarzenegger, you sound more like a babbling idiot

you make absolutely no sense.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

15. I don't think that Oprah will mind....

when we former fans STOP WATCHING HER SHOW!!!!!!!
Another member of the Bush/Rove Junta!!!

[cally]

16. Is there any chance we can force the local affilieates

to not air the show? Is there legal action or political pressure that would force them to not air it?

I'm open to suggestions.

[demdave]

17. While I understand you motivation, that sounds like silencing opposing

views. I refuse to endorse it. When it comes to the commercial arena I believe in voting with your feet and your wallet, or in this case...your channel changer. Anything past that is oppressive and usually looked down upon in these forums. I thought the whole idea was to oppose free-speech zones and the like. Not try to be the ones herding the opposition into them.

[cally]

19. We should probably start a new thread on this

but I completely disagree. I believe in allowing candidates equal time. When the right wing junta uses the airwaves to promote one political view, then we have to stand up and demand equal time or use our political power to tell the affiliates and sponsors that we will not support the selling of one candidate over another. I would feel the same if it was a Dem. candidate.

The Oprah show has been taped and I doubt anyone can stop it. The question of whether the show will profile other candidates is still open to debate. The local stations may be more worried about interfering in an election and may respond to public pressure better.

[FredScuttle]

21. exactly demdave

this sort of outcry is curious...Arnie's the biggest story out there, so complaining about him getting airtime is akin to tilting at windmills. Plus, holding onto the quaint notion of "equal time" as some sort of viable rule at a time when Arnie's movies are playing nonstop on cable and the equal time/fairness guidelines have been gutted by Ronnie is a pointless exercise.

We have no time to attack Oprah Winfrey because she wants ratings. We have to work, in whatever level of involvement, in telling our fellow voters in CA what a disaster a Schwarzenegger governorship would be.

NO ON THE RECALL/YES ON BUSTAMANTE

[PROGRESSIVE1]

22. While I agree that we must spend our resources to...

defeat this "coup de grace", I see no reason as to why I cannot stop watching Oprah! If anyone is angry about this I say that you have the right to vote with your remote as I will! If this interview hurts Arnold's campaign than I will thank Oprah, but if it helps him and the Bush/Rove team then I will vote "NO" on Oprah! I respectfully and humbly ask that my fellow DUers vote accordingly.


No Recall, Yes Bustamante!

[demdave]

23. My point exactly. What I don't like, I don't support with money or rating

[PROGRESSIVE1]

25. Roger That!!!

I'll just keep my T.V off of ABC between 4:00 and 5:00 P.M on weekdays!

[cally]

24. I started a new thread on this:

I didn't want to hijack this one too much. I also think it's an improtant discussion on political tactics.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=320451

[stevedeshazer]

18. I'm not at all surprised

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:IJbwih72tBQC:news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/965000/images/_966143_kiss150.jpg

[okieinpain]

20. reply from oprah web site. think it's really being hit with email

Dear clarence,

Thank you for your e-mail! Your message is important to us. Unfortunately, due to the volume of e-mail messages we receive every day, we cannot guarantee that you'll receive a personal response. Feel free to check out our Frequently Asked Questions for additional help.
http://www.oprah.com/tows/program/tows_prog_main.jhtml

Thanks again for writing to us!

Sincerely,
The Oprah.com Staff
www.oprah.com

[lebkuchen]

26. I saw Arnold in a movie once.

He was cast as the butter in the Last Tango in Paris.

[MODemocrat]

27. Oprah must be getting desperate

and I have lost all respect for Maria S. She should be ashamed to call herself a democrat for upholding this re-call in the first place.

[NNN0LHI]

29. I am really starting to believe that this Schwarzy shit is all BS

He is just being used to set up McClintock to win the election after Schwarzy pulls out. McClintock doesn't seem to be taking any heat at all about his wingnut positions while Schwarzy gets battered around in the press and gets all of the headlines. Takes the heat off of Chimpy too while some are all worried about this idiot. Just think Karl Rove. Know what I mean?

Don

[robbedvoter]

30. Same Oprah who was furious over Clinton's BJ? What a feminist she was!

What a media whore!

[PROGRESSIVE1]

32. Bingo!!!

Media Whore indeed!

[shanti]

31. oprah got an FCC exemption

to have arnold on her show, just like howard stern did with another politico. also, oprah is good friends with maria shriver.

[Robin Hood]

33. Bush's campaign turned around after his Oprah appearance.

I guess it's a good thing if Oprah kisses your ass. Is she a freeper?

[PartyPooper]

34. 'O' NO! But, aren't most of Oprah's viewers women?

And, Arnold does have a gender gap with women, eh? Well, methinks California women (even some repugs) are far more informed and sophisticated than the average American voter. So, I don't believe the majority of California women will fall for his b.s. propaganda. Besides, there are more registered Democrats than Republicans in California. I don't even believe Maria-or, Oprah can help Arnold out of this dilemma.

:dem:

[PROGRESSIVE1]

35. I hope that you are right about this???

Oprah may have become a female version of Christopher Hitchens!

[David__77]

36. I think that Oprah does not see this as political.

But she would be wrong. I do think that her "heart's in the right place." She's no conservative, that's for sure. I'll await the show to pass judgement. It might not do a thing for Arnie the candidate.

[robbedvoter]

37. Sure, the war in Iraq (that she supported) was also non-political

And the kissy with Whistle Ass was also all heart and no politics. Please! She didn't get where she is by being THAT dumb!

[trapper914]

38. Watch the trend

If Arnold gets elected, both parties will do everything they can to get Hollywood stars (masculine, good lookin' ones...not Gopher) to run, knowing they can get the "news show exemption," as well as the lion's share of publicity over candidates who might actually know what they're doing.