US election: Storm as Oprah says no to Palin interview

[EV_Ares]

Oprah Winfrey, America's favourite daytime TV star, has refused to have Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as a guest on her talk show.

Winfrey, a prominent supporter of Democratic nominee Barack Obama, has been facing pressure from conservative commentators and pundits who say that Palin would be a perfect interview for her female-heavy audience.

Such an appearance would be a huge coup for the John McCain campaign. Palin, the party's first female vice-presidential choice, is making a determined bid for women voters and frequently refers to herself as a 'hockey mom' who just happened to fall into politics.

But Winfrey, responding to rumours on conservative websites like the Drudge Report that her staff was divided on the issue, squashed the idea of an interview. 'When I decided that I was going to take my first public stance in support of a candidate, I made the decision not to use my show as a platform for any of the candidates,' she said in a statement.

Link to entire Guardian article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/07/uselections2008.sarahpalin1

[Rectangle]

1. I'd love O to ask her why she thinks it's mandatory for girls and women

to carry their rapists baby to term???

[Cassandra]

2. She should have her on only...

if she has Rachel on to ask some of the questions.

[pnorman]

3. I Second that!

n/t

pnorman

[thestrugglecontinues]

4. Oprah runs a private corporation

She can have anybody she wants to on her show. She can also exclude anyone.

[theothersnippywshrub]

5. The South lost the Civil War. Oprah is free

to make decisions about who she wants on her show.

[K Gardner]

6. LOL ! Good one.. and yay for Oprah !

[JTFrog]

7. Oh for fuck sakes. You can't interview someone at an undisclosed location now can you?

She can't run but she can hide. Except from Oprah apparently.

:eyes:

[EV_Ares]

8. Just a follow-up on this, while at the gym saw on the tube where the right-wing whites want to

get a boycott of Opra now. Isn't that hillarious, yeah these people are so frigging despicable, it is hard to keep yourself sane from the stuff they say and do and attempt to do.

Go Oprah, tell them to go screw themselves and hopefully they will in this election.

[WeDidIt]

9. Oprah Winfrey has not had ANY candidates on this cycle

Not one.

The Rightwingnuts are demanding special rights for Palin.

[Morning Dew]

10. They're pissed cuz Oprah won't invite her to an appearance she'd refuse anyway?

They're nuts.