Is Oprah FABULOUS?

[XemaSab]

:shrug:

[Bobbieo]

1. I've never watched an Oprah show in my life. Am I missing something?

[aquart]

10. Actually, YES.

Some of it is nutty. Some of it is chatty. But some is amazingly informative. She has a good gift for bringing the dark into the light and including everyone in the process. Her money and following is well earned.

[blondeatlast]

36. She did a show recently on healthcare in America with Michael Moore and a shill from the insurance i

industry (I freely admit to a strong bias on the issue...).

It was quite good--no shouting, she kept the discussion on point, and though she stayed unbiased, Moore clearly won the debate.

I've rarely watched but if they could do the Dem debates more like this than what they are doing, we'd all be better off.

OTOH, most of her program is pretty silly, IMHO.

[earth mom]

37. Her show on Sicko was good. So was the one on Autism which blew the lid off the hand pharma giants

have had in triggering the Autism epidemic in children. Now 1 in 150.

Other than that, I'm not "feeling the love" these days-especially since Oprah's behind pushing Preacher Obama as the next President. NO Thanks! :puke:

[mitchtv]

2. ever since her Arnold show

She is dead to me, as is Leno

[sandnsea]

3. DU is much too sophisticated

for muddling American matinee idols like Oprah.

[Bobbieo]

8. I'm not ignoring Oprah or her kind - I can't hear her or them. One of

these days I'm going to invest in a hearing aid - when I have room for another payment plan.

[XemaSab]

17. O RLY?

You need to get out more often.

[dysfunctional press]

4. i was on her show almost 20 years ago- on the stage, not the audience...

the topic was: "men who date married women"...

it's a long story.

[BuyingThyme]

9. I knew it was you.

;)

[Bobbieo]

11. Has she been on teh air for 20 years. I never watched or wtach PM TV

[TheDebbieDee]

5. Oprah is FABULOUS to Oprah!

[JVS]

6. couldn't vote. There was no "she is teh 5uXX0rz" option

[BuyingThyme]

7. I don't know.

[aquart]

12. Another successful, influential woman dissed on DU.

What a shock.

How surprising is the sneering superiority in the comments. Yeah. Real surprising.

[qanda]

34. Yes, it baffles the mind

How progressively awful this place has become.

[Breeze54]

13. What's your problem? She does more good than harm...

Is DU fabulous? I think a lot of her daily topics mirror many here at DU.

Some are intelligent, funny, witty, intelligent crazy, 'out there', factual, spacey, humorous, entertaining... etc.

What's the difference? :shrug:

At least she actually raises money to help those in need.

[XemaSab]

18. As my mom said

(who is teh cultural elites)

"She gets people to read."

I personally think Oprah is teh fabulous. :D

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[stevedeshazer]

14. No

[NYCGirl]

15. She can be...

[XemaSab]

20. Does she look happy there?

I think her eyes are saying "You are *so* kidding me."

Meanwhile, * has mistaken her for Condi. :P

[frogmarch]

16. I used to like Oprah okay.

Then some years ago I caught her "white guilt" show and have been turned off by her ever since.

Before I'm accused of being a racist, I should mention that my immediate family consists of nearly every race under the sun.

[durrrty libby]

19. So much Oprah hate. DU is flat out weird

[mitchtv]

48. Arnolds's backer, that's why I hate her

[donheld]

21. Yes she is!

:bounce:

[Skittles]

22. I have never cared for her

she strikes me as self-serving and phony

[Pushed To The Left]

23. Of course she's fabulous. She's a fellow Obama supporter!

I think this is the only time she has endorsed a Presidential candidate!

[tammywammy]

24. I like Oprah

I think she does more good than bad. And I think that she does have important topics on her show, that many women wouldn't otherwise think/talk about.

[magellan]

25. It's not her so much as talk shows in general

I just don't get into them. B.O.R.I.N.G. F.L.U.F.F. more than anything else. Although I do enjoy Craig Ferguson, he's funny.

[provis99]

27. She's ok. Except..

She unleashed that blustering, hokey asshat Dr.Phil on the rest of America. For that, she cannot be forgiven.

[TreasonousBastard]

28. Dunno about fab, but she's way cool...

and when I see her dissed around here I can't help thinking it's just childish jealousy that she's rich and famous. (Along with a good helping of righteous indignation that she's not absolutely, positively following somone's party line.)

There will be rich and famous people, like it or not, and I say we'd be better off if more of them were Oprahs.

[Skittles]

30. she has always, ALWAYS struck me as phony

I am not jealous of the "rich and famous"; I simply can see through people. While I'm glad she's ensdorsing a Dem candidate I cannot be compelled to like her.

[TreasonousBastard]

43. There seems to be a bit of the plastic about all...

celebrities, but I don't know her and can only see her public actions. Most of which seem to be pretty good ones.

[napi21]

29. Oprah is a very tallented woman, and has a lot of fans. I like her,

though I never listen to her show. I think she is going to draw HUGH CROWDS if people to hear her and Obama, but I really don't think she's going to convert that attraction to votes for him. I think a lot of people will go to see and hear Oprah! Time will tell, and if I were Obama, I would have welcomed her strong support too! I just don't think the reaction that the media is pushing is going to happen.

[MrSlayer]

31. No, she sucks.

Can't stand Oprah.

[Oeditpus Rex]

32. ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoWfYL_GKRk

[durrrty libby]

33. So I read Oprah teamed up with Bill O'Reilly for some

"Protect the Children" show, and it wasn't the first time


People went nuts on her website over it telling Oprah she had horrible judgment

[earth mom]

39. O'Lielly SUCKS & That show SUCKED. Oprah lost many fans that day.

:puke:

[DFW]

35. I haven't the slightest idea

I have never seen one of her shows.

[mod mom]

38. I have never watched her show, but I believe she is a sincerely good person.

[Beausoleil]

40. Yeah

Especially when she makes rich celebrities' dreams come true! :sarcasm:

I really get the impression from Oprah that if something is good enough for her billionaire self, it must be good for everybody. She is very insulated from the real world and real people.

[Orsino]

41. Kinda fabulous.

As rich people go, she is awesome.

[begin_within]

42. She was at one time, until she got over-materialistic.

[qanda]

44. From the response on DU

You would think she endorsed a Republican. :shrug:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

45. I thought people who watched Oprah had too much time on their hands.

Don't Oprah haters have lives of their own?

[B Calm]

46. I wonder how many would think she's fabulous if she didn't give away free gifts?

[CRF450]

47. No, just another stupid tv show.