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Does Oprah Want to Be Vice President?
by Derek Broes The announcement that Oprah's ending her show after 25 years came as no surprise. In fact, I have been expecting this sort of announcement since Oprah took the stage with Barack Obama to announce her support for his presidential run. During her first of many stump speeches in Manchester, I heard the crowd chant Oprah! Oprah, and listened to her give a well-crafted speech. I also noticed a transformation in her voice and delivery. She sounded more like a pastor giving a fiery sermon, closer to Reverend Wright, than a professional talk show host. She seemed to revel in the moment and the difference in reception that comes with political power. I couldn't help but think of Oprah's career and what was left for her to do that she hasn't already done. She became the country's first Black Billionaire, she has maintained the crown of Queen Of Daytime for the last 23 years, she's built schools in Africa and convinced Americans to read whatever book she suggests, no matter how ridiculous. She even started her own magazine appropriately called "O" during a time when the printed magazine market was being pummeled by digital delivery via the Internet, and it has somehow succeeded. So, what's left for her to do? What could possibly feed an ego of that size? It's an ego that insists she appear on every cover of her magazine and claims that her readers insisted on it. Egos are a funny things because they actually have an appetite, so when I read that she's ending her run in 2011 as the Queen Of Daytime, I realized that she most likely isn't abandoning the single largest source of food for her internal animal but, in fact, would use it to catapult herself in a position that her money and power could never buy: Vice President of the United States. More at the link if you can stomach it. Posted by: Besoeker 2009-11-28 |
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