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| Does Oprah Want to Be Vice President? |
| 2009-11-28 |
| 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 |
| #8 Dr Phil in HHS Eastwood as Secretary of Defense Perry Mason as AG. Beyonce at State Tommy Chong as Surgeon General |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins**** 2009-11-28 20:36 |
| #7 Winfrey/Springer 2012! |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2009-11-28 18:29 |
| #6 well, the only way we could get a dumber Veep than the current Plugz is if Joy Behar was running |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-11-28 13:54 |
| #5 VEEP, Dammit. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-11-28 13:09 |
| #4 Hell No, She's famous as is, being either pres or Xeep would diminish her. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-11-28 13:08 |
| #3 Maybe when she decides to buy the Veep spot or Presidency, she will give every voter in the country a Chinese made automobile [sarc on]. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2009-11-28 10:39 |
| #2 Maybe one of Oprah's gofers could show her what the word 'vice' reads in the dictionary. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-11-28 10:16 |
| #1 LOL Vice-President? LOL. Aim High! |
| Posted by: Perry Stanford White 2009-11-28 07:40 |