Posted on 09/05/2005 2:43:32 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
I've never seen Oprah look better. She finally looks comfortable in her own skin.
What took her so long? When she couldn't get into Hermes after hours to buy a watch for Tina Turner, she had her people squawking about it a lot quicker than this.
Vultures.
First Hurricane Katrina, now Hurricanes Oprah and Phil. Haven't the poor evacuees suffered enough?
Oprah has pledged 10% of her annual income of $225 million.
"I would have been more impressed with Sean Penn's visit if it didn't stink of a photo-op to be used to bludgeon Bush."
C'mon. Give Penn a break. At least he got America laughing again. (Honest, Sean we're laughing *with* you, not *at* you. Really. No -- sniggle -- foolin' I . . . heh, heh, heh . . . mean it. bwahahahaHaHaHAHA!!!!)
That's generous.
He he he...
Lisa Ling was on Oprah's show today. One of the FIRST things out of her mouth was (paraphrasing here, but only a little) "I wonder, if this had happened to a community of afflurent white people, would it have taken *so* long for help to arrive for them?" Well, thats just what everyone needs, isn't it?
I caught a bit of the show today. There was a very poor upset black woman crying in the Astrodome, and trying to tell her problems to Oprah. Oprah dismissed her by repeatedly saying "you're gonna be fine." And this is from the queen of empathy? It came off as very condescending. What that poor woman wanted was somebody to listen to her, and empathize, not dismiss her problems with a wave of her hand.
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CHECK IT OUT!!!!
it's a good diversion from the real racial hatred exhibited by some that was all too obvious.
Who is Lisa Ling?
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