Posted on 09/10/2008 1:00:19 PM PDT by Publius804
GOP Women’s Group Boycotts ‘Oprah’ For Refusing to Book Palin
by FOXNews.com
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
The Florida Federation of Republican Women has launched a boycott against Oprah Winfrey’s TV show and magazine because the talk queen has said she will not have Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on her show until after the election.
Democrat Barack Obama — whom Winfrey is supporting for president — was on “Oprah” twice before he announced his run for president, in January 2005 and in October 2006. Winfrey has said she will have neither party’s candidates on her show while they are running for their respective offices.
But the 58-year-old federation, which has 4,500 members, says Winfrey should have Palin on her show now, given how important the Alaska governor’s run is for women.
“She is an icon, and set her herself up to be such a women’s rights and women’s issues person. To have the first vice president of our lifetime on the Republican ticket being a woman and to sit it out regardless of what her personal political beliefs were was disingenuous, we felt,” the group’s First Vice President Cindy Graves told “FOX & Friends” on Wednesday morning.
Graves, 50, says she used to watch “Oprah” and occasionally bought her magazine. She told FOXNews.com that the group has been joined by women all over the country since launching the boycott last Saturday.
“People from Southern California, Tennessee, Texas, Colorado, Rhode Island, just about every state in the union. We’ve also had a tremendous response from Democrats and Independents who are supporting McCain, and Hillary supporters,” she said.
Asked whether the boycott is affecting Oprah’s TV ratings and magazine subscriptions, Graves said Winfrey is “keeping that quiet.”
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I think it is below her pay grade for Sara Palin to go on her show....
I don’t think this will matter to Oprah. It is her show and she can do what she wants. She has a big enough following and this won’t matter. IMO
Good for them! I’ve boycotted Oprah Winfrey for years!
I’m ahead of the game for once! Used to watch her show, but haven’t in probably a decade.
Oprah doesn’t want to share the stage with a real feminist. Palin represents what women would have become long ago had the foolish 60s not occured. She truly has it all, on her terms, not compromising values, and without forfeiting a love of family or strong belief in G-d.
Oprah has millions, but she’s fat and fading...with no children or husband or legacy beyond what she has manipulated from the media. I feel sorry for her. I guess “The Secret” won’t bring you anything except emptiness in the long run.
Next question? Exactly which GOP woman watches her? Someone with a liberal daughter?
Well ladies,,,, welcome abord ,,,,, I’ve been boycotting Opy for 11 years now . I watch Neil Cavutto now in her spot . He tries to explain how the libs are screwing up the economy .
So, lackey Media...why aren't you asking the real question here: "If Palin were black, would Oprah continue to boycott her?" (And, if the answer to that is "no," then is Oprah acting in a possible racist way?)
And if Obama's run is a "transcendent" issue due to his race, then can't the same thing be said of Palin's run for reasons of her sex?
I don’t watch Harpo...and I don’t think Palin should go on her show....but if she wanted to put Todd the first dude of AK on....well...I’d watch.
That won’t happen either....Harpo only puts cute gay guys on.
Count one more in Nevada.
While Oprah may have been right not to show either candidate on her show “during the campaign” she should have also taken a neutral seat on the campaign trail as well.
Word to Oprah. No one...absolutely NO ONE...invincible.
“Exactly which GOP woman watches her?”
Not I. I have to work for a living.
She can do as she wants. Her show. But I do not want to hear her bitching when she realizes she backed the wrong horse.
She claims she’s entertainment not a political show, yet she had Kerry and Bush on. I think she wants to empower women, just not Republican women.
What is needed is a list of Oprah’s advertisers.
That’s the only boycott that works.
Hit them where it hurts. In the wallet. Don’t forget to boycott all the advertisers who should know about your boycott too.
No, Ophra has now revealed herself as racist.
Guilty white women need no longer watch, or give her the time of day.
Racists ALWAYS expose themselves when confronted with choices like these.
Started boycotting Oprah when she denied Christ.
My problem is I NEVER watch OPRAH, and I’ve NEVER bought her magazine. So now what do I do? ;)
And I think to myself everytime.....EGO, EGO? Who's the one with her own damn picture of herself on her magazine every issue? Huh?
Uh, wasn't Geraldine Ferraro a woman? I suppose it's the first in your lifetime if you're under 24 years old.
I agree. Gov. Palin is too good for the likes of Oprah. She shouldn’t honor Oprah with her presence.
How about boycotting the shelf ass for pandering to whatever cause will get her viewers and make her money.
oprah is pathetic and I can’t see why seemingly intelligent women watch her?
Too late. By this act, the queen is a proven RACIST that has made umpteen zillions from white and black people who thought she might not be racist, but she is and always was.
Her true colors are shinning bright today.
I would never let that woman’s name be mentioned in my presence let
alone boycott.
You nailed it Joe. I’ll tell you this. As a Conservative, I wouldn’t bother to say I was going to boycott Oprah. I wouldn’t watch her in the first place, and I for certain wouldn’t telegraph that I had been.
Oprah, her guests, the efforts she involves herself in... they’ll never get my attention.
MOCKING OPRAH - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXyR0oGadX0
Everyone has a cause,oprahs is making oprah rich.
It seems like it. A few years back Oprah gave away a number of cars to women who needed them. (no men need apply, at least I don’t think there were any men involved) At first I thought, wow, that was very nice of Oprah. A few weeks later I found out that those cars were not paid for by her. She had gone to great lengths to play it up that she was giving away cars. She just didn’t mention that she was given away cars that were never hers. My opinion of her took a large hit on that event.
Boycott Oprah. Boycott US Magazine too.
You cannot trust the media.
Somebody need to bite the bullet and watch Oprah...then post the names/emails of advertisers here so we can contact them and say we won’t buy their products if they stay on Oprah.
We need to all contact sponsors, whether you watch the show or not......
Boycott US Magazine...and tell them you are doing it...
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Leni
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