Posted on 10/20/2009 11:54:15 AM PDT by OldDeckHand
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Sarah Palin will sit down with Oprah Winfrey the day before her new memoir hits bookstores, Harpo announced Tuesday.
The former Alaska governor will make the appearance on Oprah on November 16 to talk about her highly anticipated tell-all, "Going Rogue: An American Life."
Palin has never before appeared on the popular daytime talk show. Last December, Winfrey said she had invited her on the show to discuss the election, but suggested at the time that Palin had instead chose other interviewers
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Unconfirmed from Palin’s side.
However it’s a good thing that it is LIVE (as Oprah’s site indicates).
If this is the real thing, it’s good that Palin demanded it to be unedited.
Sarah is going to make me record an Oprah show. This makes me uncomfortable. I am going to need to apply for a variance or else risk losing my conservative man card.
Dear Sarah Palin - please skewer some of the RINO’s.
She better be ready for the “race card.”
Now Sarah’ book is a ‘tell all’? Is it being marketed that way?
Don’t do it Sarah. Snub the Oprah.
AS the Front Runner for the 2012 GOP Nomination, Sarah has no reason to go on Oprah.
However, as an author, Sarah will be helped by going on Oprah.
oh geez... who thought THAT was a good idea?
she WON’T Need the sales bump- Oprah’s crowd will hurt sales if anything
I am gussing the publisher is just doing ‘the usual’ book promotion, without using their heads
Since this will be (as indicated) live, it’s a win win for Palin.
If Oprah or the audience will be disrespectful (as I expect) they will be exposed to be the classless fascist goons they are. And Palin’s responses and counterattacks will reach an enormous audience unedited.
Plus if it helps her make big bucks, I’m all for it.
Nooooooooooooooo!
We can take it. Last time I recorded daytime tv was when Laura guested on The View.
No.
Instead of the book it will be 25 minutes on the pregnant daughter and the idiot daddy. imo
Good for her. At first I thought it was a bad idea, but now I look at it and I think its a great idea. Do I like Oprah, NO, I can’t stand the woman, but I don’t think she is a bad person. She just has a different point of view. I think Sarah will do great on her show. She has to market herself to a different kind of audience. Oprah isn’t a journalist, she is an interviewer. This won’t be a gotcha interview, she will ask her about the campaign, her life, her book, etc. But I bet she will ask her “Now Sarah, you don’t actually believe President Obama pals around with terrorists do you” you all know thats coming. Sarah can handle Oprah. I can handle Oprah for crying out loud, if I can do it, Sarah can do it
“Sarah is going to make me record an Oprah show. This makes me uncomfortable. I am going to need to apply for a variance or else risk losing my conservative man card.”
Ha ha ha ha. I was thinking the same thing, man. I can honestly say that I have NEVER EVER watched the Oprah Winfrey Show ... That is, until Sarah is on.
What makes me uncomfortable is her support for Rick Perry. I understand her support, since they were both governors last year.
Having this be live should be interesting. No way for Oprah and her minions to edit what she is saying. I think this is a win/win for Sarah. She will go on her show, promote her book, and also maybe change a few minds. Oprah’s audience are primarily Democrat, so who knows, maybe she will bring a few of them to her side
I personally predict the biggest audience in the history of the Oprah show, going away. And, the Oprah will be nothing but kind. She's lost to many viewers since she became overtly political. She cannot afford to come off as condescending, brash or rude.
It will be an interesting dynamic - and probably a boring dynamic - with both interviewer and interviewee in a position where they could lose. I'm sure both will end up being in a vanilla, make no mistake kind of demeanor.
Yeah, I bet ‘LIVE’ was the only way in which Sarah would agree to the sit-down. She should be O.K., since the interview will be out of the hands of the hack editors.
Watch it on you-tube. You can still be a man.
Uh oh.
Oprah’s twice as tough as Couric!
I’d rather her support Rick Perry then that RINO Kay Bailey Hutchinson. Is Rick Perry perfect, NO, but he is the lesser of two evils when it comes down to it
Liberals watch Oprah, and they tend to dislike Palin. Palin’s got nothing to lose and a whole lot to gain.
Yeah, Oprah isn’t known for being nasty to her guests. This sounds like a good thing to me.
Never ever watched an Oprah show. Palin is being pushed by the book publishers. It would have spoken volumes if she snubbed this woman completely making for a nasty dethronement of the Talk Queen.
I don’t like this one bit. Will Opuraaahhh make this a ‘teaching moment” for Palin?
If she’s not going to run for president, then fine I guess.
And she is supposed to be smart...this is a dumb move. Looks like it might be just to jack up sales.
She should only appear on Fox Cable ,,,,forget about the cannibal networks right now .
Exactly. I cant stand Oprah, but I will watch just to see Sarah on her show. I bet it will be a HUGE audience
Oprah can stand by for the single biggest viewership of her mediocre career.
Sorry, not a good idea. Never try to get the better of the host on his/her own program. The host is in control. And this host wants to make the Sarah threat go away, you know she does, and will do what it takes.
Dude if she can’t handle Oprah freakin Winfrey then she has major problems. It’s Oprah for God’s sake
Walmart and Amazon are riding her coattails as part of a pricing war, with Going Rogue down to $9. Might this just further fuel record sales?
And you betcha she’s going to deliver Oprah’s top ratings on the year for her—if not close to all time.
Liberal (women especially) see anyone making choices other than the ones they’ve made as being inherently
“judgemental”.
“Oh, I bet she thinks she’s better than I am because she
)Has a lot of kids
)Didn’t abort her baby
)Keeps in shape
)Has a wonderful husband/marriage
)etc
“
When, in reality, her choices are just that - her choices.
Feminists always stick together.
Depends how you define mediocre—as Oprah could hardly have been more commercially successful. But believe me, I hear ya!
You raise a great point. Also, Oprah has an audience, which brings up a very uncontrollable element. They could be supportive. But, they could also be somewhat hostile, or worse, indifferent. I said up-thread that I don't believe Oprah will be tough - but, I could be wrong.
This will be an interview with tremendous potential upside for Palin, and will also pose some perilous downside as well. It will be the most viewed, most talked about interview since Nixon/Frost - of that, I have no doubt.
Stop posting! THAT says it all. Amen! She did Saturday Night Live and now Oprah. Sarah is fearless.
Sarah’s got a big natural advantage with moderate/independent women, which is part of what the media and the Dems and the RINOs have been working so hard to take away from her.
I think she knows she has to win them back if she stands a chance for the Presidency, and part of what’s needed is to
1) go to them directly,
2) act like she expects their support, and
3) give them respectful attention.
Going on Oprah is one way of doing all three.
Love ya, Sarah, but puleeeeze -
Try inserting a pronounced “G” on some of the words ending in “-ing”. Thanks
Didn’t Orca - oh, sorry, Oprah - refuse to have Sarah on before the election, saying it would be too political (and Harpo being an out-and-out Hussein lover too)?
“She better be ready for the “race card.”
yeah, for sure. However, a year has passed since the last election cycle. So, she should be more seasoned and media savvy than when she ran as McIdiot’s running mate. The Oprah Show will be a good litmus test to determine if she has stepped up her game during the past year. We’ll see...
My lib inlaws like to tease me about what a dumb bunny Palin is (they quote things off of SNL, they bring up the Couric interview, etc..) I try to straighten the record but they are convinced. I hope she does well in this interview, I know some lib female friends will likely see it. If she blows it, I’m done defending her, and I really do like her.
AS the Front Runner for the 2012 GOP Nomination, Sarah has no reason to go on Oprah.However, as an author, Sarah will be helped by going on Oprah.
Sarah is not the frontrunner right now. In fact, she has a huge mountain to climb. But Oprah's a good place to start, and I expect some land mines along the way. Oprah is a friend of the President, but I don't expect Oprah to sacrifice her credibility for the Obamas.
Best,
Chris
A case can be made that those applying the race card are the evil doers in our midsts, and I think most Americans are ready to accept that assertion.
SNL was scripted, very low risk there. Submitting to interviews by Oprah or, for that matter, any network anchor is a mistake with a lot more potential for loss than gain. Sarah has already demonstrated that she can do the unconventional and come out on top, so why not do the unconventional again: Ignore Oprah, ignore ABCNNBCBS, and refuse any and all debates “moderated” by network operatives.
“Sarah is going to make me record an Oprah show. This makes me uncomfortable. I am going to need to apply for a variance or else risk losing my conservative man card.”
“Ha ha ha ha. I was thinking the same thing, man. I can honestly say that I have NEVER EVER watched the Oprah Winfrey Show ... That is, until Sarah is on.”
No, can’t do it. Hopefully Greta will recap it.
Same here...I'll catch highlights somewhere else.
“Love ya, Sarah, but puleeeeze -
Try inserting a pronounced “G” on some of the words ending in “-ing”. Thanks”
If we’re going to get picky, perhaps “puleeeeze” should be spelled “please”? ;)
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