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Lynn, Lynn, Lynn, you are a typical lib. Please go back if you can to November of 2006 when the Democrats took over in Congress. Since that time, and it started with them voting to increase the minimum wage. Small companies were forced to pay more for their employees and then it started with the trickle down effect. From increase costs for everything at restaurants, gasoline, food at the grocery stores. You name it, the price went up. People started losing their jobs because companies that were forced to increase wages were now hurting, so they had to lay off people. Then people that lost their jobs could not afford to keep their homes. It just went on and on. For over six years we had record low unemployment, the economy was great, people were working. But as soon as the Democrats got into office and took over Congress, the economy started downhill.

My suggestion if you have time google Congress to see how much they have actually accomplished. Quite blaming Bush for everything which you libs have done for years now (because you lost both electiions). Obama is not going to be your savior. He is NOT the "Messiah". Quite acting like he is the "one" that fix everything, because he won't. He is a socialist and marxist and our country will be worse off than it is right now.

........my response>>>>>>>>>>

and thank you Dayton68 for being base enough to emit your foul odious opinion. Typical liberals typically do more to uphold the Constitution of the United States in the course of history. We are a nation of liberal freedoms : ) What really gets me, is that you actually believe it's the Democrats who took barely the majority in House that got you in this mess in the first place,

Maybe, you think somehow the Democrats and Liberals must have "teleported thru time" and sneakily called themselves Republicans at the beginning of the Bush administration. We seem to be the boogeymen of your childhood. If your memory is that bad, let me refresh you on some facts. Congress, the Senate and the President were majority REPUBLICAN for the past 6 of the 8 years. In that time, we found that the Republican Congress enacted a "fast track" policy that let the president sign and pass thru his own legislation without any members of the congress or senate even approving it. Now, this doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out, SOMEHOW, insurance companies have new laws protecting them from lawsuits exceeding the amount owed, like court and lawyer fees, and time away from work. SOMEHOW, large corporations are allowed to pull their pension funds from retirees, like GM. In many cases, large companies are no longer obligated to provide health insurance to their workers. SOMEHOW, new laws have found their way into state laws allowing predatory lending companies an open door to whoever they can get ahold of, and in many cases, they sign for people who don't know they are being offered another mortgage loan.

In this time, the Republican government ran up a 3 trillion dollar deficit, started a 1 billion dollar a month war, which much of the income goes to "private companies" run by none other than YOUR REPUBLICAN VP Dick CHENEY. Bush is an OIL MAN, he has ties to oil families in the middle east, including Osama Bin Laden's family. This is unfortunately a conflict of interest, now that oil companies are making record profits. and we get unscrupulous price gouging at every pump.

I bet you voted for Bush twice. You seem that slow on the uptake, maybe Bush the first time 'fooled you once' but the second time 'uh, fooled you twice' or, how did that saying go? LOLOLOLOLOL

Biased? Trying to sway her public? Just do a search on Oprah for Obama or McCain. 1 has 62 posts, 1 has 3 ! Guess Which one is the larger? It's pathetic. You've done it this time Oprah, and I think it will come to backfire on you. Good luck.

My post is written in plain English language with no slang. If you are reading something more into this, please be more specific so I can censor my points to suit your terms.

Your inspiration saved my life many years ago, and I held on with every dear moment believing

that somehow, some where, I could be the best me I could be and live the best life possible. Several times

I have disagreed with you and written to say so. But in this instance, I am happy to see you stand

the firmness of your belief system. You can have whomever you want, whenever you want on

your show, and you sure don't even have to answer your critics. It's okay just to be you. I have

followed you and your show closely over the last ten years since my touch with death running

into a mountain and have learned the important lessons from you, Sidney, and Maya. As a very

conservative gay man now 46 years old, our community has the opportunity to learn so much from the

African American community. Nobody knows the prejudice and hate until they experience it. And now

we have great role models in overcoming. What I know for sure is that we are able to live our

best life when we realize that in no way, shape or form do we have to apologize for whom we are,

apologize for every decision, or do everything the world expects us to do. I've learned we're only

shamed into pleasing the crowds and critics when we allow them to. I say turn up the stereo

with Whitney Houston singing, "Unashamed" from the album Just Whitney.

Congratulations on sticking to your guns, because when you do, you show them just how strong you are.

You may need to further your knowledge of the balance between strength and humility. The balance between justice and love.

When a strong wind blows though the reeds, those reeds that are too strong, by nature, simply break in half.

Patrick Bateman loved Whitney Houston too.

I am amazed at the backlash aimed at Oprah. Give me a break. Even if she wanted to have Palin on the show, do you honestly think the republican machine would allow her to appear with Oprah!? She is not being allowed to talk to anyone, unscripted.

You Americans! I'm living in an expat community where most of my friends and neighbors are yanks.
Some of the things these women believe about poor Mrs. Palin are off the wall.
One friend is convinced that Mrs. Palin's new baby is really her unmarried daughters child! How crazy is that.

Another friend doubts that Sara actually raised her own children, because she was too involved in politics. ( I know, still the old double standard).

It's immaterial to me who becomes the next U.S. President, but would love it if Oprah did invite Sara onto to her show, if only to clear up these absurd rumors.It would make for a fascinating dialogue...more interesting than listening to 'celebrities'.
Incidentally, I'm surprised at the bitterness directed toward Oprah, if I were she I'd throw in the towel, and go off and enjoy my billions...who needs all this rancor.

Oprah can have whoever she likes on the program, that is her prerogative. It is unfortunate that she endorsed Obama so openly because now her program is essentially a platform for Obama. Question - did Oprah ever have Clarence Thomas on her show? To me that is worse - she seemed to be shunning the first African American Supreme Court justice. Why? Because he does not share the views of the hollywood elite? Oprah please practice what you preach and don't discriminate.

Please don't be full of hate. Thank you.

It is Oprah's show and she was smart enough to own the show. Having said that, she can and does choose who is going to be on her show. GET OVER IT. I work during the day so I tape the show. Sometimes I'm interested in the topic, sometimes I'm not. When I'm not interested, I simply delete the show. I don't write in and whine and complain because I know that "you can't please all of the people all of the time."

I don't what's worse, claiming that "there has been absolutely no discussion about having Sarah Palin on my show," or taking a position I would find very unlikely if it were Geraldino Ferraro in 1984. Matt Drudge rarely gets his facts that badly wrong. I'm guessing someone mouthed off.

Is Oprah really serious in suggesting that NO ONE at Harpo even had a glimmer of a thought about whether this might be worth doing?

If that's true, then I don't understand how the narrow-mindedness of Harpo Productions can produce such a good show on those occasions I am able to see it (I live in the UK and normally have to travel to see the show). Is it possible that there is such "groupthink" and intolerance to something new, a Republican female Vice-Presidential candidate (and with a credible chance of winning, unlike Mrs Ferraro in 1984)? Frankly, if there is no one capable of thinking that Sarah Palin should be on the show, then the entire research and production team should be sacked for being a gormless bunch of "Yes Women" and "Yes Men."

Fair enough if you decide, AFTER DISCUSSION, to not go ahead with a Palin interview before the election. But to employ staff who don't even THINK about it? Your show is doomed if you act like a dinosaur, too slow-thinking to take advantage of an opportunity.

You've lost a lot of people who stood up for Oprah, as I did, when she said she wanted Barack Obama to win. I said Oprah was entitled to her view, but she would never shut off half the American people just for narrow-minded political bias. I even bought my fiancée the box set of Golden moments (and enjoyed a fair number of them). Seems like I was wrong.

Don't compound a bad commerical and public relations decision. If Oprah won't interview Sarah Palin, I don't ever want to hear about
how Oprah stands for equality, fairness, or intelligent discussion. This is censorship and marginalization. It's bad AND it's not smart. Oprah should be neither.

OK to mandywoman.....you're saying that New Orleans is in ruins because of the president? I thought it was a hurricane?

Fox news with Greta tonight with the Sarah Palin was awesome, Sarah is wonderful and trust worthy of getting the job done. A special Thanks to Greta for stepping out of the box.

The special came on at 8 o clock and every 2 or 3 hours tonight. AWESOME- AWESOME- AWESOME