First Oprah refused to have Sarah Palin on her show because she didn’t want to influence the election. Despite the fact that she’s had Obama on the show, and even publicly endorsed him last May. It was the first time she’d ever endorsed a politician.
Then she produced Obama’s half-hour infomercial. Which, in addition to her endorsement, might have had a little bit of influence on the election.
Now she’s complaining that Palin hasn’t done her show yet:
“I said I would be happy to talk to Sarah Palin when the election was over,” Oprah reveals to Extra. “I went and tried to talk to Sarah Palin and instead she talked to Greta Van Susteren. She talked to Matt Lauer. She talked to Larry King, but she didn’t talk to me. But maybe she’ll talk to me now that she has a book deal.”
Palin’s an expert at hunting moose. This might be the first time she’s been hunted by one.
Can somebody explain what’s in it for Palin? Was she supposed to hit up Oprah’s cell as she was weaving back and forth and weeping in Grant Park? “Hi, Oprah! We both know you’re a total hypocrite who did everything within your power to elect Obama, but now that it only does one of us any good, could you please have me on your show at your earliest convenience? Pretty please?” Oh, you betcha.
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That might be the smartest thing Palin’s done yet. I wouldn’t go on Oprah after such a blatant show of hypocrisy either.
Simon, I know we’re co-bloggers and all, and this really ought to be said privately, but …
Wow. That line about the moose?
[sniff] That was beautiful, man …
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
Now I know I have a problem with Simon’s writing; it is so well-done that I don’t find anything else to add.
The “moose-hunted” line was SO PERFECT! A jewel, a work of art!
I guess I could pretend to be modest… Nahhh!
I am a Palin Powered conservative, and I think Sarah is being very wise.
What good will it do for her to appear on Oprah’s Ego-Show?
Palin is a celebrity and people come out to see her in throngs!
Governor Palin does not need Oprah…Oprah needs Governor Palin for her ratings…and that’s the bottom line.
I will be very disappointed if Sarah falls for this hook and line.
Hopefully, this Hunter will not get captured.
I have to agree. That was poetry.
I’m the staunchest leftist leaning liberal you’d ever want to tussle with, and even I think Palin should stay off that b*tch’s show. What a snarky b*tchy thing to say (‘maybe she’ll come on my show now that she has a book deal,’ snark-snark-sneer). I’m buying Palin’s book just to spite Oprah.
There’s always one and this time it’s me.
I didn’t like the moose line.
I agree, she’s more of a sea mammal.
Awww, Rocko, the moose line was classic.
sea mammal hahhhaahaaaaa
After Obama announced his candidacy Opran refused to have him on her show. Obama would have loved to appear on Oprah during the campaign and promote himself to her audience of millions. Oprah endorsed Obama but remained true to her word not to allow presidential candidates on her show.
Right. She just did his infomercial. And made a spectacle of herself at his acceptance speech. Totally impartial.
Not to mention she talked him up on her show every chance she got, which when you see the number of people who atch her show accounted for 10% of the votes he gained.
The worst thing Sarah Palin can do to Oprah is to ignore her and act as if Oprah doesn’t exist. That would drive the “Oprah” insane that a public person doesn’t fawn all over her.
And don’t forget–had Palin come around saying, “Hey, Oprah, any time!”, she would have gotten skinned alive for trying to keep herself in the media and for taking every opportunity to get on TV, etc. etc. etc. Even though, you know, this is kind of what politicians DO.
I will cry if Oprah ever whines Palin onto her show. And Simon gets super-props for his moose line
The sea-mammal thing just would not have worked as well in context.
Aw, poor wittle piggy doesn’t like it when the tables are turned now does she?
Probably shouldn’t have based your support on someone based on the color of their skin alone huh?
And somewhere a fat woman on a couch is crying into her Haagen Dazs……
Frankly, I’d love to watch Palin on the Oprah show.
Providing Oprah was in the background, feet skyward, with Smilin’ Jimmy-Jo-Bob giving her the tracheotomy treatment…
Minnow, that just gave me the *greatest* idea for an Oprah broadcast. Palin could come on the show with some hunting buddies and give O and the audience a tutorial on hunting. Then they could bring out a big elk or a 10-point buck carcass and demonstrate how to drain it, gut it, skin it, package up the chops, grind it up…
And then some lucky audience member would win the whole thing and get to take it all home in a big wagon. It would go over big, I tell ya. Ratings galore!
You get an elk! And you get an elk! Elks for everyone!
Hell, even I’d watch that Oprah.
Wow, I never thought I’d give Palin credit for being smart, but I think I have to on this one.
Could those two even EXIST in the same room without creating some sort of matter-antimatter reaction?
That would be a reaction worth seeing…otherwise I couldn’t be bothered to watch that self-aggrandizing wretch.
Oprah just sets my teeth on edge. Palin’s no better.
What is it about her (Palin) people dislike so much? I don’t get it.
I love Oprah. She’s very charitable. Those “My Favourite Things” episodes of the Oprah show are the best! Plus, she totally introduced Dr. Phil to the world and I love my Dr. Phil also.
Dr. Phil and Crocs: St. John of Patmos mentioned them both.
Hmmmm, I’ve always thought of Oprah as a cow. You know, think of the size of the brain (walnut) in proportion to the size of the beast.
I haven’t seen Oprah’s show in years. I didn’t know she still invited white people on as guests.
Somewhere along the line, Oprah just got annoying for me. She’s like a personification of The Lifetime Channel.
devil: Of course she still invites white people, you f.
Dr Oz, Dr Phil, Celine Dion, Dakota Fanning, that Jewish doctor guy [Neumann? I dunno].
The point is, she definitely DOES invite white people and that you are deliberately being a by pretending she doesn’t.
C’mon folks… get off Oprah’s back. What a slimy thing to say. Not poetry. Not classic. Just mean and we all have way too much mean out there already. Didn’t your mama teach you that if you don’t have anything NICE to say that you just shut up? It amazes me that people who have never even been in the same STATE as Oprah are supposed experts about her personality and her character. I like her. I think she’s done a whole lotta good all over for all sorts of people… and if it makes her ratings go up, who cares? She could stop her show today and STILL be the richest entertainer in the world, but sahe keeps working and keeps giving moeny away. Why is that so bad?
Good grief, lyteup…lighten up! My observation is based on what I’ve seen of Oprah when interviewed on other shows and word-of-mouth.
FYI, sometimes on the internet people will post comments that you don’t necessarily agree with. Childish name-calling will not change that fact.
If you wanna worship Oprah, have at it. It’s your right. It’s my right not to.
OldNCMan, as much as I agree with you and Thumper, if everyone did that three-quarters of blogs and arts reviews would disappear. OK, maybe that’s not a bad thing.
And I think the original issue was Oprah was not how much good she’s done, but her hypocrisy in her actions toward Palin. The large mammal comparisons have maybe gotten a bit out of hand though.
Should they have been using smalll mammal comparisons? Or large marsupials?
Pasta said: “What is it about her (Palin) people dislike so much? I don’t get it.”
I don’t either. Last week on the subject of Palin’s media skewering, Joy Behar asked, “Don’t you think that she deserved it?!” Geez, the whole world outside of Alaska only met Palin “5 minutes” ago, what did she actually do that was so bad to deserve being vilified and hated as she was (like by Matt Damon)? Beats me.
What she did was have a better life than Joy Behar and an (R) after her name. Most importantly, she was a threat to Obama.
Well put Simon!
Wow, Simon, you are just full of the poetry this week! OK, that wasn’t exactly poetic, but it was wonderfully put.
Ahh, I don’t think Oprah has a very good record of being a good judge of one’s character, considering her b.s detector has been known to be majorly, majorly off if not famously flawed.
Oprah endorsing ANYONE will put the nail in the coffin for me, always.
P.S Simon Scowl – please keep it up, it is so refreshing! I love reading your posts as well as your firing-back comments. Always, spot on.
nice
[Knock it off. -- MGMT.]
PS: I like Sarah Palin, she is funny and cute. I also like John McCain, he is such a precious little old man. But you know who I really hate?
Joy Behar. What a hag. She isn’t at all funny, I dunno how she is a comedienne as she claims. And she always wears the ugliest clothes.
F JOY BEHAR, I HATE HER ALMOST AS MUCH AS I HATE CROCS.
The best person on “The View” is definitely Barbara.
Wow, Lyte, I’m really amazed. I mean, devil must find it very hard to type as a giant anthropomorphised female genital organ.
Guess we found the celebrities you’ve heard of
Nobody can say you don’t have passion. But seriously. The namecalling? It . . . it’s out of place.
Habanada, I don’t understand. Do you like Joy Behar? Do you, perchance, wear Crocs as well?
Actually I haven’t a clue who Joy Behar is and don’t think I’m missing much. That’s why I wasn’t really commenting on that post. I was commenting on the one the moderator had to go delete because you rather gracelessly referred to D as an anthropomorphised female genital organ.
Oprah and Palin should be able to like or dislike whoever they want… too bad that’s pretty much impossible if they want to maintain their approval ratings
Let me tell you a little bit about Joy Behar, she is annoying and wears shirts that are too tight for her. She isn’t funny and she can’t go a day without making a lame or completely ridiculous joke about Pres. Bush.
Oh, sorry, is that description too “graceless” for you? Too bad, have a cry.
Why would Palin want to go on Orca’s show?! Orca gave Comrade Erkel plenty of free on-air time & support but said she didn’t want to influence the election by having Palin on? Oh yeah, that makes complete sense!
Orca looks like a frog when she has her makeup on and she looks like a toad when she isn’t wearing any. In other words, she is ugly inside and out, and racist to boot.