O! My! Palin on Oprah?
“In a world exclusive, Oprah Winfrey will interview former Alaska
governor Sarah Palin for an episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” to air Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Winfrey and Palin will meet for the very first time on the episode, which will mark Palin’s first interview to discuss her upcoming book, “Going Rogue: An American Life” and her first-ever appearance on the “Oprah” show.
Love it or hate it, I’m sure this will be ratings gold.
If you will recall back in the days preceding the election, Oprah Winfrey said categorically that she would not have Palin on the show. This got a lot of people all in a froth. But, since it’s her show and I dare anyone to tell her otherwise, the decision stood.
But now, on Rogue Eve, the day before Palin’s memoir hits the shelves, there she’ll be, in the coveted seat next to Oprah herself. The two women will meet for the first time during the episode. O, the possibilities. Will Oprah find her inner Katie Couric and ask all sorts of gotcha questions like, “What’s your favorite color?” and “Can you name a foreign country?”
She’s apparently willing to take the risk in order to sell books, because if there’s one thing Oprah Winfrey can do it’s sell books. I think maybe Oprah should ask lots of gotcha questions about information contained in Going Rogue….you know, just to see if Sarah’s actually read it.
Has Oprah lost her mind? Does she really think we want to see Scarah on the show much less hear her talk?
why would Oprah promote someone who has been the source of so much racist hate speech against Obama? Anything for ratings?
AKM don’t worry. oprah has got her number. i hope she invites michele obama on the same day. now that would be ratings platinum..bubs
Usually Oprah gets her guest to cry on her show. You think $P will cry ?
If Oprah eats her, i hope she doesn’t get indigestion.
$50 says poor Sarah is under the impression she will be interviewed by that adorable little redheaded scamp from Mayberry.
Obama pals around with terrorist…..Obama has been known to hang with Oprah…SP goes on Oprah’s show… SP = terrorist! full circle, beautiful
Following is Governor Palin’s complete Facebook posting pertaining to Alaska Day, which also happens to be her daughter Bristol’s birthday:
In March 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia for two cents an acre. On October 18 of that year, authority over the territory of Alaska officially transferred to the United States when the American flag flew over Fort Sitka for the first time. Alaskans have celebrated “Alaska Day” on October 1
What she didn’t say: I quit!
$ 50 says Sarah will not show up or quit in the middle of the show.
i ain’t takingt that bet wolf pack. uh uh. no way. if i were ms palin i would sit that one out. have a nervous breakdown and break my legs or something to get out of going on oprah. truly i would.
what a whore oprah has become..won’t watch..
I don’t think she categorically refused to have Sarah on her show. If I understood it correctly (maybe I didn’t), it was a matter of Sarah (or her staff?) asking for the same opportunity as Obama to appear, and Oprah responding that she would be welcome anytime AFTER the election.
That’s what I meant when I said “in the days preceding the election”. Sorry if it sounded misleading. AKM
In Oprah’s early days she took on the Klan, I can’t see her going easy on winky.
This should be interesting. Wonder what’s up?
Been to the doctor’s office with child that has swine flu. Emailed Oprah earlier
regarding having the “hate monger, instigator of violence against our president
twit” on her show. Joined the club allowing me to blog and see what others are blogging earlier. Checked it out after 2 hour appointment at Dr’s office. Moving along nicely, 5-10 comments including 2 of mine when I left 4 pages now. I’d venture to say 95% against the moron that started all the hate towards our president. I’m just not sure what I’m hoping for, Oprah telling her she has reconsidered and she really doesn’t want a racist hillbilly on her show or Oprah ripping the birdbrain apart on live TV. It would be amusing seeing Oprah with little feathers around her mouth & a “the cat that ate the canary” grin.
I hope Oprah ask questions Sarah about things she has said in writting such as things she said about Levy, hanging around with terrorist, about the campaign, or the death panals. I have heard some of these things are in her book so they should be fair game. Speaking of game, questions such as “did Levy really have to show you how to shoot a gun that was under your bed?” should be good question.
Looked it up and what Oprah said at the time (Sept o8) was that she would not have her on until AFTER the election.
Oprah Winfrey made a statement saying:
“At the beginning of this presidential campaign when I decided that I was going to take my first public stance in support of a candidate, I made the decision not to use my show as a platform for any of the candidates,”
Winfrey, who was an early backer of Barack Obama, says in a statement to TMZ.
“I agree that Sarah Palin would be a fantastic interview, and I would love to have her on after the campaign is over,” she adds.
Booooooooo Oprah.
My guess would be that Sarah will have full control of the editing of this show. It’s not really LIVE is it? Oh, to be an audience member on that day. How I wish…
Yes, I thought that Oprah had said she would have Palin on – AFTER the campaign. I don’t normally watch Oprah but I think I’ll TIVO this for sure. If Oprah does a softball interview, she’s going to lose viewers and if she rips Palin a new one, she’s going to have to suffer the wrath of Palin’s crazy followers. Either way, should be interesting.
Went back to see if there were any new comments, apparently there are too many comments & the site has locked up. I guess we all know the best way to get attention and clicks, as huffpo has demonstrated, post a thread about the most divisive woman in the country.
I bet SP thinks this is a great way to promote her book, but if she gets the idea Oprah will turn all Katie Couric-y on her, she will be a NO-show!
It would be horrible if an audience member actually got to ask Her Royal Highness a question, because you know that’s not how we do it here in our “democracy”…..Will she send the Dept of Law after any audience member who dares to ask her if she reads? Oh, the drama!
I have NEVER seen SP appear intelligent or even sane when she is off script. NEVER. So, to me this is great news – a wider audience to witness the blithering idiot that is Palin. My guess is that SP HAS to do this appearance per her book promotion contract. Will she throw up like the balloon boy did?
I just cannot see Oprah letting her off the hook regarding the hatred and racism SP stirred up at her rallies during the VP tour.
Here are the questions I would like Oprah to ask the ex-Gov: “How do you resolve your self-proclaimed Christian values with the lies you tell? How do you sleep at night knowing that the millions you’ve made came as a result of your lies about death panels…lies that hurt the millions of un-insured Americans? How do you reconcile quitting the people of your state to go make money? Why don’t you just admit that you are too lazy to do real work that leads to real change for real Americans?”
Hmmm, yeah I don’t see Sarah showing up for this, either. My guess is that halfway to the studio she’ll suddenly remember she left the iron on or the stove on (actually she probably meant Piper did) and that will be that. You don’t snub Oprah without long-lasting bad press but if SP couldn’t even show for a group of Republican women that VOTED FOR HER, then I don’t see her going on O who is viewed by actual people and who has been known to not exactly hide her disdain for certain guests.
I don’t watch Oprah anymore, but I don’t doubt the integrity she has for her reputation and her show. If Sarah does agree to show, it will be HARPO rules (no teleprompter, no prearranged questions except a brief rundown of subject matter) and Sarah will freak. Therefore Oprah will end up reading excerpts from Going Rogue (of which is probably all the book consists of) and the audience will start yelling for Tom Cruise.
I really will be shocked if the EX-gov makes it to the green room.
Maybe she thought Oprah would ask her questions on Face Book?
Ya think that O has an agenda to “out” SP as the ditz she is? I think yes, you betcha!
Wow, did not see this coming. I can’t imagine Scarah agreeing to do this without complete control of the questioning, and I can’t imagine Oprah giving up that control. Especially to SARAH PALIN! Everything is so upside down I’m getting dizzy. I do know one thing: if Oprah goes easy on her, Oprah’s name will be mud. I just won’t be able to stand watching Palin lie to Oprah’s face and Oprah not calling her on it.
What she said was that she wouldn’t have any candidates before the election but that she’d be welcome afterward.
I don’t think Oprah will be entirely kid gloves with someone who accused Obama of ‘pallin’ around with terrorists’.
The best part of this is that sarah’s supporters are already pre-emptively making excuses for her inevitable crash-and-burn.
What a coup! This is a ratings bonanza- the talk shows will wait with bated breath, and I think it’s a very clever thing Oprah is doing.
No question in my mind that Ms. Winfrey will put some difficult questions to bear. And it will be fun to listen to SP’s stress level in her voice rise by the minute.
I am sure SP and OW will rake in some serious cash, but greed may be SP’s final undoing here once the canary is finally cornered in the cage by a very capable cat.
Finally- a forum with no decorum- no “Can I call you Opie ?” moments allowed. And the racial tension that SP brings to bear at all the events she has stirred crowds up with- well that won’t be forgotten or lost by Oprah.
Two cunning women, but one with an intellect and a a moral conscience- the other a non existent mind running around in a Barbie suit.
This is like Brier Rabbit talking to Pig Pen about personal digressions.
Deep Breath everyone. Can’t believe either side would have agreed to this if each didn’t perceive a benefit. So who gets the upper hand there?
If this is airing the day before the publishing date it’s either the first, or one of the first, Palin iterviews. Good for Oprah and good for Palin, right?
Not so sure.
Haven’t seen details but in no way do I think this is part of the Oprah Book Club. No way.
As discussed on the thread last night, the Palin Machine is ego-centric, short-sighted and out of their league. Oprah isn’t going to agree to a whole lot of conditions that limit the discussion. Not her style.
This is too good an opportunity to bog it down with a lot of standard, softball questions.
No, I think Team Palin is naively walking into a bit of a trap. Sure, Oprah may ask about Levi’s buns, and I don’t think she’s going to take a hard line pro-Obama stance.
But I think she’s going to deftly put Palin down as only she can do. When all is said and done I think Team Sarah is going to regret this booking. A lot.
That is, if she shows up in the first placde and doesn’t quit during a commercial break.
Must See TV.
Oh she’ll be a hit am sure. I won’t watch and I better things to do. I am over this racist.
I just submitted a message on the Oprah site, no problems.
I guess the Team haraS peeps are bombarding the comments on the article over at oprah.com – one idiot was complaining that Oprah “led people to blindly vote for Obama”….wellllll least he hasn’t QUIT his job he was elected for!!!!!
Idiots.
Will Gregory Charles Royal be on the show, too? You betcha!
I put a poll up on the DailyKos Diaries
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/10/20/795381/-Sarah-Palins-Armageddon
Oprah is providing a platform for one of the most divisive, racist, and ignorant politicians this country has seen in decades.
Meanwhile, all the folks (like me) who have been working tirelessly to further progressive agendas by contacting legislators, signing petitions, and donating to progressive causes are being stabbed in the back by Oprah who with one lousy show can undercut our efforts by giving credibility to Palin and her ideology.
Not to put too fine a point on it……Oprah sucks.
“teutonic13″ wrote: “…Finally- a forum with no decorum- no “Can I call you Opie ?” moments allowed.”
That was the very first thing I imagined $P saying at this interview assuming it is ever consummated. It appears I am not the only one that had this thought pop into his/her head.
I think palin (well, her handlers) is putting this “out there” to read public reaction…looking for feedback…if it’s not all lollipops & roses (has it EVER been?), she will not show…as usual…one more publicity stunt to add to her repertoire…keeps her name in the elite media that she detests so much, but uses to the maximum.
I wonder if she’ll accuse Oprah of ‘gotcha’ journalism.
btw, I went to that Oprah link and wrote a little message of my own…warning, warning…hope this doesn’t turn out like the Vice-Presidential debate…as in “I’m not going to answer your questions”.
#32 lapofesora, were you able to see “all comments”? I was earlier, now just an abbreviated original page, older comments don’t appear.
I smile when I think of Sarah Palin fans forcing themselves to watch Oprah.
Hmm… In a way, I regret not having a TV anymore… Would be worth the time, I believe!
Oprah needs to come to this site and get some background information on Palin which apparently the rest of the world doesn’t know, believe or ignored. Why didn’t she do anything about Emmonak for months? What about the 200 plus men and women who died on Medicaid? Troopergate? Etc.
Oprah is following through on what she said before the election, and that being she wanted to interview Palin after the election. That was also before Palin did her pallin’ with terrorists routine.
I suspect Oprah will cover the book, and it will be a fluff interview, and she might surprise us asking some hard questions, but I doubt it. Palin it not a political figure, she’s a has been quitter.
Ratings will be out of this world. I’ll be taping it. I doubt many of the audience will be Palin supporters.
How about these questions, Oprah? –
‘What is your name?’
‘What is your quest?’
‘What is your favorite color?’
Or she could swap the last for – ‘What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?’
I dare ya, Oprah. I double dare ya!
That’s exactly what I was thinking with the “favorite color” question! Ha! Even thought about embedding the video where he gets his favorite color wrong and gets flung into the chasm.
AKM
That said, there’s no way I’m watching it. Palin’s voice could give me an aneurysm.
Oprah and Palin, this is going to be fun! Maybe Palin can get on Letterman too!
http://www.oprah.com/audience
get in the audience, it’s still open!
Do it, AKM. That’s one of my favorites. re:#44
Certainly Oprah knows Sarah’s appointments are kept on a magic slate, right? Just a flick of the wrist and you can clear an entire day. Why would she show up anywhere that isn’t directly funding Todd’s new man cave? Makes no sense.
I’ve been trying to figure out how to let Oprah know that there is a box to donate to SarahPac on Sarah’s facebook page….still.
http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=Sarah+Palin&init=quick#/sarahpalin?ref=search&sid=695165704.762239005..1
How is that legal?
Oprah is familiar with rural Alaska. In the past she gifted a tripped out Land Rover to the youth group charged with rescue operations called the Dragon Slayers.
What I would like to know, is back when Palin signed her book deal, while still govenor, she stated it was going to be good for Alaska. How is this memiors good for Alaska?
Palin trashed her oath of office, via quitting, again sayin it is good for Alaska.
Under her watch, rural folks were denied the ability to feed their loved ones, via Commish Denby Lloyd’s reliance on broken fish counters on the Yukon River.
It is maddening to see that Palin is holding out her hand with the legal tin cup fund, due to the huge legal bills, yet she is building a new house.
There seems a meaning that Palin beholds: she doesn’t have to be held accountable for the diaster that she is.
People starved, natural diasters happened, people even died… All under her watch and I hope Oprah gives her a little kick in the arse for being such a disingenuous person.
I’ll watch it, but if Palin even starts her cryin crap, well then I’ll probably just turn it off.
Sarah on Oprah Mon. Nov. 16th? Oh nuts, I think I have to wash my cat that day …
There’s been a lot of interesting comments on this (which is great, because people from some other sites think we all think alike like little automatons or something). And all the different perspectives have a point and add to the clarity of the whole.
From a broadcasting standpoint, this is a bit of a coup for Oprah. She said she’d be happy to have SP on AFTER the election, so … makin’ good on that. Sarah needs to sell books, the Oprah show is a fantabulous forum for that, so win-win, no-harm-no-foul …
… as far as we know. I’m not saying this happened, but we do not know what SP or her handlers insisted upon before agreeing to come. SP will not have any editorial (footage) control I know that for fact. But it’s not impossible that Oprah may have agreed to ask only certain questions as part of a condition to get her to come on. I emphasize the “may” have. This is pure speculation.
As to whether or not that happened, or whether or not Oprah will not just “Go Rogue” and ask what the heck she wants – it is, after all, her show – remains to be seen.
And because it all remains to be seen, that is what is going to make that hour of TV on Nov. 16 have rather high viewership.
It’s like those old commercial trailers for films:
“WHAT happens when a mavricky ex-Vice Presidential candidate meets a feisty powerful American talkshow host?”
“WILL Oprah ask unscripted, tough ‘gotcha’ questions?”
“WILL Sarah Palin answer ANY questions with any sense?”
“WILL, in fact, Sarah Palin actually show up?”
The suspense is already killing us, so, yes, makes for must-see TV.
And in the TV business, that is nothing but good.
But who is actually going to get more benefit out of it, Oprah or Sarah?
My opinion? Anyway you slice it, I don’t see how Oprah can lose, but depending on how Sarah comes off, it could be pretty bad for her.
Risk factor low for Oprah, high for Sarah.
Pity I have to wash my cat that day …
I saw the first 3 pages of comments before the page was shut down. The Oprah Fans were all over Oprah for even agreeing to have her on. About 20 to 1 negative. And that was in just 2 hours. They will be reading comments for the next 3 weeks and see what America thinks of SP. Oprah won’t/can’t do the ‘ softball questions’ and her followers are already demanding that she doesn’t.
They are MAD she is giving her a platform.
People need to relax though. Sarah is Her own worst enemy. She has NEVER done a good interview and it won’t start now. It will be like Jon Stewarts or Colberts Reporters going out to interview those 9-12 protesters or the people at the Fire Letterman Rally. put a mic in front of them…Just let them speak. They were blithering idiots. Their own words were used against them.
Let her go ‘ on the record ‘… there is no Librul Media twisting her words.
McCain Handlers couldn’t keep her straight with a few key talking points. Now she has to defend her whole Life in this book and the decisions she has made. This is 10 times worse than some little Election interview.
Being the narcissist she is she may think she can handle it…. Meg pumping her up. This train is going to come off the rails.
{ I sure hope SNL tapes the Show??}
Just send all your question ideas in to Oprah over the next 3 weeks. House-gate, Trooper-gate, E-mail-Gate and the best suggestion is to ask that her Research Staff go to The Mudflats because no one knows Sarah like that blog. Tell them the MSM went to and used Mudflats for background info last year once she was nominated. That’s your best source.
Gryphen, Celtic Diva, Shannyn and even the non-Alaskan ( Palingates & Bree ) ones need to be mentioned as well.
Plus… the odds are maybe 50- 50 that she doesn’t show. How many events did she cancel on..? Mention THAT to Oprah as well in your email. Just because she SAID she would come… don’t count on it. Because she IS the QUITTER.
say it aint so “O”!
I think Oprah is going to ask her lot’s of “why’s”. I’ve seen her interview people that she obviously did not like, but she is always professional. She has a way of asking questions and getting people to respond. She didn’t become one of the most influential women in the world by being a patsy. My republican relatives hate her. I’ve tuned in to Oprah for 20+ years and read “O” magazine, too. I’m not iving up on Oprah yet.
I’m with you, Honesty. She will sink herself. She will not be empowered by the extreme audiences that give her confidence. This is Oprah, and I think she will do herself in, no matter what tack Oprah takes.
I am surprised that Sarah is putting herself at risk like this of sounding perfectly stupid on national TV. I bet she has all kinds of pre-conditions to the interview, with many things off limits to bring up. I wonder if Oprah will have an advance copy of the book that she can read ahead of time, and have time to fact-check it all and then hopefully calling Sarah on the lies and distortions that are sure to be in there. I will certainly try to tune in.
I’m finding myself shaking my head back and forth already just thinking about the garbage that Sarah will be spewing…
Make sure a few people send the clip of her ‘ Quitter Speech ‘ in to the Research Staff. Let them analyze THAT for awhile.
1.Why didn’t Todd know you were Quitting..?… and he had to rush back.
2. Why didn’t you tell your own parents you were Quitting.
3.Why were you breathing so hard in that clip… were you ‘ on something ‘..?
*****
AND…. why do you use 3 different Funds to collect money for YOU..?
AKM, I think you need to invite yourself, and Shannyn also too, to the show as a counterpoint. I hope Oprah’s staff is looking online for info on Missy QP and they look for your site;.
Maria @ 4:23pm – thank you for the “Holy Grail” reference! And furthermore, Ms. Ex-Gov, just what is the flight velocity of a laden swallow?
Palin likely agreed to appear to talk about her book and probably can limit interviews to only what is in the book. I bet she has already begun coaching sessions to prepare for these interviews. She has shown, in the VP debate, that she can do well with preparation. Performance is not what catches her up it’s the lack of knowledge about the world that shows her for what she really is.
If Oprah can get her to talk about something she has no prepared answer for or a really sore subject, we might see the real Sarah.
My money is on Oprah.
she’ll be a no-show ….
Of course Huffpo has the story up as well…. no new facts.
Pretty much the same quote that was posted on the ADN about her appearance.
You can weigh in with a comment though.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/20/sarah-palin-oprah-intervi_n_327499.html
Dream team of guest interviewers it would be great to see on stage with her, all at once. She’d have to answer one question from each, otherwise she’d forfeit her appearance fee:
- Ken Morris
- Geoffrey Dunn
- Keith Olbermann
- AKM
- Shannyn Moore
- Gryphen
- Bill Ayers
- President Sarkozy
- Gwen Ifill
- Any random Mudflatter
So, SP will pal around with those who pal around with those who pal around with terrorists?
Maggie won a beauty contest in California. Will she be invited to Oprah, too?
This should be a lot of fun. Oprah is very well read, and I am sure she will ask some very direct questions about portions of the book. Palin is not at all on the same level as Oprah, and I think it is just going to be one of those times when Oprah just politely asks the most devestating questions. That is what Katie did. She just politely asked questions any American should have been able to answer, and Sarah couldn’t answer. She couldn’t handle Katie, and I am sure she will not be able to keep up with Oprah.
I’m in the treehouse all by my own self!
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North_of_the_Range Says:
Re: Dream Team:
Add Walter Monagham, and the Trooper to that list.
Laurie @ #59: “She has shown, in the VP debate, that she can do well with preparation.”
With respect, I beg to differ. In the VP debate (as well as the AK Gubernatorial debate with Knowles), Palin chose NOT to answer the question(s) asked. Her repeated trick is to just recite something she has memorized – something that has NOTHING to do with the question being asked. She thinks this is clever.
It is inane, and I cannot imagine why she gets away with it.
I agree Lori- she is crafty and plays by her own rules- Where Katie was on a leash- Oprah will not be, and she is by far the wiser of the tow interviewers when it comes to dealing with illusive miscreants.
AK ‘flatters, question:
Last year (during the presidential campaign), Oprah hosted an indigenous Alaskan family, filmed parts in AK. Are there readers, and/or responders from that family here?
UAA received a donation of millions earlier this year from an anonymous donor. Rumors are it was from Oprah. (?? dunno, just a rumor, but makes sense).
Oprah voice “Here today joining us is NOT one of my favorite thinnnngggsss. Ex Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin.
In honor of her visit you can look under you seats and find free coupons for Planned Parenthood centers (good for any planned parenthood center countrywide) and free coupons for Sylvan Learning Centers (they help those that need an extra push educationally).
Cut to audience screaming and crying and grabbing under their seats for free stuff….
Hopefully Oprah will have Geoffrey Dunn on her show when his book comes out. In fact, she may have already made plans, but in order to be fair and square, she’s gotta have Palin herself on, or it would be too one-sided. I think Oprah will be gracious and graceful, and Palin will do herself in.
BooBooBear just checked over at Team Sarah and they are really, really worried that Oprah is “setting her up” and that Quitter Queen should not do it. Funny!
they were al excited earlier today but now…..not so much. ;0) It’s Oprah’s Show, right? Enter at your own risk.
I live in the Chgo area, where Oprah is replayed after Nightline, on ABC. For years, I would drift off to sleep while watching her interview guests. Now that I have retired, I rarely watch Oprah. This is one show that I will not miss. Oprah will be well prepared, she will not likely accept conditions that limit questions or areas of discussion and she will be persistent. If she has agreed to any preconditions, she will explain them to the audience along with the rationale for accepting same. In my opinion, this appearance will be very difficult for Sarah. Oprah provides the forum we have all been waiting for and she will ask hard hitting and direct questions. This is going to be fascinating and fun. Can’t wait.
I was just at the Oprah sight. I’ve left a few posts. Generally people are pissed that she’s letting Palin use her show for her $$$ book gain. Most people I know think Oprah is lowering her standards. I personally do not think Oprah will do the job that’s needed. They will probably talk about the red high heel shoes at one point and that would just make me gag……
…and one more thing. In my opinion, there will be no reason for anyone to buy a $9 book after the Oprah interview airs. Oprah will have plumbed the depths of any matters of import or interest. Enough of the lies will be outed to make a stong point that a memoir of lies is best called fiction. So, I advise our blogger friends to hold off making the self-sacrifice of purchasing and reading the book, wait for Oprah to rip the author apart. Save yourselves, let Oprah do it for us all, cause she will.
If Sarah shows up, fascination and fun in store for all of us who have waited for deliverance.
SP is a fool. Too greedy and vainglorious to shy away from a light that will ruin her as all lights do to hapless moths.
She can’t even help herself. That is the pathetic part.
Maybe she could hook up with Sarah Lee?
Comment # 6, JerryG:
You are FUNNY!
I can not wait to see $arah on 0prah…(if she shows up)
Hell she can’t even carry on a normal conversation, let alone in front of the whole world…bringing out the popcorn…LMAO
mxm********ooooh yes! Oprah is going to do what Oprah does best. not to worry dear pups. all will be well.
SO, are we being used as a FREE focus group by Murdoch? I think so. Start off the first booking with Oprah??? why, simply because Oprah commands a large female audience? that Scarah needs to win over? to test the internet response waters? in order to prepare Scarah for she’ll need to address? HA!
LOL, it’s not going to work Scarah and Murdoch, you cannot control America’s media and thought process away from FAKE news. It is not going to happen. Keep your white flag handy. Is this a test, is it over?
I think she’ll bail on Oprah, citing some drummed up excuse. She’s not ready and she can’t handle it. Too bad, so sad for her, she doesn’t understand and see it because she’s blindly stubborn and a egotistical narcissist . Go ahead Scarah, be brave dive in, the waters fine, you can do it, just swim, fast, treading is not a good option, lol. Your cult groupies will lovingly throw you sardines for energy.
I love reading these posts. They enlighten me and calm me.
It’s true. Sarah has NEVER had a good interview. NEVER. Gosh that’s reassuring. Gee, if that’s true, how will the interview affect her book sales the very next day? What about all the hundreds of people planning to camp out at Borders just so they can get it asap?
I guess I’ll be seeing them in that big bin at the dollar store for the holidays after all.
I think this is one gig that she can’t afford to bail on. This is big- and to run away would put another nail in the coffin.
In truth this would be the stupidest thing she has done yet. Only way she could slither out is if she manufactored an accident or illness-
You heard it here first
I think the book sales are totally irrelevant here- and just a side story.
Her performance or non-performance here is a very crucial brick in her crumbling facade.
I am extremely disappointed in Oprah. I thought she was above pandering for profit. Unless she uses this opportunity to show Palin for who she really is, I will sorely miffed at her.
p.s.—Glen Beck has a book out, too. Is Oprah going to interview him? aaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Went over to see what the buzz on this was at seeofpee, and I am stumbling back shaken and disturbed. The level of invective for Oprah, President Obama, and anyone who dares question SP’s canonization is horrifying, way more than the usual rancor.
I offer this as a soothing bedtime read for all you Monty Python & birding fans:
http://10000birds.com/air-speed-velocity-of-an-unladen-swallow.htm
I left a comment at Oprah’s site, before it crashed: I hope Oprah will ask hard questions, but I said I assumed she would be a gracious host, instead– allowing Palin to garner valuable publicity for her ghost-written book.
What we need is a distraction. Maybe the balloon boy can go missing again about 15 minutes before Oprah’s program airs. I know that her program appears at different times in different markets, but balloon boy can keep the networks busy all day. Other possible distractions: a hurricane, an earthquake, a slow speed chase involving police cars and a white SUV, or a pretty blond girl could go missing while on vacation.
Just dreaming.
I pity the dear souls who might be forced into going home with a FREE copy of that raging propaganda….
Moment of levity….remember this SNL skit about Oprah’s favorite things?
http://s93.photobucket.com/albums/l53/MrBrightSide1980/videos/?action=view¤t=Oprah39sFavoriteThings.flv
I had never watched Oprah before then and still have never sat through and entire show, but this sure tickled me. I will perhaps have to tune in for this Palin show though.
At any rate, this clip is worth a watch, especially to see Tina Fey getting “feral” with a smoked turkey whilst perched on her auditorium seat
Why anyone would give that dingbat a forum is beyond me. Ratings or otherwise, treating Palin as if she has any gravitas is sickening. A money grubbing, shallow, uneducated fraud with a pretty face is about all she has to offer. Perhaps she can explain the “legal fund” and the money she has already accumulated to remodel that house. And why Todd no longer feels it it necessary to go to work everyday.
Ridiculous woman and Oprah is nothing but a two faced fraud herself. Two phonies sitting alongside one another each trying to get the better of the other while the ratings soar. Whose next, Balloon Boy’s father?
I believe there is no word out from the Palin camp to varify she is going on Oprah.
Wondering if Palin has said herself she is going on Oprah.
Oprah will get great ratings for this, but I still think it’s a bad idea. I really wish she wouldn’t validate Scarah’s book by providing a venue for her to promote it and lie about her “reasoning” for doing the dopey things she’s done, assuming O asks her such questions. I haven’t watched O in some time, but my impression was that she was courteous to her GUESTS and treated them as such. I don’t think she’ll ask hard questions, and I’m sure she’ll be limited to only topics covered in the book. Even that should provide generous fodder for insightful queries, but I suspect O won’t go there, and if she did, Scarah will deflect and obfuscate. I’ll probably record the “performance” and watch with my fingers covering my eyes. (Better yet, covering my ears – tee hee).
i’m with zyggy @ 44.
anyway, i don’t think this will change her numbers. her fans will love her more and the rest of us will be unimpressed.
thus! i can’t be bothered to watch. i’m sure i’ll have a new (to me) episode of midsomer murder waiting for me.
Considering what Oprah has featured before as TRUTH (wasn’t there a “Secret” and various autobios) what is there not to believe with the rouges?
Oprah should stand her up.
Ummmm – Ladies and Gents – I hate to be the one to point it out, but going back and forth from this forum to a couple of others that mention Palin’s appearance on Oprah……… I’m seeing little difference between the calibre of some of the comments from all sides.
Mudflatters have been noted and praised for being nice folks. It’s one thing to voice our opinions in a decent and civil manner, (and I know that Palin can certainly raise our ire), but lets not bring ourselves to the level of disgusting things that we read from those on the other side of the fence.
Many of the comments on Oprah’s page that are in opposition to Palin are downright hateful – just as those on Palin’s page that are in opposition to Obama are downright hateful. We know how hurtful and disappointing it is for us to read comments against Obama. This is a case of two wrongs don’t make a right.
So can we try to stick to the facts about why we feel as we do without making the demeaning and degrading statements and become a mirror image of our opposition? AKM and crew have worked hard to validate themselves and this site and I know that none of us would like to see their efforts diminished.
Thanks – end of rant.
1) To whomever made the original Monty Python reference in these comments: I love you. That just made my day.
2) I absolutely agree that we should not continue to give She Who Shall Not Be Named any weight by pretending that she a) has any insight on government, b) wrote a book herself, or c) has anything useful to say about anything. By booking her on shows like Oprah, it continues to give her credibility (however small and feeble it may be), and it gives her fanatical lemmings something to grasp at.
3) I hope Oprah actually asks some real questions. I can’t imagine her having much respect for Palin, and at the very least, she must take some offense to the racism Palin happily stirred up all along the campaign trail. But I’m guessing this is going to be a pretty soft interview, mainly about the book, life since quitting (except Oprah won’t be allowed to call it quitting, I’m sure!), how the baby and grandbaby are doing, etc. I can’t believe Palin would go on Oprah for a real interview, and sadly, I think this interview will be judged much like the VP debate was: as long as she doesn’t completely fall on her face, people will call it a success, even though it’s a long way from what normal people would call success.
69 teutonic13 and 6 North_of_the_Range Says:
Re: Dream Team:Add Walter Monagham, and the Trooper to that list.
Put Walt Monegan’s mom, Betty, at the top of that list.
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/why_walt_monegan_got_fired?from=120&comments_per_page=30
OK, couldn’t resist the late night limerick temptation here.
There once was a gov from Wasilla
Whose book she was sure was a thrilla
To sell her darn prose
On Oprah she goes
To earn money to finish her villa.
Lots of great comments. Don’t want this to come off as demeaning, preachy, or insulting–there is a lot at stake nationally (health care reform, for one) between now and November 16th, and after. I am confident that despite voicing our thoughts about the upcoming Oprah interview with Palin & about the book Palin “wrote,” we will keep our attention and actions focused on the more important issues facing us as American citizens.
As far as I know, I’ve never watched Oprah except for the odd click-through snippet. And she was terrific in The Color Purple. But it is impossible for a US resident to be completely unaware of Oprah.
One pretty strong opinion I have formed from reading about her is that she is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a hardball interviewer. In this regard, she does not differ from the vast majority of other entertainment-oriented talk-show hosts, past and present.
I will therefore predict that her interview with Ms Quittypants will focus on the book, and perhaps the family, and will be quite civil and innocuous. The only way I can see the interview getting at all edgy is if there is actually offensive, as opposed to misleading, content in the book.
Oprah will get terrific ratings, Palin will get nice exposure, and I will get a lump on my forehead (actually not, since you’d have to pay me quite a lot to watch the show).
@GG2B: While I certainly share your view that we should remain civil in our comments, I’m not sure what provoked your remark. I’ve read all the comments on this thread, and I’d say there were three or four out of a hundred that were somewhat infelicitous; but that compares quite favorably with any other blog I’ve ever seen. (Of course, I have no idea how many comments AKM hurled into the mud).
Annoyance is not the same thing as hatefulness. I am slightly annoyed that Oprah has invited Palin onto her show, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to call her names or suggest bad things should happen to her.
Former Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan’s mother:
http://www.northernvisions.smugmug.com/gallery/6083679_8Emun#381799260_uFmrz-A-LB
Wow, more fundraising.
iminfor10 On the day we reach 1 million Sarah Palin supporters…let us all at once each contribute at least $10 to SaraPac. If we do it all on the same day it should have some impact!
Sarah Palin FaceBook page……. http://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin?ref=nf
Interview questions –
Oprah, ask her to define “commonsense conservatism”. Nothin’ “gotcha” there, right? An answer of “In what respect, Oprah?” doesn’t count…
Easy stuff, hmmm…what would she know…oh, I know! Ask her what she thinks of the Red Guard. How about, it’s all about job creation with Wushu and the Shaolin Temple?
How, exactly, does she see that in context of her statement: “Our future is now deeply linked to Asia’s success. Our children’s future.”
Shucks, okay, then. Oprah, just ask her to explain what a “retrograde form of Islam” is, for all of us uneducated folk, and who said that?
“[A Taliban victory] would influence the grand debate among Muslims on the future of Islam. A severely retrograde form of Islam would be seen to have defeated modernity twice: first the Soviet Union, then the United States. There would be profound consequences, especially in the campaign against terrorism.”
Or perhaps ask Sarah from Wasilla how the Afghanis might accomplish this, specifically: “We can win in Afghanistan by helping the Afghans build a stable representative state able to defend itself.”
Sarah Palin, CLSA Investors’ Summit, Hong Kong, September 2009.
“During the election campaign in the U.S. last year, you might have noticed we had some differences over Iraq. John McCain and I believed in the strength of the surge strategy – because of its success, Iraq is no longer the central front in the war on terrorism. Afghanistan is. Afghanistan is where the 9/11 attacks were planned and if we are not successful in Afghanistan, al Qaeda will once again find safe haven there. As a candidate and in office, President Obama called Afghanistan the “necessary war” and pledged to provide the resources needed to prevail. However, prominent voices in the Democratic Party are opposing the additional U.S. ground forces that are clearly needed.
Speaker of the House Pelosi, Defense Subcommittee Chairman Murtha, the Senate Armed Services Committee Chair, and many others, recently expressed doubts about sending additional forces! President Obama will face a decision soon when the U.S. Commander in Afghanistan requests additional forces to implement his new counterinsurgency strategy.
We can win in Afghanistan by helping the Afghans build a stable representative state able to defend itself. And we must do what it takes to prevail.
…the Defense Department received only ½ of 1 % of the nearly trillion dollar Stimulus Package funding — even though many military projects fit the definition of “shovel-ready.” In this Administration’s first defense budget request for 2010, important programs were reduced or cancelled. As the threat of ballistic missiles from countries like North Korea and Iran grow, missile defense was slashed.
Despite the need to move men and material by air into theaters like Afghanistan, the Obama Administration sought to end production of our C-17s, the work horse of our ability to project long range power. Despite the Air Force saying it would increase future risk, the Obama Administration successfully sought to end F-22 production – at a time when both Russia and China are acquiring large numbers of next generation fighter aircraft. It strikes me as odd that Defense Secretary Gates is the only member of the Cabinet to be tasked with tightening his belt.
I am not talking about some U.S.-led “democracy crusade.” We cannot impose our values on other counties. Nor should we seek to. But the ideas of freedom, liberty and respect for human rights are not U.S. ideas, they are much more than that. They are enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and many other international covenants and treaties. They apply to citizens in Shanghai as much as they do to citizens in Johannesburg or Jakarta. And demands for liberty in China are Chinese, not American, demands. Just last year, many brave Chinese signed Charter 08, a Chinese document modeled on the great Czech statesman Vlacav Havel’s Charter 77. Charter 08 would not be unfamiliar to our Founding Fathers and was endorsed by Havel himself. No, we need not convince the Chinese people that they have inalienable rights. They are calling for those rights themselves. But we do have to worry about a China where the government suppresses the liberties its people hold dear.
I see a bright future for America in Asia. One based on the alliances that have gotten us this far, one based on free and open markets, one that integrates democratic India into East Asia’s political life and one in which China decides to be a responsible member of the international community and gives its people the liberty – THE FREEDOM – they so desperately want.
Sadly, however, our largest free trade agreement ever in Asia, with South Korea, sits frozen in the Congress. In contrast, China is behaving wisely in negotiating free trade agreements throughout Asia. We want an Asia open to our goods and services. But if we do not get our free trade act together, we will be shut out by agreements Asians our making among themselves.
When members of America’s greatest generation – the World War II generation – lose their homes and their life savings because their retirement funds were wiped after the financial collapse, people feel a great anger. There is suddenly a growing sentiment to just “throw the bums out” of Washington, D.C. – and by bums they mean the Republicans and the Democrats. Americans are suffering from pay cuts and job losses, and they want to know why their elected leaders are not tightening their belts. It’s not lost on people that Congress voted to exempt themselves from the health care plan they are thrusting on the rest of the nation. There is a growing sense of frustration on Main Street. But even in the midst of crisis and despair, we see signs of hope.
In fact, it’s a sea change in America, I believe. Recently, there have been protests by ordinary Americans who marched on Washington demand their government stop spending away their future. Large numbers of ordinary, middle-class Democrats, Republicans, and Independents from all over the country march on Washington?! You know something’s up!…
The town halls and the Tea Party movement are both part of a growing grassroots consciousness among ordinary Americans who’ve decided that if they want REAL change, they must take the lead and not wait to be led. REAL CHANGE and, you know, you don’t need a title to do it….
When my country again achieves financial stability and economic growth – when we ROAR back to life as we shall do — it will be thanks in large part to the hard work and commonsense of these ordinary Americans who are demanding that government spend less and tax less….. and allow the private sector to grow and prosper.”
Hateful is a better tag for Sarah Palin’s campaign to villify and discourage medical professionals from choosing a career seeking cures for currently incurable disease!
I realize I am supposed to keep my mouth shut and smile, while she says my life has the same value as a tiny dish fertilized, NEVER going to develop cell that is about to be tossed in the trash!
She has been advised that Adult Stem Cells may save thousands, but that EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS will likely save MILLIONS, SOONER!
Sooner is better, while you read this nice people, with families slipped past the point of health needed to benefit from any treatment!
We are Americans! Almost all of us support ESCR! If we don’t speak up, how will we feel when the number who have suffered & died is tallied?
46 Maria Says:
October 20th, 2009 at 4:23 PM
That said, there’s no way I’m watching it. Palin’s voice could give me an aneurysm.
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won’t watch it either
Oprah said a long time ago that the biggest mistake she mad was speaking with a self admitted Klansman in her audience.
Those were the days when Oprah used to go through her audience ala Phil Donahue for input.
She was doing a oldies but goodies program and showed the old footage.
She said she would never do something like that again, because it gave that person “a voice”, that there were folks out there who would and do agree with him and all she accomplished, she realized, was that she gave him voice on national TV.
One of her “ahha moments”.
Oprah had come to the conclusion that you do not give people with outrageous, egregious platforms a voice.
So I guess they’ll be disusing “death panels” on the program.
I was shocked to hear Oprah would help market this book. I won’t be watching, my stomach doesn’t like to get upset.
I’ll be shocked if she even goes through with it.
NPR’s website has a short poll up about the Palin interview on Oprah. It only went up within the past 1/2 hour but so far it’s all negative. They are also asking what questions you would like asked on the show:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/10/sarah_palin_oprah_winfrey.html
Who knows if they’ll make it to Oprah but, y’never know.
Whomever said Oprah might get Palin to cry–has anyone ever seen her cry? I happen to think she is incapable of actual tears.
113 Molly Says:
October 21st, 2009 at 5:10 AM
Whomever said Oprah might get Palin to cry–has anyone ever seen her cry? I happen to think she is incapable of actual tears
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She would cry to sell her book….you betcha!
I’m sure you’ve heard of the old trick of putting thumb tacks inside the toe of your shoes, so politician/actors can tear up at will by stepping on them.
I din’t know that if Palin put tacks in her PANTIES, she would be able to cry at will….she’ll have to do like Glen Beck and smear vicks vapo rub around her eyes…………………lol
I’ve only seen snipets of Oprah, never could handle an entire show. I mentioned Palin being scheduled and followers of Oprah thought I was joking. When I explained, I wasn’t joking, they got upset that Oprah would give Palin a forum, a full hour to fleece the American people with a fluff book that pumps her up.
Even if Oprah asks easy questions, like what do you read… Palin can play the victim and turn it into a big gotcha media event, getting even more coverage.
The only good thing about this, is that she is fleecing the Republicans as she’ll never be a real contender for a serious position of influence. Deep pocketed interests, that she would need to attract, to be taken seriously, do not back quitters.
I’m sure that Palin gave Oprah a list of questions that she’s NOT allowed to ask.
But I’d love to see Scarah’s face when the conversation wanders (like her speeches) and something pops up that she doesn’t want to talk about. This is the reason I’ll be watching. Oprah is a pretty good interviewer, I hope she’s real subtle with that “gotcha” conversation. It’ll be a blast.
I wonder if she’ll be dragging her kids along for human shields?
I’m reading the Washington Post. An Op-Ed claims Sarah is a wonderful sport, helping Oprah who is in a ratings slump. That’s right folks Oprah is now in need of help from a conservative. And Sarah is willing to offer a helping hand.
Molly, I think that there were tears in Sarah’s eyes when McCain’s people took her concession speech out of the teleprompter and replaced it McCain’s speech.
Since someone mentioned Monty Python, does anyone else find it odd that the Republicans have not yet utilized this in their attempts to terrify senior citizens:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grbSQ6O6kbs
I just hope that Oprah has a back up plan for when SWWNBN back out of the interview and claims to have never agreed to it….
In order for Sarah to appear on Oprah, I believe her handlers will have explicitly said, “No questions about anything, except the book”.
I have Palin fatigue. There, I’ve said it.
KVC post 121…
A book about her memoirs. Even if it isn’t in the book, one would get to ask, why isn’t so & so in the book.
@117 wolf pack. Wow…….Palin is helping Oprah? Unbelievable. I would drop the Oprah show a note with that information. It just goes to show that Sarah brings conflict wherever she goes.
kvc, I don’t Oprah would go for that. QP wants to be open and transparent, then she’ll have to deal with the questions that Oprah asks.
Ha ha Professor Geezer! Me too. I’m even starting to get Oprah fatigue and I haven’t seen her show in years…
Just to add, love Oprah, just don’t get around to watching at that time.
(she’ll wipe the floor with $P, if she is the old Oprah, by the way…)
Did HalfGuv. Winky forget that Oprah backed Obama?
Oprah hasn’t learned the lesson she said she would never repeat…………..
Publication Information: Book Title: American Skinheads: The Criminology and Control of Hate Crime. Contributors: Mark S. Hamm – author. Publisher: Praeger Publishers. Place of Publication: Westport, CT. Publication Year: 1994. Page Number: 55.
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Because Metzger had contributed so much to Oprah’s television ratings, she invited the former Klansman back for a second visit in September of 1989. But this time Metzger said little about the skinheads. Instead, he defended the Ku Klux Klan’s right to broadcast on cable TV. Unlike before, Oprah had nothing to tell the press after this show.
Oh. My. is right!
SP will more than likely have her Publisher there to answer the questions that will seem, UNFAIR, for SP to answer. She will have a shield, as always. Her statement would be that she can’t answer a question because it would give away the mystery (misery-my word) of the book. Oprah have to satisfy her extremist listeners (fans). Of course, they will tune in to watch.
I won’t watch the show. I don’t watch or listen to shows that promote violence or hatred. Even if the person (Oprah) doesn’t agree; just having a person on her show that has stirred up hatred against our President; that has precipitated verbal and threats of physical harm, is a show, in my opinion, not worth watching.
However, it’s her show; she can have who she wants. But it’s my TV and I choose to boycott the station and show for a long time. Oprah doesn’t need the money and doesn’t deserve an increase in ratings. SP doesn’t deserve a platform to sprout her lies, deception and hatred.
I won’t watch it live but I’ll catch up quickly by hanging out around here…it’s much more entertaining when fed by the Mudflats edition of crazy. Besides Oprah loves golden retrievers something I’m addicted to, also too. Anyone who loves dogs like Oprah does (she has cocker spaniels too) has to be okay in my book.