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Oprah Caught Between Barack and a Hard Place

There is a war brewing behind the scenes at the Oprah Winfrey show, one that could force Oprah to break her allegiance with Barack Obama -- so Sarah Palin can get some face time.

According to the DrudgeReport.com, members of Oprah's sharply-divided staff are putting serious pressure on the talk show queen to book the first woman on a Republican ticket -- but not everybody is on-board.

A Winfrey insider tells Drudge, "Oprah's website is getting tons of requests to put her on, but Oprah and a couple of her top people are adamantly against it because of Obama."

But after Sarah's star-making coming-out party, how can Oprah NOT book her? Decisions... decisions...

So far, O's peeps refused to comment.



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16. tell her to go on Fox News... We dont want her on Oprah!

Posted at 10:23AM on Sep 5th 2008 by Alex Will

17. 1ST COMMENT AJA YOU SOUND LIKE A MISINFORMED TWIT PLEASE STOP TALKING YOU/RE TAKING UP VALUABLE AIR. SINCERELY GAYLE KING.

Posted at 10:23AM on Sep 5th 2008 by artie help

18. Palin maybe the first woman to be listed on an election ticket; however, there is no need/desire for Oprah to put Palin on the show. I believe that Palin annoys most people, and many people are strongly opposed to her and what she says. Palin's speech on Wednesday was unbelievable, unbelievable in a sense of the lies she told and the idiot she is.

I stand behind Oprah and Obama.

Posted at 10:26AM on Sep 5th 2008 by Kristin

19. Oprah's show is privately owned and she can do what she wants. She has no obligation to put on Palin or anyone else. It is ironic that Oprah is a Black woman who made it in spite of the obstacles put in front of her by the conservative, white male power structure (remember she started in the 70s -- not 2008) and now they are crawling at her door begging her to do their bidding and promote their political choice. Oprah will ultimately take the high road and have Palin on her show, but remember that it is HER choice not their right.

Posted at 3:21PM on Sep 5th 2008 by SmartOne

20. Oprah,

Don't give this 'nutcase' Gov Sarah Palin a bulley pulpit. Stick to your guns. The media and the conservative right will call you a "flip-flopper" and a "Judas", do not sucuumb to the pressure. If you put her on your show, you might as well as have dug in your pockets and handed her 5 million dollars in free campaign ads.

Posted at 9:36PM on Sep 5th 2008 by Pragmatista

21. artie help - if it means robbing YOU of air, I'll talk louder and more often. That'll be reason enough for me.

Posted at 10:25AM on Sep 5th 2008 by Aja

22. Bravo number 2..The people who are voting for Barack are not lookig at what he wants to do. Tthey are voting for him because he is black, in good shape and is a good speaker. Not a good reason people. But most people on this site are here because they are in love with the "pretty people".

Posted at 10:30AM on Sep 5th 2008 by delvis

23. Hey #1: Wake up and smell the coffee....so you would rather prefer a socialist instead of a republican. DUMB mistake whoever voted for Obama

Posted at 10:30AM on Sep 5th 2008 by Country First

24. Go for it, Oprah. Ask her the tough questions, like why she thinks the war in Iraq is an "Onward Christian Soldiers" event, or why it took her six years and five colleges to finish with a lesser four-year degree than she was aiming for originally.

Posted at 10:31AM on Sep 5th 2008 by Kay

25. I don't think Sarah Palin would want to go on Oprah, especially if she knows how close Oprah and Barack Obama are. Palin won't have a chance to bash Obama on that show.

Posted at 10:31AM on Sep 5th 2008 by the vampire lestat

26. Oprah, Just sat NO !!!!!!

Posted at 10:36AM on Sep 5th 2008 by Carol

27. It's clear black people are going to vote for Obama because he is black. Goes to show how narrow minded they are.....remember OJ?

Posted at 10:34AM on Sep 5th 2008 by Andy27

28. Aja YOU ARE CLEARLY A KNUCKLEHEAD, i'M SORRY THAT I WOKE YOUR IGNORANT ARSE UP. NOW GO BACK TO SLEEP.

Posted at 10:34AM on Sep 5th 2008 by artie help

29. The staff works for Oprah, not the other way around. When they get their own show, they can have whomever they want on it.

Posted at 10:36AM on Sep 5th 2008 by Stand your ground O

30. Oprah needs to go ahead and retire.

Posted at 10:36AM on Sep 5th 2008 by Roxy62

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