Florida Republican women's group to boycott Oprah
By GottaLaff
This started with yet another lie by Republicans:
The Florida Federation of Republican Women made the decision to boycott the Oprah Winfrey Show Saturday, after the media mogul refused to have Gov. Sarah Palin as a guest on her show until after the election wraps up.
"Women in Florida helped build Oprah into the icon she is today," Linda Ivell, President of the FFRW said in a statement. "We are deeply disappointed in Ms. Winfrey's decision to sit out the greatest political moment in the history of women since suffrage."
The talk show host denied accusations Friday, that she was even considering the vice presidential nominee as a guest.
"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 plat for any of the candidates," Winfrey wrote in a statement, responding to a story from The Drudge report claiming her staff was "sharply divided" on whether they should book the Alaska Governor. [...]
The Florida Federation of Republican Women, the "largest political organization in Florida," celebrating the groups 58 year anniversary is also encouraging members to cancel subscriptions to O Magazine, Ivell said.
Oh, but it's only temporary. They're just angry for now. It's just a pretend boycott:
Ivell did not say the Florida Republicans would be tuning out indefinitely, but at least until 'after the election.' Adding, she and her members respect the decision to support Obama, "as every American is entitled to their personal opinion and vote."
So it's okay with them if Oprah decides not to invite Obama or McCain, but if she turns SledDog Sarah down, she has somehow betrayed them. Yeah, that makes sense.
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- September 6, 2008
SARAH ON OPRAH
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Come on girls. You should see it as a blessing.
Imagine:
The big O: Our guest today is Gov. Palin (wild applause). You don't believe a woman should be allowed an abortion under ANY circumstanstances, even RAPE and INCEST or if the woman might DIE????
P: No I don't. You have to think of the child first.
The big O: What if the woman abuses a baby she didn't want?
P: So?
The big O: I mean, what if the baby becomes sick? Who takes care of it? Will the baby have healthcare?
P: If the mother buys it.
The big O: What if the mother can't afford it?
P: That's not our fault. She should have kept her legs closed.
The big O: Your daughter was pregnant out of wedlock.
P: How dare you. That was something entirely different. You can't ask me about that.
The big O: Oooo kaay. Sooo, What do you think about the war in Iraq?
P: I don't think about it. I don't really have an opinion. It's God's war.
The big O: Your son is going there. You know that the Iraqis wrote "Islam" into the constitution as the "national religion" and half to two thirds of the 1.4 million Christians have been driven away from the land they have lived in for two thousand years, or beheaded or crucified?
P: That's not true.
The big O: Not true? What part?
P: All of it. Christians are in charge. The country is a free and stable democracy.
The big O: Why would you say that?
P: John told me. If John McCain said the surge worked and we won, then Christians are in charge and Iraq is a free and stable democracy.
The big O: Ooooo Kaaaay. Sooooo they tell me you balanced the budget in Alaska. Was it hard?
P: Really hard.
The big O: Really? I thought they have a lot of oil there?
P: Oh, we do. What was hard was lobbying the Government to get 27 million dollars for a town of 6 thousand people when the state gives thousands to every citizen because we have so much oil.
The big O: Hmmm, I guess that does sound hard. We heard you sold the big jet on Ebay.
P: Oh yea. We sold it to a local guy.
The big O: Oh, then you didn’t sell it on Ebay?
P: Yes we did.
The big O: You just said you sold it to a local guy and it says here for less than 600,000 what it was worth.
P: We sold it on Ebay. If John McCain says we sold it on Ebay, then we sold it on Ebay.
(with 45 minutes left in the show, The big O turns toward the audience and says) Well that’s all for today. I know we were supposed to talk about science and evolution, but I can't take anymore ignorance. Bye.
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By deanrddSeptember 6, 2008 - 8:32pm