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Oprah-pa-looza, Part 2
October 08, 2008 10:37 AM
Talk show legend Oprah Winfrey will headline a two-day fundraising weekend for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., this weekend.
Aimed at female donors, the Chicago event Friday and Saturday will bring visits from Obama and his wife Michelle, as well as Sen. Joe and Jill Biden.
Interestingly, Sen. Obama and Oprah are not anticipated to appear together at any point. Obama will make remarks at the event on Saturday evening in Chicago (no cameras allowed). Michelle Obama and Oprah will appear together on Friday night; a cocktail reception with the two grande dames is only for donors who give $28,500 or more.
The Obama campaign, along with the DNC Women’s Leadership Forum, is hosting the “National Women’s Leadership Initiative” –- aimed to “recruit and engage women leaders from across the country to work together and raise money in support of Sen. Barack Obama and the Democratic Party.”
The campaign says the multiple events will “highlight the role and significance of women’s leadership in electing Barack Obama, present important policy and campaign strategy updates and provide field tools for women to take back to their communities.”
There are multiple levels of tickets for the event that the campaign has high hopes for raking in big bucks, from "National Chairs," who raise $100,000 for this event by October 5th or contribute $57,000, to "State Co-Chairs," who raise $50,000 for this event by October 5th or contribute $28,500, and so on.
The event will take place at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers. Other events feature former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin; Laura Tyson, former National Economic Adviser to the president; Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.;
Lilly Ledbetter, Plaintiff, Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.; and former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright.
-- Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller
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I'm so comforted that the National Women’s Leadership Initiative is being held to support the male/male ticket.
Quoting Madonna "Sara Palin's not invited to the show." (rythmic clapping optional)
I guess, any man with far left views is the "new" woman. Where was the support for centrist Hillary?
Posted by: jillyus | Oct 10, 2008 1:54:42 PM
It's really sad to see Oprah sell her soul down the river in the name of race.
Posted by: Thank God for Karma | Oct 10, 2008 1:11:59 AM
"Her ratings have dropped since she first had obama on her show."
She first had him on the show in 2005 and again in 2006.
She has not had him on the show since endorsing him.
Yet again, right wingers lie.
Posted by: Ryan C | Oct 9, 2008 5:06:22 PM
-----------------------------------------Like I said Ryan, her ratings have dropped since she had obama on her show, no matter what year it was, you can spin and spin, but it won't change a thing. Her ratings have DROPPED!!! God, don't know what would happen to this world if right wingers didn't lie..the left wingers wouldn't have anything to complain about or anyone to blame.
Posted by: Melody | Oct 9, 2008 9:15:10 PM
Very dissapointed in Oprah I thought she had more class then to use her celebrity to promote and candidate when we don't all have that chance. So much for her argument about equal rights . I have nevr felt it was fair for these celebrities to influence voters when the public that watches and supports them doesn't have the same opportunity. Oh well one more show to avoid. I haven't gone to one Susan Sarandon movie in years,George Clooney, now Matt Damon, Madonna(never liked her anyway),Ashley Judd(this one bothers me always liked her)etc. Anyway I know they have right to their opinions but it's not fair they have the media and celebrity to flaunt them. Oh,almost forgot Alec Baldwin.
Posted by: conf1689 | Oct 9, 2008 7:24:06 PM
Say what you will about Oprah....if given the chance, 90% of you would trade your lifestyle in a nanosecond for Oprah's!!! Eleanor Roosevelt said: "Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people."....quit being small minded republicans!!!
Posted by: TRO | Oct 9, 2008 7:17:02 PM
"Her ratings have dropped since she first had obama on her show."
She first had him on the show in 2005 and again in 2006.
She has not had him on the show since endorsing him.
Yet again, right wingers lie.
Posted by: Ryan C | Oct 9, 2008 5:06:22 PM
An Oprah spokesperson tells CNN the show's ratings have been climbing all year and issues of O, the host's magazine, continue to fly off newsstand shelves.
Posted by: Ryan C | Oct 8, 2008 3:59:37 PM
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Sure they would say that. Have seen in the past lots of o mags in waiting rooms, but have not seen them lately, so maybe the sales are off. Hope so. Her ratings have dropped since she first had obama on her show.
A recommendation from this racist woman would not made me vote for obama or anyone else she supports, nor would I read a book she recommends. She is no better than any other woman, she puts her pants on one leg at a time just like the rest of us.
Posted by: Melody | Oct 9, 2008 4:13:12 PM
I wasn't a Hillary supporter but, felt she got the short end of the stick from Oprah. In this case color over gender played a big roll.
Posted by: Missy | Oct 9, 2008 12:26:42 PM
"Ryan C.....Kerry was ahead by 11 points at this time against Bush....polls right now are nada."
Kerry was never ahead 11 pts at any point in the race.
At this time in 2004, Kerry was losing to Bush by a few points nationally and was losing or tied in many battleground states.
Again Hanna lies.
Posted by: Ryan C | Oct 9, 2008 12:24:41 PM
Oprah is-a-looser, more like it. Just like her buddy Obama. She is the one funding his campaign. One of the richest women in the world? Get real.
By the way MR. TAPPER... where is the reporting on ACORN??? Obama is heavily involved in the organization that is being investigated for voter registration fraud. PLEASE REPORT FAIRLY. Obama is a scary dude my friends, we have a right to know.
Posted by: ml | Oct 9, 2008 8:10:05 AM
Here's Obama's next unfair move in this election:
Missouri officials suspect fake voter registration
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 9:12 PM EDT
The Associated Press
By BILL DRAPER Associated Press Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Officials in Missouri, a hard-fought jewel in the presidential race, are sifting through possibly hundreds of questionable or duplicate voter-registration forms submitted by an advocacy group that has been accused of election fraud in other states.
Charlene Davis, co-director of the election board in Jackson County, where Kansas City is, said the fraudulent registration forms came from the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN. She said they were bogging down work Wednesday, the final day Missourians could register to vote.
"I don't even know the entire scope of it because registrations are coming in so heavy," Davis said. "We have identified about 100 duplicates, and probably 280 addresses that don't exist, people who have driver's license numbers that won't verify or Social Security numbers that won't verify. Some have no address at all."
The nonpartisan group works to recruit low-income voters, who tend to lean Democratic. Polls show Republican presidential candidate John McCain with an edge in bellwether Missouri, but Democrat Barack Obama continues to put up a strong fight.
Jess Ordower, Midwest director of ACORN, said his group hasn't done any registrations in Kansas City since late August. He said he was told three weeks ago by election officials that there were only about 135 questionable cards — 85 of them duplicates.
"They keep telling different people different things," he said. "They gave us a list of 130, then told someone else it was 1,000."
FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton said the agency has been in contact with elections officials about potential voter fraud and plans to investigate.
"It's a matter we take very seriously," Patton said. "It is against the law to register someone to vote who does not fall within the parameters to vote, or to put someone on there falsely."
On Tuesday, authorities in Nevada seized records from ACORN after finding fraudulent registration forms that included the starting lineup of the Dallas Cowboys.
In April, eight ACORN workers in St. Louis city and county pleaded guilty to federal election fraud for submitting false registration cards for the 2006 election. U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway said they submitted cards with false addresses and names, and forged signatures.
Ordower said Wednesday that ACORN registered about 53,500 people in Missouri this year. He believes his group is being targeted because some politicians don't want that many low-income people having a voice.
"It's par for the course," he said. "When you're doing more registrations than anyone else in the country, some don't want low-income people being empowered to vote. There are pretty targeted attacks on us, but we're proud to be out there doing the patriotic thing getting people registered to vote."
Republicans are among ACORN's loudest critics. At a campaign stop in Bethlehem, Pa., supporters of John McCain interrupted his remarks Wednesday by shouting, "No more ACORN."
According to its national Web site, the group has registered 1.3 million people nationwide for the Nov. 4 election. It also has encountered complaints of fraud stemming from registration efforts in Wisconsin, New Mexico, Nevada and battleground states like Michigan, Ohio and North Carolina, where new voter registrations have favored Democrats nearly 4 to 1 since the beginning of this year.
Missouri offers 11 electoral votes; the presidential candidates need at least 270 to win the election.
Posted by: al from nj | Oct 9, 2008 6:19:45 AM
Ryan C.....Kerry was ahead by 11 points at this time against Bush....polls right now are nada.
October surprise yet to come.
Posted by: hanna | Oct 8, 2008 11:48:59 PM
Now that Oprah got her boy out in front, and kicked Hillary in the teeth, it's O.K. to do something "just for women" at this fundraiser. She sucks...haven't watched her since her endorsement.
HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN, EVEN BEFORE THE PALIN PICK.
Posted by: hanna | Oct 8, 2008 11:40:21 PM
Just to remind the farewell Oprah fans. She is a billionaire!!! You can't touch that. I believe Oprah have the same rights as every American and that is the right to support the candidate of her choice. I say good for her. One of the things that has been consistent with Oprah is her concern for women and the education and independence of women. It gives me a sense of confidence to know that Oprah supports Obama a statement to me that Obama is a worthy candidate for US president. When women such as Oprah, Caroline, Maria Kennedy, Ledbetter, and Albright give support to Obama it gives him great credibility.
Posted by: getreal | Oct 8, 2008 10:32:09 PM
These results, based on Oct. 5-7 polling, are the best for Obama during the campaign, both in terms of his share of the vote and the size of his lead over McCain. (To view the complete trend since March 7, 2008, click here.)
Nearly all interviews in today's report were conducted before Tuesday night's town hall style debate in Nashville. Any movement in voter preferences as a result of this debate will be apparent in coming days.
Voter preferences seem to have stabilized for the moment, as Obama has held a double-digit lead over McCain in each of the last three individual nights of polling.
Posted by: Ryan C | Oct 8, 2008 9:55:46 PM
Ryan C-"Ignorance is defined as the absence of knowledge -Stupidity is defined as having the knowledge, but not using it wisely." Hmmm...
Posted by: reality801 | Oct 8, 2008 8:32:34 PM
"Yes as a fellow right winger pretending to be a Hillary supporter I understand you have the same experience."
Ryan -
Having a hard time believing it, huh? Like we care! :D
ROFLMAO!!!!
PUMA! McCain/Palin 2008 - In lieu of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
"No self respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party which ignores her sex.” - Susan B. Anthony
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Oct 8, 2008 6:31:36 PM
"HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN BEFORE HE EVEN PICKED PALIN"
"Does anyone believe her?"
Well, actually, a lot of us believe her, we have had the same experience.
Better get some windex for that crystal ball of yours - you aren't "seeing" anything! :D
PUMA! McCain/Palin 2008 - In lieu of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
"No self respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party which ignores her sex.” - Susan B. Anthony
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Oct 8, 2008 6:26:48 PM
"HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN BEFORE HE EVEN PICKED PALIN"
Hanna the FoxNews defender, the caller for restriction of voting right, the tireless defenders of all things mcCain continues to claim she is a clinton supporter.
Does anyone believe her?
Posted by: Ryan C | Oct 8, 2008 6:15:09 PM
ACORN Offices raided in several states provided the FBI with ample evidence/proof of voter fraud.
Where are the headlines on this?
What does Obama have to say about this organization that he was intimately involved with?
More importantly, will the MSM find its journalistic integrity and interview/ask questions/press for answers of Obama on this matter - or are they going to ignore this like they do everything else concerning The Tainted One??
Jake, what say you????
PUMA! McCain/Palin 2008 - In lieu of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
"No self respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party which ignores her sex.” - Susan B. Anthony
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Oct 8, 2008 6:06:34 PM
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