Oprah Says Sarah Palin "Snubbed" Her

Well, she HAS been putting herself under public pressure on other shows as far as that goes but I'm surprised that 1/Oprah would ask her to be on her show or that 2/Palin ever wanted to be on Oprah's show before. Neither make sense to me! Annie

Palin had the opportunity for national exposure and to set things straight if she had wanted to. It looks like she just ducked and didn't want to answer any questions. And if you think people don't watch Oprah, your being mislead. I know my 3 daughters-in-law watch her and my grand daughter also catches her show.

iriscot, Do not get me wrong, I am not saying that Oprah is not popular, she is and she still have one of the highest ratings on Television. However, they have to maintain visible. An what better way to attack on Palin. As for Palin, my take is why does she need to answer all those question, what she does in private remains in private. Do you think Obama can do no wrong or for that matter of fact Oprah could do no wrong. It depends on which side of the fence you are sitting and you might be blinded by your choices.

That would be a very akward interview, and i can only imagine what the pro-obama audience would feel like, "ok, what is she doing here", if oprah and palin linked up for a show i wouldnt expect her to sit there for an hour, but then again i dont even expect Palin to be traveling to see oprah in chicago anytime soon.

I disagree. Oprah has done hard interviews before. She wants to make out she's a professional and objective. She proved otherwise.

I think I understand why she didn't want to have any of the four major candidates on once she'd come out for Obama. I mean, let's face it, she'd have taken some flack no matter what she said to any of them simply because it was a known and actually documented fact who she supported. I really don't have an opinion one way or another about whether she should or should not have endorsed anyone. I guess that's between her and her loyal regular viewers, of which I'm not one...lol! Annie

vellibiz If Oprah did not care she would not have made a point of it. I think Oprah did feel miffed as she is probably not used to anyone not jumping at her commands.

I know, that's what I thought. I could see her feeling snubbed if she'd chosen to go on Ellen or Martha Stewart's shows. Annie

but while we are discussing this, oprah could really give a care, as she's sitting on her billions, watching Palin snubb a very influencial feminist show, its her loss if you look at it, what other televisions show has a vast audience of woman viewers, i couldnt see palin guest-judging in Top Model. Face it, eveything oprah touches sells, and shes prolly has many people waiting to get an interview call for exposure.

You have a point, no matter who anyone supports you have to admit it's a bit much to expect someone you clearly opposed to be all anxious to let you interview them...lol! Annie

She can go on any show to set things straight. It does not have to be on Oprah. Contrary to popular belief, everyone does not watch or even like Oprah and I just happen to be one of them.

Sorry! Palin missed the opportunity to set things straight if she wanted to. She simply ducked the chance for fear she didn't have the right answers. She was a "flash in the pan". It's over she and McCain lost by a landslide, and she needs to stay in Alaska and take care of her kids and the Governorship. In a way I feel sorry for her.

To be honest, I HAD forgotten she'd been a reporter. The difference these days between "News" programming and "Entertainment" programming has gotten rather clouded but I'd still classify Oprah's show as the latter and the others whom Palin did talk to as the former. It was kind of laughable that Fox had a graphic on the screen as "Breaking News" that Oprah said she'd been snubbed. Annie

What proof is there Sarah Palin harbors any ill will?

It really isn't newsworthy material to me anyway "Breaking News!!! Oprah Snubbed!!!!" Really? I do agree with your classification of Oprah, I just remember where she started from, even if she may not. I don't know there is any ill will, but if she feels she was snubbed by O first that would be it I guess. At this point this is one for the tabloids.

Well said!

I still find it hard to imagine Palin agreeing to go on Oprah's show before the election. I'm sure she was invited to appear on any number of other talk shows like OPrah's and she wasn't on a single one. Jay Leno, David Letterman, Ellen Degenerous, The View, and I'm sure I'm missing one or two of them had all of the other top candidates and their wives and Sarah was the only one who wasn't on a single one. Annie

Could be. I just know that I think the amount of people who have treated Palin like an idiot should stop and rethink.She is a very strong woman in my opinion. Anyone political or otherwise who could withstand the firepower she has had thrown at her is a heck of a person. Between SNL trying to make a joke out of her to people claiming that her one child belonged to her daughter.In Palins defense I think she was thrown into the middle of all this and played it by ear the best that she could. I also don't think anyone who has bashed her could of did what she has.I don't know about anyone else but some of the crap that was circulated about her family alone would of made me angry. I would of been forced to tell a few people off but Palin didn't sink to their level and instead turned the other cheek.

lol true, but what more needed to be said? :~D

Ted, such a short answer, it isn't like you! Annie

"She needs to stay in Alaska and take care of her kids!" um, and run her state.

Sorry X, if Sarah hadn't been so stupid and dumb by giving wrong answers to start with, the press wouldn't have hounded her. She needs to stay in Alaska and take care of her kids!

If she wasn't afraid of the questions she should have jumped at the chance to get nationwide exposure. It's over, she lost!

In contrast what hard hitting questions did Obama get asked by Oprah? As has been shown by other interviews he gave the "talk show crowd", most likely none.

Like what? Who does your nails? What's your daily beauty routine?

Well, I've heard the saying that Washington is Hollywood for "ugly" people...lol! Note, I'm not calling anyone in politics "ugly", I'm just repeating what I'd heard somebody say and I think they were simply pointing out that politicians don't do glamorous red carpet events and (usually) spend hundreds of thousands of clothes and make-up! Annie

anniepa I would like to know. Am I not worthy of an answer like everybody else.

I agree. I wouldn't consider this to even be noteworthy except for that it was "Breaking News" last night and I found that interesting. I'm far from an Oprah expert but I didn't think she was a whiner. Annie

Wow breaking news you say my my the world is falling apart and this is the best they can do I mean I like Oprah and admire her but some things are just "who cares" like this. So what if she does not want to apear on Oprah big deal. Oh and if She writes a book I dont think it will ever reach Oprahs book thing because really who cares.

You're SOOO right, all that talk about the "real" American and "anti-American" regions turned a lot of people off to be sure. I'm sure some people wondered if she'd consider herself THEIR V.P. if she won or if she'd feel she only had to serve those from red states. Annie

I just would have to also ask myself does she believe in the United States is really patriotic after all I did hear something like ummm she wanted to help make Alaska its own country. How true this was I am not sure so without reasearching it further I would not be to hasty with her until I truly knew all the facts

They'll NEVER stop interviewing her and she'll Never EVER go away, I just KNOW it! I was going to post something about the extra 30 grand but I was afraid I'd get yelled at for it...lol! Annie

I hate to say that I think you are right.

That was the part I wasn't clear on, if Palin had said she wanted to go on Oprah's show before the election. I remember seeing on a news show where Oprah had said she wasn't going to have any of the candidates on after Obama had secured the nomination which was obviously well before Palin was hardly heard of outside of Alaska. So, does that mean she offered to be on Oprah's show knowing Oprah would say no? And now apparently Oprah wanted her and she said no? The only media I heard mention this was Fox's Greta VanSustren because she was, understandably, rather proud that hers was the first name Oprah mentioned. Annie

From what I hear (and it could be not true) Palin wanted to be on Oprah because of how many people watch her show. Tons of stay at home moms, which was the crowd she was going after to get the vote. All Oprah has to do is put a book on her "book Club" list and it instantly becomes a best seller. In the primary no one really knew Obama in the beginnning. He was seriously looking like an "also ran" candidate. But then Oprah stepped in had him on her show a couple of times and stumped her little heart out for him....I am not saying it caused him to win...but it definately helped. The power of Oprah. For this reason alone I would have thought that she would not have wanted to go on the show. Oprah backed Obama which means any interview she would have done with Palin would not haven good for her. It would have been slanted to help Obama win, not Palin. So I can not say that I think the rumors are true. Now I did hear that some of Palins supporters were writting Oprah and asking her to interview her. That may be what sparked the whole thing off. Some of fans asked, Oprah said no, the media saw a chance to make something out of nothing again so they ran the story. But now that the election is over she does not need Oprah anymore. WHy should she....all the news organizations are falling all over themselves to interview her.

Who in the media are having "second thought about how they handled the campaign coverage"? I hadn't heard that! I don't put much stock in these studies and their 80% versus 30% statistics. I mean, were they supposed to make up positive things for McCain and Palin or what? If anyone wanted to know where either of the candidates stood on any of the issues all they had to do was watch the debates and look up their voting records online, the media didn't tell me who to support or to vote for. When you say "Oprah had her shot and missed", are you saying Palin had wanted to or had offered to appear on her show before the election? This is an honest question, Bob, I'm not being in the least bit sarcastic and this post wasn't intended at all to insult Sarah Palin or anyone else. I'm not a huge Oprah fan in fact I rarely watch her show and I'm really not influenced one way or another by anything she does or says. I don't dislike her or I certainly don't "hate" her, she's just another so-called icon I quite frankly hear a bit too much about. Annie

Again, what I'm not clear on is whether it's true, as some have said, that Palin had voiced a desire to be on Oprah's show before the election which would mean she'd have obviously known then that Oprah wasn't impartial since Oprah had endorsed Obama before he was even nominated, which in turn was well before Palin was announced as McCain's V.P. If that part was true, they both changed their minds. I've never been aware of Oprah having a desire to have a far left President in the White House. Annie

Well, in my opinion Oprah may have endorsed Obama early on, before he got the nomination, but I don't think I'd say she was "so far up his behind"...lol! Since I don't watch her show I don't know if she talked about politics at all during the general election campaign but I know she'd said she wouldn't have any of the candidates on, including Obama, which I agree with since she did endorse him. Also, while again I'll repeat I don't watch the show these days and never did watch it regularly by any means, I don't see Oprah as the type of person who would have someone on to cut them down. That's too far removed from her image and I think would turn off too many of her faithful fans. I really don't care one way or another if Palin ever appears on Oprah's show or who snubs show in part because I'd probably not be watching anyway; I just found it interesting that Oprah bothered to complain about Palin "snubbing" her and that it was "Breaking News"! Annie

First, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to skip over you, honest I didn't! Somehow I ended up going from the end to the beginning after starting out from the beginning...anyway, please forgive me, I didn't do it on purpose! Yes, of course you deserve an answer! I agree Oprah should get over it but you also have a point that Palin should maybe be careful who she snubs now because she might need them later. Annie