Thursday, November 29, 2007
Next week on Oprah: "Roadtrip!!"
Oprah Hit’s the Road! Obama’s number one fan is joining Obama on the campaign road. Oprah was able to score herself a ticket to the primary and see the action stir up! Who’s going to win these caucuses? Tough call, but Oprah is going to do whatever she can with her star power to make sure it is Obama. Although that was mildly over exaggerated, doesn’t this bring up an issue? Yes, people like Bill Clinton (an amazing speaker who could get anyone to do anything ;) ) are coming to support others and give speeches, but isn’t Oprah a pop idol? Not necessarily an established political figure? Doesn’t this bias people who may not be well… as intelligent (considering that they are even home during the time you can watch Oprah). I feel this is an unfair advantage to have someone with the kind of power that Oprah has, taking one candidate’s side. Although she has the perfect right to, it is inappropriate and inconsiderate on her part because it unfairly biases the country on a whole. I suppose there is no way to see the long term effects of her campaigning, but only time will tell. Maybe this roadtrip will give her an an oppertunity to give away stuff to poor people.
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WOOHOO!!!!!!! go oprah! HA! I think you raise some valid points, but at the end of the day, people listen to pop culture more then they do politics, and if they're willing to sway their opinions and whom they want to vote for based on Oprah, thats kind of sad. I think that Oprah is an extremely intelligent woman with bright ideas, and should have every right to support whichever candidate she wants, but at the same time, her going could be seen as inappropriate because alot of people do listen to her, look up to her, and can be easily persuaded by her...
This definitely seems very unfair. So many people look up to her and would do just what she does without questioning. She should know this. And if she was being proper, she wouldn't voice her opinion so that she can let her fans choose for themselves who they should vote for.
The Oprah vote. Scary. This is just showing how ridiculously powerful media is in politics. People don't really care about the issues. They care about what's popular and about defining themselves. They need to know who they're voting for no matter if they're the best choice for their opinions. Oprah is an indicator of how downhill politics is going.
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