Opinion: Oprah's Un-invite Is Just Plain Classless

I respect Oprah's decision to not have any of the candidates on near the election. She hasn't had Obama on in nearly two years so why in the world would she have on Sarah Palin. I hope Sarah Palin or McCain are not behind these smears of Oprah. This is really changing my opinion of them. Oprah admits her bias upfront and that shows a lot more class than most of the media.

Sue: Not True... Obama was on Oprah last November. At that time it was well known that he was running for President. He had not officially announced it because of campaign finance rules.

Oprah can do whatever she wants on her own show... but she shouldn't claim that she is treating all sides fairly. Of course she isn't. And clearly she is worried that having a strong woman on her show (Palin or Hilary) might cause members of her audience (women) to vote for them instead of Obama.

Oprah is a joke she is using race as a factor in the presidential election race and only race

Actually Judy the last time Obama was on Oprah was Oct 2006 and when he announced he'd be running Oprah said at the time that she would use her personal voice as a U.S. citizen to support him but she would not have him on her show now that he's a candidate. And I think a black woman has a right to support a black man (and Obama's not even black, he's half white) without having the Sarah Palin fan club smear her as a racist. Millions of whites are supporting McCain who is 100% white despite the fact that every president has been 100% white, so I don't think the Sarah Palin troops should be smearing a woman who climbed out of extreme poverty to give hundreds of millions of dollars of her own hard earned money to charity. I was a big fan of Sarah Palin but it looks like she plays hard ball in a very dirty way and I'm losing respect for her fast. If Sarah Palin is the strong woman you say she is she will make herself open to a press conference so the whole country can meet her.

Sue - Somehow I doubt that Palin, McCain or anyone from their staffs ghost-wrote this article in an attempt to "smear Oprah" as you suggest. Then again, it could be part of that vast right wing conspiracy...

The media has been unbelievably biased for Obama and against everyone else (Hillary, McCain, Palin, etc). I hope you at least recognize that. It doesn't mean Obama isn't the best candidate, or that he is behind the bias, it is just the way it is. We - as consumers of the news - need to stop expecting unbiased reporting from any source.

Where did you hear the media is biased for Obama? Oh, that's right, from the media. Fox News is the highest rated cable news and they are in the tank for McCain. They are owned by right-wing Rupert Murdoch who is the most powerful person in media and owns not only Fox News and the the New York Post but countless other papers. This malicous smear campaign against Oprah was started by right-wing media news source Matt Drudge who is in the tank for McCain and then promoted on the cover of Murdoch's New York Post and promoted on Murdoch owned Fox and Friends, and conveniently Sarah Palin just did an interview on Murdoch owned Fox News. Hmmmmmmmm. And the highest rated talk show on radio is right-wing Rush Limbaugh, so enough of this liberal media bias propaganda that Limbaugh and Murdoch have you ditto-heads repeating. At least Oprah has been open and honest about who she supports and doesn't pretend to be fair and balanced like Fox news does.

i know if Oprah to wants stay up ladys rights and want woman to get head then she should happy that a lady trying for vp spot
i thought what Oprah stood for but see woman geting head i am almost sure this going hurt her rateing but you know she rich now she dont care about her rateing or the ladys that help her get ahead by wacthing her show
and Sarah palin come a long ways and Oprah's decision to not have her on her show Oprah but up us not wacth her show anymore cause she dont have this lady on she not fair .
and i praying eough of ladys stand and vote a great vp, she got my vote
sarah palin for vp, and john mccain sound great to me
McCain and Sarah Palin on November 4th.

Oprah has zero obligation to have Palin on her show. Oprah is not a NEWS media outlet...she has a talk show. That is like being upset that Sean Hannity has more conservative than liberal guests on his radio talk show. To me, since Oprah has not had Barack on since the general election season has started (primaries are different), then I hardly see where this is biased. As long as she sticks to what she said and does not have Obama on between now and November, then what is biased about that??

Aside from the fact that Sarah Palin is totally unqualified to be a vice president, the only thing interesting Oprah could talk to her about is her "run-amuck" family. If Obama had a family situation like she did, then his bid for president would be shot down by the media faster than you could turn around. For some reason however, people not only give Sarah Palin a free pass, but they praise every family screw-up she has. I cannot wait until the debates when she actually has to go toe to toe with Joe Biden on ISSUES. Of course, when Biden beats her into submission, the media will get mad because "grumpy old Joe Biden was rude to Sarah Palin, shame!".

And McCain has the audacity to say Obama is nothing but a celebrity...please! I used to like McCain, but its shame he has become a sellout to try and win the ultra-conservative vote. Im an independent that is definetly voting for Obama. If McCain had shown some competence and picked somebody liked Mit Romney or Joe Lieberman, then that might would be different right now.

Oprah doesn't have to be unbiased. She is an entertainment talk show host of her own show that's run by her own production company. She can invite who she damn well pleases on HER show. She is under no obligation to present both sides of any opinion. Although the news outlets are supposed to be "unbiased," it's not hard to figure out which ones are more or less conservative or liberal, and one watches the programming that suits ones own preference.

Lastly, for those voting the McCain/Palin ticket simply based on Palin's gender, that's an insult to every woman in this country. Sarah Palin's views set women back 100+ years, and women should be offended that the primary focus by most men is how attractive Palin is to them. The reason Hilary Clinton isn't the Democratic candidate is that most men were too intimidated by her intellect, resolve and power to vote for her during the primaries. She's not cute and dumb enough to suit most men's tastes. Wake up ladies, we do need a women in the White House, but not at the expense of our dignity and self-respect!

I for one am relieved that Oprah is getting the press she deservers. She constantly double talks in her ideology. She wants to include all people in her so called “love” for all, but she constantly excludes so many beliefs on her show that does not support her own. I say its time she is shown for what she really is.