Actually McCain's slipped a point so it's 49-42.
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Actually McCain's slipped a point so it's 49-42.
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CBS Poll: McCain, Obama Tied, McCain Closes Eight-Point Gap From Poll Taken Last Weekend - CBS News
doesnt carry much weight.
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2861U2
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From Drudge...
BIG DILEMMA: OPRAH BALKS AT HOSTING SARAH PALIN; STAFF DIVIDED
Fri Sep 05 2008 08:55:46 ET
Oprah Winfrey may have introduced Democrat Barack Obama to the women of America -- but the talkshow queen is not rushing to embrace the first woman on a Republican presidential ticket!
Oprah's staff is sharply divided on the merits of booking Sarah Palin, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.
"Half of her staff really wants Sarah Palin on," an insider explains. "Oprah's website is getting tons of requests to put her on, but Oprah and a couple of her top people are adamantly against it because of Obama."
One executive close to Winfrey is warning any Palin ban could ignite a dramatic backlash!
It is not clear if Oprah has softened her position after watching Palin's historic convention speech.
Last year, Winfrey blocked an appearance by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, timed to a promotional tour of his autobiography.
Oprah and executive producer Sheri Salata, who has contributed thousands of dollars to Obama's campaign, refused requests for comment.
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I'm disappointed in Oprah. Though I've never exactly been a fan of hers anyway.
BIG DILEMMA: OPRAH BALKS AT HOSTING SARAH PALIN; STAFF DIVIDED
Fri Sep 05 2008 08:55:46 ET
Oprah Winfrey may have introduced Democrat Barack Obama to the women of America -- but the talkshow queen is not rushing to embrace the first woman on a Republican presidential ticket!
Oprah's staff is sharply divided on the merits of booking Sarah Palin, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.
"Half of her staff really wants Sarah Palin on," an insider explains. "Oprah's website is getting tons of requests to put her on, but Oprah and a couple of her top people are adamantly against it because of Obama."
One executive close to Winfrey is warning any Palin ban could ignite a dramatic backlash!
It is not clear if Oprah has softened her position after watching Palin's historic convention speech.
Last year, Winfrey blocked an appearance by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, timed to a promotional tour of his autobiography.
Oprah and executive producer Sheri Salata, who has contributed thousands of dollars to Obama's campaign, refused requests for comment.
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I'm disappointed in Oprah. Though I've never exactly been a fan of hers anyway.
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So much for empowering all women equally.
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2861U2
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It's Oprah's show, she can have on whomever she wants.
I know. I'm just disappointed. If she doesn't have her on, she'd be putting her politics above what would be really great television and surely a ton of viewers.
U2isthebest
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That I can agree with you on. I'm just saying it's not really worth being upset or disappointed about. I love Oprah, but if she's going to be biased even in terms of her show guests, I disagree, but it doesn't really bother me.
deep
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Perhaps
she will be allowed on the Ellen show
I think Ellen's stock is rising
and Oprah's is declining
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Has Oprah ever had a national-level politician on her show before? I know she endorsed Obama and appeared at a few early primary rallies, then got so much flak from viewers for being 'too political' that she dropped her plans to continue (which I'd imagine is a factor in her wariness at the idea of having Palin on her show). She's hardly a serious political interviewer anyway; it's just a tabloid talk show.
Irvine511
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you highly underestimate oprah's influence. she is our supreme leader, we just don't know it yet.
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I don't watch television (heinously unpatriotic in itself, I know), so my estimation of her dictatorial skills may be lacking.
deep
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giving Oprah a little more thought
Has Joe Biden done Oprah yet?
If not, just don't book Biden and say you have no plans to book the Republican VP either.
Has she had McCain on ?
If not, it would be a smart move.
Has Joe Biden done Oprah yet?
If not, just don't book Biden and say you have no plans to book the Republican VP either.
Has she had McCain on ?
If not, it would be a smart move.
I'm pretty sure Biden hasn't been on ever, and I haven't heard plans for him to be on either.
Oprah said that she has never gotten involved in a campaign before Obama. She also said that she doesn't think donating $ to him is the most constructive thing she can do, so that is what she will use her influence for instead. It is most certainly her prerogative.
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I think the smartest thing for her to do would be to have Obama on 4 or 5 more times, and no one else. Okay, maybe Biden once.
DaveC
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Yes, but we still have to put up with those god-awful ads for the Conservative Party for the next month and a half
You really think Sarah Palin appearing on Oprah ~ a month before the election wouldn't be an obvious political vehicle? So *unless* she allows that, Oprah is the one using her show politically?
OK, Palin will be on after November, when it's no longer political. Sounds reasonable. Does anyone know if she had Obama on after she endorsed him?
TheEdge U2JT
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Looks like Obama...the master orator, has been watching GW Bush for speech tips.
It a bummer when your teleprompter craps out.
I recall the same thing happening to Palin and Guliani at the RNC on Wednesday, yet you couldn't tell with either of them.
YouTube - Obama without his teleprompter
It a bummer when your teleprompter craps out.
I recall the same thing happening to Palin and Guliani at the RNC on Wednesday, yet you couldn't tell with either of them.
YouTube - Obama without his teleprompter
DaveC
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God forbid someone making speeches every day forgets a phrase in one of them.
TheEdge U2JT
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Forgets a phrase? Did you watch the same clip? Be real. Thsi is not the only time he has looked foolish when he has had to speak without the benefit of a script. If this was either McCain or Palin, the liberal media and the liberals would be calling her Dan Quayle and saying McCain is another Bush...although they are trying to say the ladder for different reasons.
I just think it is laughable how everyone makes this guy out to be a great speaker. He is just very good at reading off a sheet. He going to get killed in the debates. Maybe he can just avoid the questions there by saying its all above his pay grade.
I just think it is laughable how everyone makes this guy out to be a great speaker. He is just very good at reading off a sheet. He going to get killed in the debates. Maybe he can just avoid the questions there by saying its all above his pay grade.
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Don't you know? When Obama talks like that, he's just being....uhhhh.... uhhh.... uhhh.... uh..uh.. nuanced, and... uh... uhh... uh.... thoughtful.
I myself have never understood how people are praising him as a great speaker. I just don't see it, in ANY of his speeches. He's no better than others I've heard.
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You can pick the ten clips of Obama stumbling over his words all you want, but there's probably five hundred other ones where there's no problem at all.
Se7en
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maybe someone should mine youtube for all of mccain's mistakes too. that would be really constructive.
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Don't you know? When Obama talks like that, he's just being....uhhhh.... uhhh.... uhhh.... uh..uh.. nuanced, and... uh... uhh... uh.... thoughtful.
I myself have never understood how people are praising him as a great speaker. I just don't see it, in ANY of his speeches. He's no better than others I've heard.
I think anyone can read off a sheet or a prompt, but the ability to articulate the thoughts well and connect to an audience is something that's hard to attain. Comparing the delivery of Obama's and McCain's acceptance speeches at their respective conventions really illustrates this. Everyone's going to stumble at some point, so it's unfair to draw this conclusion based on one negative clip.
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This is for real? Talk about making stretches.
As someone who works in the field of professional speech, it's not hard at all to state with legitimacy that Barack Obama is an exceptional public speaker.
And a very good speech writer, I might add.
As someone who works in the field of professional speech, it's not hard at all to state with legitimacy that Barack Obama is an exceptional public speaker.
And a very good speech writer, I might add.
Screwtape2
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Honestly, you should be able to finish your own thought even if you lose your teleprompter.
Honestly, when you give as many speeches as Obama does, you're going to have tongue-ties and slip-ups.
The simple fact that someone is actually trying to use this as some sort of case against him is just laughable.
The simple fact that someone is actually trying to use this as some sort of case against him is just laughable.
Actually, that teleprompter malfunction was just a myth.
Palin Teleprompter Didn't Break
But I'll let you get back to the substantive issues.
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