West Coast: I'm watching Oprah now. My God, what do you think?

[stevedeshazer]

I'm blown away and speechless.

This is Walter Cronkite squared.

[Nikki Stone 1]

1. It's the best investigative reporting to date on NOLA

Puts the M$M to shame.

[daninthemoon]

7. Absolutely. First time I've seen any bodies. I hope Oprah can

keep it up. This could/should be a new focus for her career. Things have to change in this country, and someone big needs to be out front.
None of what we write here will reach a single dittohead.

[Be Brave]

2. I hope they replay it. I've missed most of it. n/t

[tjdee]

3. A lot of people forget that Oprah was a journalist before the talk show.

She hasn't forgotten how to do the job, sounds like.

I have to wait until 1am to catch it. Sigh.

[Jamastiene]

5. It's a must see. Get a whole box of Kleenex. You'll need it. n/t

[tjdee]

20. I know ...

I'm not sure I should watch it, LOL. Or, whatever the angrier, more furious version of LOL is.

[Jeanette in FL]

21. 2 hours later, you will still be crying

I haven't stopped since I watched the show. When you thought there were no more tears, there are plenty.

[tedzbear]

4. Excellent coverage by Oprah.

The chimp is toast.

[yvr girl]

6. It's unbelievable

She's doing an A1 job.

[understandinglife]

8. Link at dKos with almost 400 commments ... useful info

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/9/6/161135/8898


Peace.

[cynatnite]

9. I hope Oprah makes a special edition DVD set of these shows

I'll buy it.

She was awesome!!!

[Nikki Stone 1]

15. This would be an EXCELLENT idea for a fundraiser.

Email her with the suggestion.

[cynatnite]

18. Doing it now!

Thanks for the idea on the idea :)

[qanda]

10. I was laughing hysterically

I don't know what happened. It felt like I had a mental breakdown of sorts and then I began sobbing and I'm crying right now just thinking of it. I wouldn't treat my dogs like that.

[vademocrat]

11. One of the most important tv shows I've ever seen -

gutwrenching and powerful - I cried the entire hour. And cheered when she wouldn't back down to the mayor or the nat'l guard when they didn't want her to go into the Superdome. How she had the strength to go in there...as she said to the guardsman, "I'm a strong woman". Yes you are, Oprah!

[tjdee]

17. She shouldn't go in there but thousands of babies and children are in ther

e?

Aww, HELL naw.

I can tell I'm going to get mad enough to punch something again tonight. :(

[Merlot]

12. It should be showen on primetime so that everyone sees it.

This is Oprah at her best.

[skooooo]

31. Hey, if Oprah wants primetime....

....Oprah's got primetime. She's the richest woman in America.

[Connie_Corleone]

13. I can't get over the children being raped and the very sick

being left to die in a morgue because they can't do anymore for them.

Bush, Chertoff and Brown need to be brought up on charges of criminal negligence (Cheney and Rumsfeld for the hell of it too). We just can't take another 3 years of these evil people.

[CountAllVotes]

14. it is not on here yet

comes on at 5:00 p.m. it says ... ?

[zalinda]

16. Anyone recording it?

[tjdee]

22. Someone at dailyKos has it, Melodybe has it...

I think we've got some, it's just going to take a while to get it online.

Melodybe's got it (it's missing the first bit, but that's still fantastic) and bpilgrim is going to host it.... the person at dailyKos was being told to send it to crooksandliars or something...we'll get it.

[stevedeshazer]

19. I'm just sobbing here, I just can't believe it.

I thought I'd seen everything about this there was to see. I was wrong.

GOD DAMN IT! I want these Bush criminals IN PRISON.

[elehhhhna]

23. She'll do more tomorrow. Bush is BUSTED, now. All the suburban moms

are on board...she is their goddess.

[daninthemoon]

24. Everyone should email her their encouragement. The rest of the media

will be backing off this soon. She may be one of the few with the power to keep at it.

[stevedeshazer]

26. I've never watched her show before

My wife watches sometimes.

I'm sure there are MILLIONS of women suffering from broken paradigms after watching this.

Riveting television.

She's actually MY goddess right now.

[Digit]

25. How can I find when it comes on again on my local station?

Local station site does not list any programming beyond primetime.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

29. I missed it!

Is she continuing with the story tomorrow?

[stevedeshazer]

32. She closed out by saying she'd be back tomorrow from Mississippi

I can't imagine there won't be a video link somewhere, I'll keep an eye open.

[bushisanidiot]

27. My son and I were watching as Oprah walked among those in the astrodome

and i told him that she is the closest thing to seeing Jesus for some of those people.. they literally cried just seeing her..

she can be their voice.. and i hope she carries this fight straight to the white house. gawd, i hope she demands a face to face interview with that incompetent asshole bush...

[tjdee]

35. That is the for real truth.

Some DUers were saying that they wouldn't want celebrities gawking at them, or being all gross and seeing their favorite star while they still had no home and no job left.

But I'd agree that Oprah is probably one of the only people that is beloved and respected by many of the people in the Superdome, and many others outside of it. She is an American icon.

[stevedeshazer]

40. Can't imagine what it'd be like to be ignored w/o food/water for a week.

If I saw someone who wanted to help, I'd be glad too.

[nonconformist]

28. I missed it! Anyone know if this will be available for download?

Torrents, perhaps?

[skooooo]

30. If Oprah mobilizes her book club....

Shrub is history.

[stevedeshazer]

34. How does she mobilize her book club? Can I sign up?

I'm Oprah-challenged. But I know she has a huge fan base.

[Beaverhausen]

36. Oprah's Angel Network

http://www2.oprah.com/uyl/oan_landing.jhtml

[stevedeshazer]

41. Thanks for that link. n/t

[Sydnie]

33. I was at work and missed it. hope it is available for download later and

I hope she gets called to testify at the Congressional Hearings. If this show is as powerful as everyone says it is, her testimony on the record will be blockbuster!!

Speak truth the power Oprah, we need a voice!

[Libby2]

37. It's a little thing called HOPE

[stevedeshazer]

47. That's a BIG thing now.

:)

[enigmatic]

38. It was a landmark show for her

The best show she's ever done, and more is on the way tomorrow.

[stevedeshazer]

42. I was stunned.

I'll sure be watching tomorrow.

[Biased Liberal Media]

39. I cried, bawled like a baby

I haven't cried like this in a while, choking, gasping for air tears. I mean, i have seen a lot on the coverage of Katrina's aftermath, but for some reason it stuck with me today and this just hit me in the gut.

I thought a little bit of it was sensationalistic, but not without reason. We NEED people to understand the scope of this disaster.

[Spazito]

43. She did an awesome job!

It was hard to watch, my eyes were always full of tears.

[understandinglife]

44. My email to Ms Winfrey

Dear Ms Winfrey,

I request that you call all our Members of Congress to meet their Constitutional duty to defend the Republic against all enemies – domestic and foreign - and demand that Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney resign.

Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney are responsible for the colossal destruction of the infrastructure of the United States of America.

The culmination of their coordinated indifference and willful neglect of the protective infrastructure of New Orleans and the appropriate actions to protect the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast is now fully visible to all.

The whole world is not merely watching they've made it clear they know exactly who are responsible.

We do not need to await leaked classified documents or whistle blowers or any form of insider information. We have all the facts we need to demand the immediate resignation and subsequent retribution by Mr. Bush, Mr. Cheney and many of their minions.

The whole world is watching and their revulsion is not confined to one political party or another, it is directed at the vast inhumanity demonstrated by Mr. Bush, Mr. Cheney and all those aligned with their criminal neglect of the people of New Orleans, their unbounded avarice, and their total disregard for the law.

Thank you, in advance, for requesting the resignation of Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney.

And, thank you for your exceptional leadership demonstrated today by your actions in New Orleans. Please do not stop.

Peace,
xxx

[Cleita]

45. I watched. She was fabulous, even with the kitchy happy news

at the end item reuniting a family. I guess she had to throw her regular viewers a bone.

[ForrestGump]

46. As powerful as Michael Moore's "911," at least at this time

I'd have some doubts about anyone who wouldn't be moved to tears by some of what's in that 50-something minutes of TV...unless they'd long since run out of tears, of course.

[CountAllVotes]

48. did you see this sign?

My god it was different than the one below. It said on it SHELTER FROM HELL and above it on the right it said in large print BUSH COME HOME. I only this small image of it and you cannot make the words out.




BUSH COME HOME is right!

You Go Oprah!

:kick:

[stevedeshazer]

49. Oh, man.

BUSH GO HOME is more like it.