"I think this country owes these people an apology" --Oprah Winfrey

[Nikki Stone 1]

"They are not refugees....They are survivors...They are Americans."

[Canuckistanian]

1. Hmm, who could we get to represent the country?

Stumped here.

[Waya]

2. An apology....

..and then some...

[valerief]

3. This country owes????

The citizens of this country do not control the press and do not control Diebold and do not control (but could to a great extent) the military.

The citizens of this country are not corporations. Corporations own this country.

I guess, corporations owe the Katrina dead and survivors an apology.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

4. No, FEMA and the Bush administration does.

Where did you get "corporations" from?? :crazy:

[Aristus]

8. Well, he's THEIR pResident; they paid for him.

Now they ought to put him up on the rack, take a look underneath and find out where all those funny noises are coming from.

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[Habibi]

24. Corporations owning the country

is a right-wing talking point?

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[alfredo]

18. the problem is, they see us as customers, not citizens.

What they are selling is killing us.

[Lena inRI]

5. Way to go, Oprah.. .

glad to see you step up to the plate and challenge the Chimp.

He'll ignore you like all the other question/appeals for the past 5 years of his miserable rule but at least you put him on the spot.

Thanks.:kick:

[dogday]

6. She stomped the beef industry

Let's see what she does to the Administration.....

[smirkymonkey]

7. I think Oprah should be president.

Seriously - she has the money, the name recognition and a very loyal base of fans and admirers. Hell, she couldn't possibly fuck up any more than the idiot we have in office now.

[walldude]

13. Michael Moore tried to talk her into it..

she wants nothing to do with politics. And Americans have donated over $400 million plus food, clothes, time. It's the government that owes these people an apology not the American people.

[Booster]

26. I always remember what Lee Ioccoca said when they wanted him

to run: "Why would I want that job? It doesn't pay anything." I'm sure Oprah does more good where she is not restrained by Congress.

[Merlot]

9. If by "this country" she means federal gov't/gwbushco then I agree

[Beaver Tail]

10. Owed an apology? Try this Oprah

Owed an IMPECHMENT

[Zomby Woof]

11. Not until YOU apologize for the Gropenator, fuckin' Oprah!

Fuck Oprah.

[hlthe2b]

14. Arnold support, major screw-up. I'm convinced she did it for

Maria, who has been a good friend of hers for many years. Oprah's albatross, I guess.

I give her credit for her current efforts, though. Her sincerity comes through, at least to me. Her efforts contrast dramatically with the sanctimonious Bushies* and all the rest of the RW ilck--especially the so-called "religious" right.

[Blue_Roses]

15. who cares about the gropenator

there are people dying and Oprah has put a human face on this tragedy. she did a kick ass job with this show, by letting us see what is really going on down there with no holes barred.

Oprah and Maria Shriver are best friends and have been for a LONG LONG TIME. The "gropenator" is old news.

[Bumblebee]

21. Californians do, I am sure -- but she has a chance now to redeem herself

both for that and for Bush's kiss. It would take more than one show, though...

[Tyranny_R_US]

23. I'm a californian and I don't give a damn....

I'll let my vote speak for me when he's runs for re-election, if you are still hung up her arnold show after seeing her show today you are a unforgiving heartless ultraist. (eom)

[mondo joe]

30. Californians, not Oprah, elected him.

A point worth noting.

[nini]

37. She did give him a free hour on her show right before the election

pumping him up (no pun intended).


She did not give the other candidates time and as we all know Oprah has a lot of influence on her followers.

It was completely wrong to do this.

so, yes I would say she helped elect him in a big way.

[CountAllVotes]

22. really?

I NEVER knew that. Jesus christ almighty!!! :puke:

anyway, the show was good however. The best thing I caught was this sign that I found on a site on the www and it say on it SHELTER FROM HELL.

If you look closely on the upper right side you see writing that is difficult to read but on her show she showed it much larger and those words say BUSH COME HOME ...

Whew! It was well worthing watching for that alone!



Thank you Oprah!

:kick:

[LeahD]

27. Can't read it in this photo. It says? n/t

[LostinVA]

32. knock off the Oprah bashing -- Oprah has done ALOT of good things

The Arnold thing wasn't her finest hour. She did it because she and Maria Shriver have been friends ever since Oprah was a young, unknown black news personality -- Maria befriended her. She was helping a friend -- bad judgment. However, Oprah does certain things very well, and helping those less fortunate is one of them. She rocks, and she can get stuff DONE. We need to support her.

[expatriate]

12. Unfortunately, the "Ignore It And It Will Go Away" President

will not apologize to anyone. That would be admitting responsibility and guilt, and God forbid, then people might sue or something. /sarcasm.

[0rganism]

16. I misread the title: "I think this country owes these people an autopsy"

*sigh* sign of the times I guess.

[hlthe2b]

19. truth in that as well-- all the dead with no post-mortem cause of

death determinations.... The ultimate in "efficient" clean up?

[Habibi]

25. Right.

An autopsy on We the People. We're owed that, aren't we?

[babylonsister]

20. I think a logical explanation is owed as well,

an explanation about why their country and government failed them.

[tedzbear]

28. Me apologize, Oprah? I didn't vote for the chimp!

And both my senators AND my representative are Democrats.

Still, kudos to your show today. Thanks to you, the chimp is toast.

[LostinVA]

35. That's not how she meant it

I also say "This country," and I mean Bush and his minions, NOT every citizen.

[Cookie wookie]

29. Did she just wake up like Rip Van Winkle?

About time to take a break from all that shopping, perfectly-groomed audiences, bubble baths, playing the grand dame give aways, and helping AAAAAAARrrooold. She practically endorsed bush for god's sake.

Hey Oprah, guess what? It's not the country that owed those dead and half-dead people an apology. By the way, how do you apologize to the dead anyway.

But, so glad to hear you are noticing something outside your squeaky clean capitalisticly encrusted environment.

[dflprincess]

33. There's been times I've been fed up with Oprah

with her following, I've thought she could be doing more issues on her show. BUT, I taped her show today and am only about 15 minutes into it - I give her a lot of credit for this - she's showing more guts and concern than Bush even pretended to have and I believe she's sincere.

[LostinVA]

34. OPrah does an awful lot for underprivileged and

less fortunate people. She does have her glitzy lifestyle, but she gives a hell of a lot back to the world... from college scholarships to buying a firetruck for Native American firefighters to helping Appalachian women learn to read and get jobs. She's good folks, and helps sincerely, unlike Dr. Phil.

[StefanX]

36. I think this country owes them access to lawyers...

...so they can file class-action civil suits for loss of life of their loves ones.