THE GLOBAL ELITE

47: Oprah Winfrey

There's a bigger 'O' in the world now. But don't worry, she's got his ear, too.

 

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You can look at Oprah's year in two ways. On the business side, she proved—at last—that she's mortal. Her empire (the talk show, the magazine, etc.) has taken a hit in the pocketbook, though whose hasn't? But she's flexing her muscles in a much bigger arena: politics. Pundits are still debating what impact she had on Obama's victory, but when she endorsed him in late 2007 Hillary was the front runner—and he won the Iowa caucuses. Whatever the Oprah effect, she was front and center in Chicago on election night and will be again for the Inauguration. She's denied that Obama is giving her a job, but we know she already has his ear.

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  • Posted By: zeeplatinum @ 12/31/2008 5:12:44 PM

    Ebizimo Nagberi Platinum Staffing. Good job Oprah this shows and confirm that your thoughts and beliefs are unique and you have the power to make people's dream come true. Thanks for your support for President elect Barack Obama.

  • Posted By: JoanR @ 12/23/2008 11:28:22 AM

    Well its certainly a relief to know that for the next four years the Country will be run with input from Oprah Winfrey

  • Posted By: Repubssuck @ 12/23/2008 9:56:09 AM

    You've got to hand it to Newsweek. They first ran the top 50 list and got a few GOPers to bite. That wasn't enough, so they ran an article on the Oprah/Barack combination. They knew the mouth-breathers couldn't ignore that. One thing the GOP can't stomach is a powerful woman. this threatens their very existance. A woman, an African Amerrican women at that. Newsweek baited the trap with a Billionaire African-American Woman and the result was predictable. A pop tart and a baloney slicer is the way one of the dickheads put it. Women scare to hell out of republicans and deep down inside they know their wives are voting Democrat because they are tired of being treated to the tired old hate that comes from the Republican base. For a party who has Ann Coulter as their only "female" spokesperson, can one expect anything else.

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