Bringing Out The Big Guns
Filed under: Politik > Barack Obama > Oprah Winfrey > Hillary Clinton
Oprah Winfrey is going back on the campaign trail for Barack Obama!
According to the latest polls, the Democratic presidential hopeful is trailing Hillary Clinton in the delegate rich state of California. So Barack is bringing the Big O to Los Angeles on Sunday for a big event.
The main goal? To lure women to vote for Obama.
Hey ladies, does Oprah have much influence over your vote????
Posted: February 2, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Oprah has no influence over my vote. I lost all respect for Oprah when she was instrumental in getting a talk show for that incompetent, no talent fraud known as Rachael Ray.
I could care less who she is endorsing I hate when celebrities endorse people im sorry but I really doubt they actually know what the hell they are talking about and actually turns me off a little about the whole thing
It's Obama all the way, with or without Oprah, he is the best candidate.
Hillary is a fake who will not help this country get back on its feet.
GO OBAMA!!
oprah has no influence over my vote.
obama does.
I laughed my ass off when certain authors felt that Oprah's Book Club cheapened their work.
Ever since then, I never, take anything she says seriously. If she endorses Obama, then I'm voting the other way.
I'm from Europe and I see that the american people will again vote for someone similar to George W. Bush. (Remember, half of the americans voted for him!!! Don't forget that!! Were his speeches that convincing too???) Please don't whine after Hillary Clinton is elected about your bad reputation in the world. She will bring again division, coldness, even war if she can do it and the people will allow it. The leaders are the mirror of the people. What you elect will be your fate. With Hillary it will simply continue like it has been until now. Perhapy some very slight changes in economics etc. but not a fundamental positive change. You will see it when she becomes president of the United States. She will make only small changes…hardly noticeable. Obama will be TRYING to make the BIG and REAL changes…(if he does not get killed on the way…seriously…)… the changes of the whole political and economical structure..that is his wish.
He wants a more transparent and honest system…Hillary will be pretending to do some small things there and some small changes here..but not more. Obama will change things FUNDAMENTALLY. See the difference? But if you people want the status quo vote for Hillary but don't be surprised if things won't change to the better. It's your responsibility. I feel very concerned about this because this presidential race is a very symbolic and important one. It's not like the races before. This time it's about an old system against a new one. And if the president of the US is one who stands for the new system, it will reverberate into the whole world. That's is why I hope so much that Obama with his intent to change politics in its roots will be elected. You will be grateful with him as your president, believe me. Even if he will struggle A LOT to transform the system, he has the will to do it. Hillary does not want to transform the system. She likes the political system as it is, she depends on it. So if you want a positive change, a basic change in your politics and economy for the better, Obama is the man for you. Please make this world a better and more honest place. This would help greatly.
no celebrity would ever influence my vote…….never…….ever……….
celebrities are for entertainment and that's it!!
Re: Europe –
i'm from europe too!! and actually the whole european newspapers and people are rooting for hillary clinton.. they don't see her as a manipulative and devisive at all!!! they actually see her as the most relevant candidate in the whole campaign!!!
and actually obama is just described as a joke: just words, a really positive rhethoric and empty words in politics ( vision, hope, etc..)……………..he is just a smooth talker and synmpathetic……….EXACTLY LIKE G.BUSH WAS……. remember 8 years ago it was a bushmania and now an obamania ….too irrelevant in politics!!!
i don' know where you from but french, spanish, german and british newspapers don't take him seriously they only talk about the fuss about him!!
obama sucks and shouldnt win.
neither should hillary clinton
but obama is going to ruin our country
and he's gonna make us look horrible
OBAMA SUCKS
no, don't like obama…he lacks experience.
no..if anything her support would turn me off. she's a supremisist and annoys the hell out of me.
Re: Europe –
just something, where did you get those informations because i never ever have heard that hillary clinton has bad reputation, she is actually truely admired as someone who understands perfectly diplomacy!!!! si where did you get those??
because in you argumentation and the thing yuo point out….. you don't sound european at all to me…. we are in general not having this kind of irrational concerns?
didn't you get the information that 3 months ago he made an interview that shocjed all the european media: he didn't knew that pakistan borders iran!!
all the newspapers across Europe made big jokes about that!
Re: hilary gets my vote –
OH LIKE BILLARY IS STANDING ON HER OWN 2 FEET! IDIOT! BILLARY DESERVES VOTES FROM MORONS LIKE YOU!
Re: jenna –
Why don't you get a clue dumbass!
no way, WOMEN should vote for a WOMAN, hello! Let's set a precedent please!
In my experience with the european media here I see a general dislike against Hillary Clinton and a hope that Obama will win. But perhaps we are reading different newspapers! I read very little positive things about Hillary. And most of the time a cheering when Obama is in the lead. I guess it depends on the newspapers we read.
Oprah doesn't want another woman in the world more powerful than she is.
That is why she is supporting Barak Osama.
If Hillary becomes President, then Oprah will be the 2nd most powerful
woman in the world.
HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT!
HEALTHCARE FOR ALL!!!
hell no, but i'm still voting obama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO! But I am voting for Obama. Hillary is disgusting! Hillary put up with a cheating husband (in front of the world and her daughter…nice set of standards she has!)…..what else will she put up with?????
I could give a shit who Oprah tells me to vote for. Who the hell is she? i'm voting for Hilary!
Obama wants to give illegals a drivers license. That's not right! I've been employed in an industry where 80-90% of the workers were illegal, they were good people making a living for their family, but to grant them a DL is wrong for many reasons. BTW ALOT of the workers already HAD DL, SS Card, and Green Cards….purchased on the street.
Giving DL is not an answer to ANY Illegal issue. He is way off base here. He is too green to be Pres. My vote will be with Hillary.
It took a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush, and hopefully another Clinton will be able to clean up this YoYo's (W's) mess!
And I already said earlier that no Oprah does not has any sway on my vote, she's a wonderful business person, but that's it.
to europe: you are not european i'm sure about that because in general the majority of european don't buy into hope, vision and all that hoopla: they want facts facts facts and detailed plans!!! imagine a guy like obama in europe would have something like 5 %…at best!
plus something that gave it to me is that you are talking about the change around the world while in europe the main change comes from the European Union, the dollars and US economy, don't impact anymore on ours greatly==> example the subprimes crisis: ten years ago it would have send us over the edge now, euronext tanked for few days and came back regular!!!
plus CLINTON is really admired in europe while obama is barely known!! so i don't know where you from but well you 're not for sur the mainstream european!
NO, I'm a Reoublican
This is my own personal opinion and my gut feeling. I am not influenced by what newspapers write, not even what the candidates promise…those are only words, it's the rhetoric supremacy which will win but it doesn't say anything what they will REALLY accomplish afterwards. I am not interested in those things. I look at those two people while they speak etc.. and I just KNOW what their intentions are. I know in my bones that Obama wants true change and Hillary not. That is my own personal honest opinion. I do not care what newspapers write. Anyway they are also often just copying each other.
Obama is way cooler that Oprah. Imagine that, she'll have to ride on his coat-tails. Cool.
Re: Kathy –
well i am an european lawyer…. so i read a lot i mean A LOT of press!!! or getting some translated by my assistants, but at least the main british, spanish, french, german, belgium newspapers!!!
that's why i asked you where did you get those informations because i never saw those opinions, i'm just curious …
Note to Obama…
flood the latino TV with ads of:
*hilary's REAL health care reform
*end the WAR, bring the troops home
*Change - end the dynastys in the white house
*Obama's the REAL DEAL! YOU GET WHAT U VOTE FOR!
Someone brought up the fact that Oprah got Phil McGraw his big break….Look how that turned out! He's turning into another Jerry Springer IMO. And I liked the comment about how Oprah doesn't want another woman more powerful than her! That was funny! Just in jest!
OBAMA IS OPRAH'S BITCH!!GO HILLARY!!
Pam, you mention Hillary putting up with a cheating husband, Wake up! I would venture a guess to say that close to 40% if not more married men cheat! You really need a wake up call!
Nope she is Oprah and she will not influence my decision on who I vote for. She has done a lot of good for people but that does not make her an expert on who should be President. I feel the only reason she is supporting him is because he is Black..
He does not have enough experience to run our country in my opinion. If he did he would not need her hep and star power to help him. He does not have relationships with foreign diplomats and in this day an age we need that more than anything because the current president has his head up his BUTT and I am from Texas but he Just needs to get the hell out…..We do need change but I dont feel Obama is the change we need right now.. I would like to see him get a little more involved get a track record and run again when he has alittle more experience… NOw with all this said does not mean Hillary is the right one either…Still undecided but Oprah does nothng for me.. I am an intelligent women and I can think for myself and do not need her help there…
Have a Great weekend..
Heck no… I really can't stand Oprah, to be honest. Go HILLARY!
Re: Europe – Oh, come off your high horse! They are ALL politicians. None of them can be trusted. You said you watch how they look? What a doomkomph you are. And I don't think for one minute that Obama cares about change. All he cares about is your vote and he'll say anything to get it whether he can or cannot do it (just like every other politician). It's just a bunch of talk with nothing to back it up.
I'm republican and if Hillary is on the ticket, I'll be voting for her. At least she won't let people influence her decisions. She knows how to make her own and knows what to do. He will do what his 'advisors' tell him to do. Nothing but a puppet.
OF COURSE HE DOES…ANYTHING FOR OBAMA, ANYTHING HE WANTS, HE GOT IT!! ALL LATINS WITH OBAMA FOR 08 AND 2012 TOO, BABY!!
Re: ME – Seriously…if your opinion is based on the COLOR of someone's skin… then you are way too behind the times to comment on this issue. This is the year 2008!!! Get with it!
Absolutely.
I respect Oprah but I do not like Obama leaning on others to try and sway voters. Ted Kennedy is out there like Obama's grandpappy and now he brought auntie Oprah. He should focus on specific issues. This is not a popularity contest. This country is in trouble and we need a plan. I am voting Hillary.
Re: meeeeeeeeee – You need to crawl back under the rock you slithered out from!!! You nasty assed freak! Grow up! It's 2008! If I could see your face, I would slap it!!!
of course…its oprah!!! OBAMA 08!!!!!!!! OBAMA 08!!!!!!!!!!!!
nothing against baraka but are you sure oprahs reasons for supporting barka is because is african american? maybe not but one could only guess with oprahs record
OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!OBAMA!!!!!!!!fuck you all who want hilary she voted for the iraq war.
Re: jay –
JUST SAY NO TO OPRAH!
I AM VOTING FOR HILLARY!!!!
Re: Europe –
I completely agree with you. I'm from Europe too although I'm now and an American citizen. Unlike the other poster from Europe, the folks I know back home totally rally behind Obama.
To answer, Perez' question, no Oprah won't affect my vote. Hillary and Barack Obama do. For me it's Barack all the way and yes, because I too think he could bring honesty into the White House. Although, the Bill Clinton years weren't so bad, no president should run for 3 terms and he's already said enough during the primaries. And Hillary took a huge pay off to retract her previously positive (IMO) health care initiatives. The 2nd biggest, behind a republican who went on to work for the insurance companies b/c that was where the money was for him. Also, does Hillary actually know what she wants to do?
obama's a baby for latching on to oprah. HILLARY CLINTON '08!!!
We all know why she is stumping for him. If she were stumping for a white person it would mean so much more to me as a woman.
Actually…either way she has absolutely NO influence on how I vote. Don't even tell me she watches FOX or the debates!
TO EUROPE: on another note in Europe with all the backstabbing, false promises, wars, crisis that we had troughout the last centuries, no one is inoff naïve to think that someone who run an election is genuine and not a politician==> our experiences had show us that they are all politicians and that's why the regular european look with a heavy attention to the plans!!
that's why obama is not trusted here: no specific plans, just empty words!
in Europe we don't feel with our bones!!! because this kind of feeling got some countries to buy into hitler! into tito and i can go on …and on…
actually we pick up our leader differently do you actually know some people that voted for gordon brown or angela merkel because they felts it with their bones??? actually it's the other way i know some people that voted for merkel, they told me i don't like her but she has great plans and such big achievements i think she can do great for germany!!
that's why i tell you again you're not really the regular European: in general we take our vote really seriously based on reasonable choices, rationally based on the achievements, policies and proven experience and not at all emotionally……
and come on i really doubt that EL pais copy on newsamabend or le monde or the guardian………that sounds totally crazy!! they have different issues because edited in different countries….. then again from where are you?
Re: jay – Who cares if she voted for the war. Almost every single democrat in the senate did vote for it. It was almost treason if you didn't agree with the president at that time or is your memory that short?
Anyone who defied the president publicly (who was well known) was classified pretty much a traitor.
she has no influence on my vote but my vote is for Obama
No one has any influence over my vote except the candidate's themselves. I'd rather vote on their policies and plans than on what some media figure says about them.
I DON'T THINK OBAMA CAN HANDLE IT. HE ALREADY LOOKS FRAZZLED, TIRED AND WORN OUT. HE SHOULD BE VICE FOR A FEW YEARS, GAIN SOME EXPERIENCE, AND RUN IN 8 YEARS. IT'S HILLARY'S TURN NOW.
FUCK NO
Hell no she doesnt.
RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT!!!!
He's a great guy, and will make a fantastic president someday soon…but first, give Hillary a chance to actually clean up the mess that the village idiot Bush has made.
Obama is exciting and offers change, but to what? He doesn't know the Washington-system all that well to KNOW yet what needs to be changed. And, his associations with know-homophobes (McClurkin and his Hyde Park pastor, for instance) don't bode too well for where he actually stands. Hillary, on the other hand, is ready - and we know full well where she stands!
With Obama as her VP, he'll be ready in eight years and not have to train on-the-job. Hillary in '08!!!! Clinton/Obama. That's the ticket!!!!
no.
I'm not for sure who OPRAH is, she that stupid niggar on tv
I'm for Hillary Clinton! I feel that people know for the most part who they will vote for at this point. Perez, I hope you have swung more towards team Hillary!
TO another woman's point of view
i was just giving my experience which is particular because i travel at least twice a week within the UE and i NEVER met a person that gives credit to obama. NOBODY. while in my job i meet a lot of people: that scandal about the borders ( he didn't knew that Pakistant borders Iran) took all credibility away from him.
i don't say that he is not seen as likeable because the jokes towards him are gentle, but he is not taken seriously AT ALL and for my job i meet a lot of people of the Union, of the UE parliament, and just regular folks accross Europe.
Re: from europe –
I was not from Germany originally. However, I think Angela Merkel is one of the best leaders in the modern world. It's such a shame that she can not do much b/c she has to share her position.
HELL NO!! I can't stand that BITCH O!!!
Hell fucking no!
VOTE FOR RON PAUL!!!!!!!!!!! vote for liberty. libertarians for life
Mitt Romney. look at the facts.
Re: gage kristofer – Excuse me, I am a black woman, and I am voting for Hillary. And so is every other black woman that I know.
TO another woman's point of view says
i'm not from germany either!! LOL!!! but my boyfriend is!!
and i also think that merkel is one of the greatest modern leader!!! such an admirable woman!
I like Angela Merkel too. She has also a lot of honesty and warmth in her, she's not just a regular cold politician but wants to really accomplish something for her country. That is again what my "bones" were telling me. I trust my "bones", they have never failed me until now… I rather trust my "bones" than words and promises of politicians!! : )) And yes I am certainly not a mainstream european. Mainstream people do not listen to their "bones", right?? But I am entitled to my very own opinion, is it so?? Even if it's not taken from newspapers or coming from a politicians mouth (= facts)? What are "facts" anyway?? Are you 100% sure "facts" are always the truth?? Greetings from the non-mainstream European.
GOOO OBAMA!!!!! BUMP HILIARY AS THE PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW…OBAMA IS WAY BETTER.HILIARY JUST LIKE THE REST OF EM PROMISES PROMISES..NO SHOW IF SHE GETS IN TO OFFICE. WE A GOT-DAMN CHANGE FOR ONCE! TEMA OBAMA!!!
BILLARY….tooooooo funny…LOL
DUMP……..BILLARY…….OR THE US IS DOOMED
Oprah sucks! She has no sway over my vote, but I fear that all those impressionable stay at home mom's that LIVE FOR Oprah may be influenced. I think it's terrible when celebrities try to sway political opinion.
NO. And for those of you who blindly follow all of her suggestions..have you EVER considered she has an agenda of her own? Think for yourselves..and vote for the only candidate who makes sense..and it's not OBAMA!
No way…she has no influence whatsoever! I'm voting for obama because he's the best candidate!
I don't give a rat's ass what Oprah thinks.
Obama!! because Hillary wouldn't be a good choice!
No way, Jose.
No. It's wierd to me that she has influence over anyone, but she does.
Obama is a Muslim and I can't believe people in this country have forgotten what happened in New York and considering him to lead our country. I would never vote for him.
not at all! oprah is not even a true intellect. she is just famous. toni morrison however supports hillary clinton. and toni morrison has won a nobel prize before and she is a true intellect! =)
Show me the experience, not the money.
VOTE HILLARY!!!!
I am so sick of her! She is taking over the world! Vote for hillary!
Oprah makes me NOT want to vote for Barack. She's lost touch with reality.
Oprah is a woman to be admired for her accomplishements and I like her show on occassion, but as far as influence - NO - I respect her, but she is only a talk show host who happens to be one of the richest people in the country, but that does not mean she is always right. With her position she should not use it to influence others in such a important decision. I can think for myself and hope others can as well, thank you very much! Republican - McCain All The Way!
Oprah's billions of $$$$ doesn't sway me — GO HILLARY!!!!
no, but she doesnt need to. im already an obama mama
so stop trying to get people to vote against him perez and shut your fat ass
She can influence what I READ, but not who I vote for.
Re: SoCalGal – That's a depressing statistic. 40% of all married males cheat? Why Get Married? Women should just be lesbians then. why even give men a chance? Why get married if they all suck?
Oprah can fuck herself. I have a mind of my own, thanks. I can pick my own goddamned books, and my own political candidate, thankyouverymuch.
Stupid fucking Oprah, thinks she's Jesus.
No, because I'm not voting for either of them.
CLINTON !!! ALL THE WAY.
Gonna get your MAMA to come and save you?? boo hoo!!!!
This whole celebrity politics crap is ridiculous. Is that what's important to Americans? I guess so that's why we're here in the Perez Hilton lounge.
How crappy!!
First,,, and yesh
wake up people!!!!!! There ain't no CHANGE with OBAMA or Hillary.
No one is coming home from Iraq with these 2.
go to this website and get the 411 of these 2 and the other candidates:
knowbeforeyouvote dot com
can't care less what the big ape does but she's turning a lot of people off including myself. i have no respect for obama. he's arrogant and thinks too highly of himself. i'm voting based on my own opinion unless big ape is paying me big bucks to vote for her toy boy.
F*** Obama! GO HILLARY!
YAY FOR HILLARY
Obama Should Win………..He Will Make A Great President!!!!!
This is just hilarious. Obama cannot bring the crowds by himself so he counts on mama to bring in the voters. People can think for themselves; I can't care less for what Oprah says. She's filthy rich and does not care for white people. She's racist and that's why she is putting her money on this race.
women voters are smarter ..
They dont vote based on Oprah…
They vote for the issues that affect them. Who ever makes the most sense …not the one with the biggest movies stars. since when has an election been about following Oprah? Oprah does not rule the US.. give the women more credit than that. We may like her show but she does not decide for us what to do ..although some of her shows are a bit much in that area.
I would respect Obama more if he had Colin powell next to him instead of Oprah… Or some highly respectible person that is not hollywood. What does Oprah know about my needs all tucked away in her mansion?
What does Oprah know of our needs to salvage our paychecks to keep our homes from going into foreclosrue or watching loved ones struggle from day to day while she sleeps with a fat bank account?
What does she know about seeing your kids struggle through life trying to get work right out of college while she sits in her comfy limos?
Sorry Obama but you would be more convincing if you had some real people at your compaign instead of showing off the fact that Scarlett Johansen is your supporter or that you have George clooney rooting for you or that Oprah who is one of the richest woemen in america is practically paying for your road to the whitehouse…
I was sick and tired of how this compaign has made it seem that Obama is ahead in the race because of his blackness and how much they show those ridiculous polls of Black versus white voters…
I guess the other cultures dont count huh?
Now that Obama is going to California all of a sudden hes going to reach out to latino voters? too little too late.