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AMERICA’S favourite television presenter is paying a painful price for her intervention in the US presidential campaign last month. Oprah Winfrey has been dubbed a “traitor” by some of her female fans for supporting Barack Obama instead of Hillary Clinton.

Winfrey’s website, Oprah.com, has been flooded with a barrage of abuse since the queen of daytime chat shows joined Obama on a tour of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina in mid-December.

Her intervention was widely credited with broadening Obama’s national appeal - especially among women - and with helping him to an upset victory over Clinton in the first vote of the election year in Iowa.

Yet a backlash by Clinton supporters appears to have prompted a rethink by Winfrey, the African-American media titan who is routinely described as the most influential woman on television.

She did not reappear in the final days before the New Hampshire primary - which Obama lost to Clinton - and has been absent from the most recent campaigning in South Carolina, which votes next weekend.

Obama aides believe that Winfrey will return to the campaign. Her own staff noted last week that in addition to her daily broadcasts on television and satellite radio, she has also been busy negotiating a multi-million-dollar deal with the Discovery cable network to create her own television channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network.

Yet Obama’s rivals suspect that Winfrey has been startled by the virulent reaction to her previous campaign appearance.

It started with a message on her website entitled “Oprah is a traitor” and rapidly expanded to include several discussions that attracted hundreds of comments.

In the original post, a reader called austaz68 said she “cannot believe that women all over this country are not up in arms over Oprah’s backing of Obama. For the first time in history we actually have a shot at putting a woman in the White House and Oprah backs the black MAN. She’s choosing her race over her gender.”

In a subsequent comment, 2nurselady wrote: “I don’t think Oprah is a ‘traitor’, but I do think she may be alienating a lot of her fans.”

Others have accused Winfrey of racism for siding with Obama when such a well qualified woman as Clinton was running.

Winfrey has built her career on empathising with women’s issues and offering a daily diet of redemption and hope. Her show typically focuses on women who have suffered but survived.

So hostile has the response been that some suspect dirty tricks. “All the rude and hateful messages on here can’t be from Oprah fans,” another visitor noted. “Someone’s campaign (wonder who?) is sabotaging the message boards.”

Winfrey received a rapturous reception when she campaigned with Obama last month. Yet several analysts warned that she might adversely affect his chances.

Steve Ross, a history professor at the University of Southern California, said: “The moment a star opens their mouth and endorses one candidate, they alienate half their viewership.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/worl...icle3216586.ece

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race over sex. how interesting.

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race over sex. how interesting.

The dems are having a hard time with this. Who to pander to? They should have let Oprah run for prez then they could have pandered to both sides at once.

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Wasn't sure where to post this link and I didn't want to create a new thread but this interactive primary map from Newsweek is pretty good. Very interesting to see how things are unfolding.

I'd say that it way too early to be predicting anyone in the clear lead from either party right now.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/68123

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Wasn't sure where to post this link and I didn't want to create a new thread but this interactive primary map from Newsweek is pretty good. Very interesting to see how things are unfolding.

I'd say that it way too early to be predicting anyone in the clear lead from either party right now.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/68123

It's wide open right now on both sides. I know that some say the reps are having trouble because they have no clear front runner but the reality is both sides have yet to choose a leader. Feb 5 will be very interesting.

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Wasn't sure where to post this link and I didn't want to create a new thread but this interactive primary map from Newsweek is pretty good. Very interesting to see how things are unfolding.

I'd say that it way too early to be predicting anyone in the clear lead from either party right now.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/68123

It's wide open right now on both sides. I know that some say the reps are having trouble because they have no clear front runner but the reality is both sides have yet to choose a leader. Feb 5 will be very interesting.

Yep. Just looking at the numbers, Romney's got a good start, but I think McCain will do well in Arizona and California. Giuliani is gambling on Florida.

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Wasn't sure where to post this link and I didn't want to create a new thread but this interactive primary map from Newsweek is pretty good. Very interesting to see how things are unfolding.

I'd say that it way too early to be predicting anyone in the clear lead from either party right now.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/68123

It's wide open right now on both sides. I know that some say the reps are having trouble because they have no clear front runner but the reality is both sides have yet to choose a leader. Feb 5 will be very interesting.

Yep. Just looking at the numbers, Romney's got a good start, but I think McCain will do well in Arizona and California. Giuliani is gambling on Florida.

If it came down to Hillary for the dems and McCain for the reps who would you vote for, if I may ask? To be honest I doubt very much if Guiliani is going anywhere. My guess is it will be McCain or Romney for the reps.

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Wasn't sure where to post this link and I didn't want to create a new thread but this interactive primary map from Newsweek is pretty good. Very interesting to see how things are unfolding.

I'd say that it way too early to be predicting anyone in the clear lead from either party right now.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/68123

It's wide open right now on both sides. I know that some say the reps are having trouble because they have no clear front runner but the reality is both sides have yet to choose a leader. Feb 5 will be very interesting.

At least the Dem frontrunners are matched.

The Rep party has NO frontrunner. Reminds me of Kerry in '04....failure to unite their party. :lol:

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Agreed, Rudy messed up. He's done. His numbers in NY are lower than McCain, that speaks volumes.

I wouldn't count him out just yet, but I also don't really think he has much chance.

It will likely come down to Super Tuesday for both parties.

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Wasn't sure where to post this link and I didn't want to create a new thread but this interactive primary map from Newsweek is pretty good. Very interesting to see how things are unfolding.

I'd say that it way too early to be predicting anyone in the clear lead from either party right now.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/68123

It's wide open right now on both sides. I know that some say the reps are having trouble because they have no clear front runner but the reality is both sides have yet to choose a leader. Feb 5 will be very interesting.

At least the Dem frontrunners are matched.

The Rep party has NO frontrunner. Reminds me of Kerry in '04....failure to unite their party. :lol:

Watch what happens if your girl gets the nomination. She will be a rep uniter like no other!!

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race over sex. how interesting.

sex trumps race... interesting. I guess some people are more equal than others.

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I just don't understand the concept of voting for Hillary *just* because she's a woman. I don't vote for people just because they're men. If they'd have a woman candidate who WASN'T Hillary, I'd vote for her, if she supported the things I do. I'm sick to death of this "You don't like her because she's a woman" #######. Why can't people understand that people just hate Hillary because she's Hillary - not because she's a woman?

Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. ####### coated bastards with ####### filling. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bobble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
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I just don't understand the concept of voting for Hillary *just* because she's a woman. I don't vote for people just because they're men. If they'd have a woman candidate who WASN'T Hillary, I'd vote for her, if she supported the things I do. I'm sick to death of this "You don't like her because she's a woman" #######. Why can't people understand that people just hate Hillary because she's Hillary - not because she's a woman?

####### hater.

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I just don't understand the concept of voting for Hillary *just* because she's a woman. I don't vote for people just because they're men. If they'd have a woman candidate who WASN'T Hillary, I'd vote for her, if she supported the things I do. I'm sick to death of this "You don't like her because she's a woman" #######. Why can't people understand that people just hate Hillary because she's Hillary - not because she's a woman?

####### hater.

don't tell mags :whistle:

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