OPRAH, OBAMA, AND ANOTHER OBLIGATORY ORATION

"We need a leader who can show us how to hope again....."

Oprah Winfrey

"These are dangerous times, you can feel it. We need a leader who shows us how to hope again in America as a force for peace," Winfrey told the enthusiastic crowd. "I believe Barack Obama will bring statesmanship to the White House," she said. "He's a man who knows who we are and knows who we can be." "I challenge you to see through those people who try to convince you that experience with politics as usual is more valuable than wisdom won from years of serving people outside the walls of Washington, D.C.," she said.

First all of all Oprah, there are NO WALLS in Washington. Secondly, political experience cannot be devalued as a plausible explanation for voting a man with almost ZERO experience into the governments top spot. Thirdly, he does know who were are, and who we can be. He knows he can bring in a large crowd, especially in Iowa, where most women are glued to their TV sets in the afternoon, if he can get you to shill for him.

Let's be honest here.

If Obama was white, would Oprah go on the road with him?

That would be a flat no. And that is OK. Perfectly free to support any candidate as they see fit.

But I do like the analogy in play here. If a poor black woman from the south with marginal talents at best, can rise up and become a billionaire in America, who is to say a Black man with minimal experience, and marginal talents cannot rise up and become President?

The highlight for me? The following exchange between Obama and a voter in the crowd....

"The crowd was wild for Oprah. Thunderous applause. Camera flashes lit up the arena. Somebody yelled, "Oprah for vice president."

Obama turned around and smiled. That would be, he said, "a demotion."

THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IOWANS ARE BEING PLAYED FOR SUCKERS. ISN'T IT INSULTING FOR THEM TO THINK YOU WOULD BE SO STUPID, SO GULLIABLE, SO CARELESS WITH YOUR VOTE THAT YOU WOULD SQUANDER IT AWAY SOLELY BECAUSE THIS ROOKIE KNOWS OPRAY FUCKING WINFREY?

Iowa, you got your moneys worth today.

You aren't "corn fed" any more....you were fed manure.

And, if this works, whose going to have to come behind this dog and pony show

with a big ass shovel?