The Oprah – Sarah Palin Interview
21 October 2009 12:24 pm by Taylor Marsh
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Before the election last year, this was the storyline. That was then.
So, get ready. The you scratch my back I’ll scratch yours moment of the year is coming, as Oprah goes rogue, which also happens to be Newsday’s headline (h/t Memeorandum).
Oprah shoots for blockbuster ratings during Novembers sweeps, while also making up to conservatives for dissing Palin last year. Sarah Palin gets to push her book the day before it comes out while doing a soft interview, which suits her sensibilities and style to a tee. It also is a move to reset her political persona, though it’s going to take a lot more than Oprah to do that. That is, unless she uses waterworks, ala Glenn Beck, to show her softer, gentler side.
Oprah Winfrey, on a campaign to climb back from last season’s ratings slump, will attempt to kiss and make up with conservative viewers on Nov. 16 when she has Sarah Palin on her syndicated talk show .
You may have noticed that the appearance by the former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate is happening smack dab in the middle of the November ratings derby.
It’s also the day before Palin’s new book, “Going Rogue: An American Life,” is scheduled to hit bookstores. …
Who won’t be watching or taping this one?
Love her or hate her, Sarah Palin is one of the most talked about women on the national scene today. Maligned, loved, laughed at and watched, she follows in the footsteps of another woman who was hated, ridiculed and pilloried, whose name is Hillary Clinton.
That noise you just heard are all the die hard Clinton supporters scoffing at the notion that Sarah can be compared to their girl Hill. That Hillary has always been more accomplished than Palin. Of course, there is little doubt about that… though many die hard right wing conservatives, led by Rush Limbaugh, disagree.
In the fascinating to watch category, Sarah’s got it. Her move this summer when she introduced “death panels” proves she’s got power. It knocked Pres. Obama and the Democrats on their political posteriors, as the Republicans moved to dominate the health care debate for weeks. Something that eventually evolved into the tea party brawls that were covered non-stop on cable, with the truth getting left in the dust.
No one knows if she’ll ever have a leading role in national politics again, but she’s young enough and has the time to do whatever she wants, provided she’s willing to do the work. However, so far there is no evidence that she is.
