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To: tejek who wrote (606942)	4/7/2011 12:58:55 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1583791

Winfrey won't publicly support Obama in 2012? Oprah got Obama elected. One thing she is is savvy about what the public likes. If Bambi is too hot for her, watch out. Wednesday, April 6 2011, 3:08pm EDT By Mike Moody, Entertainment Reporter Oprah Winfrey reportedly does not plan to publicly support Barack Obama in the 2012 US presidential election. Winfrey supported Obama's campaign in 2008, holding a highly publicised political rally for him during his presidential challenge. According to a Gallup poll conducted before the rally, Winfrey's favourable ratings fell from 74 to 66% while her unfavourable ratings jumped from 17 to 26%. Her TV show ratings also fell following the event. A source has told PopEater that Winfrey doesn't want to do anything to alienate viewers now that she has launched her OWN network. "For 2012, much has changed for Oprah. She now has her own cable channel called OWN that has been struggling to find an audience - she isn't going to do anything to alienate them," the insider said. The source added: "Unlike in 2008, when a drop in ratings didn't matter as much for the queen of TV, Oprah is now fighting every day to get people to tune into OWN." The source continued: "Helping a friend keep the most important job in the world is great, but making sure her OWN network thrives is now her priority." digitalspy.com

To: tejek who wrote (606942)	4/7/2011 3:12:17 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583791

If they are trying to hide their identity they aren't very successful at it. It doesn't seem to me like they are even making a big effort to do so much of the time, but perhaps they are trying and are just incompetent at it. if it was Soros or Matt Damon who were setting up dummy org. and seeding elections all over the country to effect the outcome of those elections, you would be damn unhappy. I wasn't aware than Matt Damon was such a big supporter of big government policies. Soros or Damon, your wrong, I support their right to support political causes even ones I disagree with. I don't find doing so to be sinister. Sure I'm not ecstatic about it, to the extent they are successful they can cause harm by promoting bad policies, and even if they are unsuccessful, they are using resources unproductively, but its their money, and their right to throw it around the way they want to.