Am I the only one who's fed to the teeth with All Things Oprah?

[bertha katzenengel]

Poll question: Am I the only one who's fed to the teeth with All Things Oprah?

Can't believe I'm doing an Oprah thread but I have to know.

Am I the only one who is tired of hearing her name, seeing her face, seeing her "Oprah book club" books, seeing her god-damned ego-centric "O" magazine, hearing her voice, seeing flashes of her stupid TV show between commercials? Am I the only one who wishes desperately that she'd won that Oscar*, so that maybe she'd've kept acting instead of becoming a corporation?

* Which she richly deserved.

[Darth_Kitten]

1. She's a corporate entity.........not a talk show host anymore.....

Man, I miss Donahue. :(

[NoPasaran]

4. If they were to abolish "corporate personhood"

Would Oprah cease to exist?

[RetroLounge]

2. I ignore all things Oprah, except the books

They even sell well used...

:shrug:

RL

[flvegan]

3. No, you're not.

Add me to the list.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

5. Add me to the list as well, I live in the Chicago area and everytime

she farts it makes the news. At least it seems like it...

[flying rabbit]

7. Oprah farts?

I thought that was the dog.

[bertha katzenengel]

8. "everytime she farts it makes news"

:rofl:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

6. Her degree of influence in my life is barely negligible

For example, my immediate reaction to something like "Oprah endorses Obama" is generally "Yeah? So f**king WHAT?"

She has talent and she has ability and she has a lot of other things that to me are a huge pain in the ass and an annoyance.

She's a brand, a corporation, and I generally shop elsewhere.

That's Oprah.

[bertha katzenengel]

9. Is that the ghost in "Don Giovanni?"

Scary.

:hi:

[poiuytsister]

14. What talent?? Just WTF can she DO?

Money begets money, thats's it. If she endorses something, I go the other way every time.

[tigereye]

10. no

it's cool that she is such a powerful woman and she has done a lot of good, but I'm really tired of hearing about how she's the next candidate for Sainthood.

[terrya]

11. No

And I read "The Secret", which she's pushed, and I think it's a load of crap.

[SPKrazy]

12. indifferent

i don't pay much attention to her

[femmocrat]

13. I am more indifferent than you....

or is that pun getting old already?

:shrug:

[TZ]

15. No. I am tired of her dreck...

She seems to like to have celebrities on as "experts" on medical conditions and she also pushes crap like "The Secret". She is quickly contributing to the anti-intellectualism of this country...IMO

[Bluestar]

16. I too am sick to death of her

She and Obama have one thing in common--their tenuous claim on sainthood. I think they are made for each other.

I can't stand watching her show because it is all so holier-than-thou, look-how-rich-I-am-why-aren't-you.

[Skittles]

26. doesn't it just boggle your mind

how she is able to fool so many people? SHE IS SO TRANSPARENT.

[zanne]

17. I take it you are not an Obama supporter.

I just had an inkling.

[bertha katzenengel]

22. Heh. Has nothing to do with Obama.

Oprah Winfrey has been everywhere for the last fifteen years, and she's growing like Audrey II. The phenomenon began long before The Endorsement.

[zanne]

28. But you're only complaining now? nt

[bertha katzenengel]

30. No. I'm only complaining . . .

on DU now.

:hi:

[GalleryGod]

35. Oh, contrare....

Oprah's help beats the heck out of having Presidential Pardonees on your donors list :rofl: :popcorn: :rofl:

[GalleryGod]

36. You think?

Meanwhile over at the HRC Deathstar,
"there's a disturbance in the force...."
:rofl: :patriot: :rofl:

[no name no slogan]

18. N-Oprah

:D

[Sultana]

19. LEAVE OPRAH ALONE!

cue in a Chris Crocker moment.:P :D

[Initech]

20. Your thoughts are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

By the way, why must I see that piece of shit for brains Dr. Phil on every motherfucking channel? :argh:

[zanne]

29. Dr. Phil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAGH! He's like the obnoxious, know-it-all brother in-law you have to invite over to Thanksgiving dinner because of your sister. Before you know it, he's telling you how to baste the turkey or insisting you fry it Southern-style. Then, starting right to left, he tells everyone what's wrong with their attitude. Loudly. With a Southern accent in NH.

[Initech]

41. Actually I was thinking he is more like the salesman from hell.

Every job has one who is always full of shit, he makes all the other workers uncomfortable, and nobody can get rid of them.

[bertha katzenengel]

31. "Your thoughts are intriguing . . .

etc" --

:rofl:

[Initech]

32. Is it poorly xeroxed?

[Kucinich4America]

21. I'm definitely sick of all the Hillbot "hate Oprah" threads in GDP.

But I will agree that Oprah reached the point of over saturation about the time she got her own XM channel, wasting bandwidth which could have been much better utilized by a second progressive channel, so they wouldn't have to butcher Thom Hartmann and Mike Malloy's shows.

[ronnykmarshall]

46. I'm sick of the fucking "Hilbot" tag.

[Mojambo]

23. I've been there since like 1999. n/t

[Flaxbee]

24. Early on in her career, when she still seemed completely

thrilled and astounded by how successful she was, I liked her a lot. Now, not so much. But I tend to get irritated with people who are fascinated by their own wonderfulness, and don't tone down their self love. And I have read over the years that she has turned increasingly into a rather nasty diva. I am happy for her that she's done so well, but put a sock in it already. She has damaged all our psyches enough by inflicting that useless sap Dr. Phil on us. I won't buy a book if it's got that damned Oprah Book Club crap on it, and I wish she'd take a break from the cover of her magazine, which, I'll admit, can sometimes really be pretty good. But I don't need to see Martha Stewart grinning at me to understand that yes, indeed, Martha helms (or used to, anyway) her magazine; I don't need to see Oprah to understand that "O" is her magazine, either.

[Skittles]

25. I can't stand her

no INDEED

[bertha katzenengel]

38. Hey, Skittles -- here are a couple pics of your Skittens!

This is Miranda, aka Bandit, aka Little Boo Boo





(and here's one of Harry le Roi, 13 and happy)

[loveangelc]

27. yes.

[ElizabethDC]

33. I used to be an Oprah fan, but the past few years she's bugged the hell out of me

she's become this holier-than-thou, ego-centric entity and it's just too much. I still enjoy her show from time to time, but my level of tolerance gets lower and lower each time I see her.

[GalleryGod]

34. I'm Glad Oprah is backing my chosen candidate, Obama...

every little bit helps against T.C.E.E.:smoke:

[edbermac]

37. Cannot stand Dope-rah.

Just a classier looking version of Jerry Springer.

[Deep13]

39. The O will have you killed for this, you know.

:scared:

[Iggo]

40. Been fed up with her since the late 1980s.

Welcome to the club, newcomer. You are assigned the coffee commitment.

[KamaAina]

42. You're obsessed with cats. Oprah is a dog person.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey#Family

Sophie and Soloman are her two Cocker Spaniels and she also owns three Golden Retrievers. A third dog, "Gracie" died from choking in May 2007.

:tinfoilhat:

Of course, the O has stood for Overexposed for quite some time now, which would be a perfectly valid reason to have this thread even if she did have cats!

[bertha katzenengel]

43. Is THAT why I'm irritated?

LOL

:hi:

[WildEyedLiberal]

44. I don't pay much attention to Oprah

I don't think her show is that great because it seems to cement the kitschy hausfrau Ladies Home Journal culture that really grates my nerves. Also she is responsible for inflicting Dr. Phil and a host of other "self-help" plagues upon the nation - as if spending thousands of dollars on inane bullshit "self improvement" books and CDs is going to improve the average middle class woman's situation in life.

[Chovexani]

45. So tired of her that you start a thread all about her.

Bertha, I love you honey, but the hateration needs to stop.

Oprah is getting paid and people can't stand it. Martha Stewart doesn't even get this much hate, and she arguably deserves it.

Things that make you go "hmm".

[ronnykmarshall]

47. She DID deserve that Oscar.

So did Whoopi.

As did the film "The Color Purple".

One thing that really is bugging me.

Now I like Oprah a lot. I think she gave some fantastic speeches at the rallies. BUT! When did she start speaking like a southern preacher?

Damn! People talk shit about Madonna and her fake ass english accent.