About a year after she famously turned down Oprah Winfrey’s invitation to appear on her talk show, Sarah Palin will finally take a seat on Oprah’s couch on Nov. 16, according to People. During the 2008 presidential campaign, many believed that Palin declined the invite because Winfrey was such an outspoken supporter of the rival ticket. But months ago, Winfrey predicted that Palin might have a change of heart when it was time to promote her upcoming memoir Going Rogue: An American Life, saying, “Maybe she’ll talk to me now that she has a book deal.”
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So – Ms. Palin is jumping the couch – what is she promoting – book, speaking tour, run for president of the NRA…the blab queen must really need the ratings now that Chicago didn’t get the 2016 olympic games
She will definitely be promoting a book that releases in November.
Looking forward to seeing Ms Palin. I think she is wonderful. Shows that a woman can do more than cook, have kids and run a house. Get with it people. Time for a real woman president. Not one set up falsely by a idiotic husband. Will definitely get her book.
I hope Oprah nails her to the freaking wall.
Nails her to the wall for what? The only thing I think she is out of touch on is the abstinence-only sex education and abortion issue.
Don’t forget that Sarah is a Quitter.
the ONLY thing?
you’ve got to be kidding.
Sarah Palin is a hot mess stupidity and political nightmare. I still can’t get over the fact that she couldn’t name ONE newspaper that she reads.
2 radio DJs from Montreal prank called her claiming to be French President Sarkozy…and she totally bought it. She needs serious help.
Why do you hate Palin that much? She is no threat to you, or is she???
Who cares about newspapers!! No one reads them for their titles. Magazines either. She did not quit anything- she knew her calling is somewhere else and went for it. Boy, you people like to be mean for the sake of being mean, huh?
Well, if you ask me (and IF no one likes what I have to say over the matter, too bad ! ),I say Madame Her Highness Guru Godess OPRAH retire and her and Sarah Palin go moose hunting in Alaska. Maybe it’ll do Oprah some good health wise, PLUS, just maybe she’ll come to her senses and realize that her egos gotten so big till her head’s about to blow up ?! Oprah dearie, you’ve made enough money already…just retire and quit your show. Marry your pal Gail ( or, Steadman ) and ride off into the sunset.
Madame Her Highness Guru Godess OPRAH……….LOLOLOLOLOLOL. So true so accurate: “Look at me! I’m on the cover of MY OWN MAGAZINE EVERY SINGLE MONTH! I am the ONE who IS ALL of what IS!”
I predict another Katie Couric moment. Palin’s no match for really smart interviewers.
Oprah is far smarter and much more even-minded than Couric is. Couric is a vicious interviewer who revelled in catching Palin off-guard. Even though Palin’s response to Couric was less than stellar, its unfair to paint her as a fool. Palin was green to such a big stage and it showed.
Well, if Sarah couldn’t take on chirpy Katie Couric she should have stayed out of the public eye!
Palin couldnt give a good answer to newspapers she reads and Supreme Court decisions. She was a Vice Presidential candidate!!! But, the classic was her meandering responce to McCain’s reaction to the financial crisis. It was rip and read for Tina Fey.
then maybe she shouldn’t have been running for VP
I am so sick of people making excuses for Palin – “It’s the media’s fault! She was green to the big stage!” The woman was a candidate for the 2nd most powerful position on the planet and if Heaven Forbid something happened, perhaps the next President of the United States. I for one, prefer that my leaders have a better answer than “I can see Russia from my house” as proof of foreign policy credentials and being a “hockey mom” as a darned good reason to be the leader of the free world.
I’m more defending the woman as a human being. I’m not defending her as a choice for V.P. As I said, she was obviously too green for that on a national stage. I don’t see the need to villify the woman. Obama won with basically a mandate for change. Given that, she really wasn’t much of a threat to really have the position of V.P. anyway. And lets not forget that the media truly did make a lot of that stuff up, including the whole Russian thing.
Sarah Palin will be a great rating getting for Oprah. The question will be who will get the last word and how much of the interview will be fluff
I predict about 90% of the interview will be fluff. Oprah won’t talk about the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan, nuclear arms development in Iran, tensions in North Korea, the stagnant economy or anything else of real relevance, because her audience doesn’t want her to. I hope I’m wrong, but I don’t think I am.
Palin is no longer a member of the US government – she’s a private citizen. I’m sure they’ll talk about her book, and maybe the 2008 campaign. If Palin is indeed contemplating a Presidential run in 2012 then she might very well start laying groundwork by talking about more substantive issues.
I can just imagine James Frey waving his arms furiuosly, trying to get Palin’s attention with a “Don’t do it” look on his face.
In regard to Oprah, when has she ever “nailed” anyone to the wall in an interview??? If you are expecting anything other than a lovefest, watch something else…
i think it’s pretty obvious that oprah does not like palin. it won’t be a “lovefest”, assuming oprah has principles she actually stands by.
My bet is for love-fest. Wish it wasn’t so, but I don’t think Palin would agree to sit down for anything else. Besides, Oprah is not exactly known for hard-hitting interviews.
The People story is wrong. It was Oprah who refused to have Palin on during the election campaign. Oprah did ask Palin on only after the election was over. It was then that Palin declined. In the story, it erroneoulsy claims that Palin turned down an election season appearance.
Wong!!! Palin “declined” the offer = the GOP wanted to limit her tv appearances because she’s doesn’t know what she’s talking about!
Do a quick google search Pete. Al is correct.
Pete, here is a September 2008 article – complete with a quote from Oprah – which confirms that Oprah did NOT want Palin on her show before the election was over:
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b27462_oprah_not_up_promoting_palinmdashyet.html
Stephanie, if you are foolish enough to believe Sarah Palin then that’s your own fault!
Pete, it’s not a question of believing Sarah Palin. It was Oprah who stated she would not have Palin on until after the election.
i doubt oprah will ask any tough questions. they’ve already been asked over and over. i just wish palin would go away. i’m sick of her.
I wish Oprah would go away.
I wish you’d go away.
It is physically impossible for Oprah to go away because she is the almighty god of existence.
Get your liberal facts straight EW: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=5736716&page=1
Can America stand that much annoying egotism together on one stage for a full hour? What will the Homeland Security level be?
I second that.
You are so right on!
I could care less about either one of them and won’t be watching.
I was shocked when I first read that headline because I thought it said “crotch.”
I like you.
This will be more fun than that obviously drug-addled Whitney interview that kicked off the season. Another deer in the headlights for Miss Winfrey. Bring her on! You betcha!
I value my brain cells WAY to much to waste them watching/listening to Palin.She’s old news. Lets do humanity a favor and keep it that way!
Who would you prefer? A washed up pop-star that want’s to tell their dramatic life story? Or a person advocating for a cause that everyone has heard of a million times? I think having Palin on the show will be good; she is the only reason I will be watching.
I think Sarah Palin is a much better, more interesting and relevant guest than Oprah typically gushes over. Look at the show’s guest history: a mentally unbalanced, counch-jumping, Scientology-worshipping megastar; a best-selling author who twinged Oprah’s heart-strings with a falsified account of addiction and redemption, the aforementioned Diva with a Crack (or Whack?) Problem…
I expect both women will be at the top of their game and have very interesting, meaningful things to say. Should be great!
GOOD FOR MS. PALIN!!
And I hope she takes every opportunity to quiz ‘O’ on the folks ‘her’ president has surrounded himself with.
GIVE HER HELL, SARAH!!!!!!!
It’s Oprah show, Sarah doesn’t have the smarts to quiz Oprah of anything! TomHunter is a dumba$$
You do realize what kind of message you send when you reply with a comment like that?
Give her hell for what, exactly? Last I checked, Oprah wasn’t the one who single-handedly destroyed a presidential campaign.
Please explain Amanda. I wasn’t aware that Sarah Palin had this power over John McCain’s decisions.
Over Oprah after all these years unless she has a guest I really want to see.
Never cared for Palin. If she had a clue the world would stop turning.
Katie Couric …. isn’t some lil theater somewhere casting for “Peter Pan”?
“Maybe she’ll talk to me now that she has a book deal.”
Uh.. ok Oprah?
So now anybody whose anybody has an obligation to sit down and talk to you?
Ummm…pretty much. I never understood why, but Oprah is some sort of a god. Whatever she says or whoever she interviews seems to always make the news. I really don’t understand it. But if I had something to promote, I would kill to have her at least say my book’s name.
Oprah’s going to ask her what her favorite books are, and Palin’s going to stumble over the question.
Then the right wingers are going to bash the liberal media by trying to make Palin look bad.
Man, do Republicans hate people who can read.
media ‘for’ making Palin look bad.
Biased much? When people make comments like these, it isn’t the party that the comments are aimed at that suffers…
GO SARAH!!!!!! i WOULD NOT DO HER SHOW, SHE DOES NOT NEED HER OR IT!!
*gags* I can feel brain cells all over America dying already. I’d never watch that interview, and I’d think less of anyone that did.
I think anyone who thinks Palin is great is the reason why this country can’t compete in the world. Palin=Mediocrity.
I hate when people say she’s just like them. Gross
Amen!
America….can’t compete in the world? Are you serious? It’s by and far the most powerful nation on Earth!
I really am intrigued by women who hate Sarah Palin. Why? What exactly does she do that threatens you so much? Love her family? Love her country? Succeed in a male-dominated profession? Have the willingness to roll up her sleeves and work? I think she’s cool. I’d work for her in a heartbeat.
Well good for Oprah. I can only imagine her ratings might actually increase.
Palin is a woman of the past — with “what you see is what you get” not unlike Harry Truman. It would be a major surprise if the voting public ever voted in someone with integrity…..change, change, change!
And you think Palin has integrity-Well, I guess you can understimate the stupidity of the American public!
2 things:
1)Truman was a Democrat, unlike the Quitter.
2)How is a woman of the past a good thing? You do realize that women had far fewer rights decades ago and misogyny was much more acceptable decades ago, right?
Why call Palin a quitter? It happens all the time, people take different or better opportunities. and she decided her position would be better suited for someone not being sued for absurd falsities
Yeah, I agree with Ryan. She prefers spreading absurd falsities as opposed to being sued for them.
Ryan – Palin’s called a quitter because she’s…. (ta-da) a QUITTER. Stop trying the standard neocon spin-jibberish and get real. Palin couldn’t hack it (no surprise considering her utter lack of brains, common sense, political savvy, and qualifications) and she QUIT. Let’s stick with the truth here.
also, a hint. The American public has voted for someone with integrity–that would be our current president, President Obama. But don’t worry, he’ll be pres for the next 8 years, so you’ll become familiar with him at some point. If not, you can just move to Siberia.
8 years? Can you add? Didn’t think so…
um, yes i can add, maybe you can’t. Obama will be the president until January 20, 2017 when the next president is sworn in. 2009 + 8 = 2017. congrats, you’ve learned something today.
2009 + 8 = 2017, when the next pres will be inaugurated. maybe you can’t add, or don’t understand inference (yes, obama will serve 2 consecutive terms).
Stupid is electing someone who says one thing to get elected and forgets all about it afterward. Actually, Palin sounds more like a democrat of old…you know, stupid things like being real, having core morality, loving America as the writers of the Constitution did and not changing beliefs to accommodate the popular “politically correct” in-crowd. Corny but real.
core morality-quitting halfway through her term, telling us Bristol and Levi were getting married, paying thousands for her wardrobe. Oh, dont forget the hate-filled campaign rallies. corny but real
Palin is one of the least moral political figures in recent history. What are you talking about?
I would like to provide you with a VERY small list of recent politicians and watch you writhe in pain as you try to tell us how they are morally superior to Sarah Palin:
1.) Ted Kennedy
2.) Bill Clinton
3.) Charlie Rangel
4.) John Edwards
5.) John Kerry
6.) John Ensign
7.) Hillary Clinton
8.) Jesse Jackson
how accurate. you included only one republican. umm, Nixon, anyone? what a BS list.
…I said “recent” politicians! Maybe you should read before you type.
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.
I KNEW this OFRAH announcement would spawn more “Palin Derangement Syndrome” from the Looney Left- and I am SO enjoying it.
People who think Sarah is stupid are Kool Aid Drinkers who voted for the FAILED Messiah.
You heard me.
The empty suit that is the Marxist in Chief.
Or Fascist, Socialist, Commie- WHATEVER.
Have a lovely time trying to Alinsky her- but it was tried before and you LOST.
I think it’s FABULOUS that Sarah will be on with “The Female ONE.”
Sarah will tell about her book, her family, GOD and Country.
And won’t that piss you Progressive Commies off BIG TIME?
Can’t WAIT!!!
Go Sarah-
http://www.TeamSarah.org
The childish level of hatred and vitriol, us vs. them mentality, and unabashed glee in the failure of others, that is displayed in this post, will bring about the end of this fabulous country. Please, everybody on all sides needs to listen and be reasonable.
This would only be interesting if Oprah had not taken a stand during the campaign. Since we know she really can’t stand Palin’s politics, it really will just turn into a “let’s make nice” and talk about Palin’s book. Oprah should not have gotten into politics; it revealed everything about where she stands on the issues and took away from any semblance of impartiality during an interview. Don’t watch her anyway, won’t watch her now.
Please can we deal with FACTS!1.Oprah supported BO personally but never used The Oprah Show to support ANYONE, in fact she made a point of Not Allowing any of them on hewr show before the election. Obama was on her show years before,well before he ran for office. Oprah made an offer to Palin to come on after the election, Palin refused.Oprah did personal appearances for Obama early on but stopped because the America PEOPLE could not separate her personal activities and opinion from the show, so rather then muddy the waters she stopped any and all appearances. 2.When is America/Americans going to grow up- the same freedoms we send our sons and daughters to die for on foreign soil are the same freedoms we want to withold from our fellow Americans- one should be able to support whomever.3. This is the first time in history that Americans not only disrespect a sitting President but disrespect the office of the Presidency-SHAME ON AMERICA
Actually, quite a few shamed Bush. Not condoning it but Bush was talked about much worse than Obama ever has.
The important difference is that people talking badly about Bush didn’t begin until years into his term (after he’d earned it). Republicans have been speaking extremely negatively against Obama since day 1. I don’t recall any serious commentator speaking about Bush as a Nazi whereas it’s pretty common for Fox News people to do so about Obama.
Actually Mark, you are dead wrong. Do you not remember the whinning about the 2000 election when Gore had lost FL to a couple hundred votes. The left talked very negative about Bush from the beginning. Get your facts correct, and stop typing nonsense.
But then 9/11 happened and EVERYONE was behind George Bush…until the Iraq War in which everyone can now agree was downright wrong. The response to Hurricane Katrina only proved how incompetent the Bush Administration was.
But Mark is wrong, the hate for Obama actually started during the campaign, when it become clear that the US might have an Arab/Muslim/Kenyan president.
The current Republican party is empty of content, so all they have running is a hate/smear campaign of the current administration. It started during the run up to the elections, and continues today. The situation Obama faces is *nothing* like the easy ride that GWB had before the election.
Actually, Jake, they were talking about the 2000 election and the ensuing lawsuits and the Supreme Court stepping in when it should have left it to the states to decide. It wasn’t whining – it was history. But what’s with the sour grapes? Bush prevailed and went on to define his Presidency all on his own, with a little help from his friends.
If a VP candidate cannot answer a question as simple as what news publications she reads on a daily basis she/he/it should go home. The chances that Sarah Palin actually wrote her own book are about zero to none!!!
Um, Cheryl? Virtually no politician writes his own book, including the ones written by those politicians of whom you approve.
President Obama wrote both The Audacity of Hope and Dreams From My Father, President Clinton wrote My Life. Palin had a ghostwriter, because she probably could not handle writing a 400 page book.
That may be true, but the vast majority, including the idols of the Democratic party, Bill & Hillary, did not.
Oh, and I’d also like to point out that Barak Obama did not write the title to “Audacity” as you brag, he lifted it from his pastor Reverend Jeremiah Wright, whom Republicans are not allowed to bring up without supposedly engaging in ugly campaign tactics.
I read Sarah Palin’s book. It has a lot of pictures and two words per page. Here are some excerpts:
Goodnight, Moon.
Goodnight, Lamp.
Goodnight, Russia.
Goodnight, Rove.
Goodnight John, you silver tongue rascal.
Sarah sucks as well as the GOP
What an intellectual you are. I am in awe.