Obama's Dinner - Where Was Oprah Winfrey?

No doubt you have heard about the Obamas' first State Dinner by now. The media has, as usual, over-covered it. There was one detail about it that interested me. Where was Oprah Winfrey?

You remember Oprah, right? The woman who always wanted to be a missionary when she was growing up and then decided Jesus Christ was not enough. She has promoted New Age (which isn't really new) ad nauseam, which resulted in a huge loss of evangelical Christian viewers.

Then she angered many of her viewers when she decided to openly support (and campaign for) Obama in this last election. As a result, her viewership has taken a dive.

The average viewership for The Oprah Winfrey Show slipped under 7 million last season, down 7 percent from the year before, according to Nielsen Media Research. One week during the July rerun season, the show had its lowest ratings since its 1985 debut!

Oprah's best friend, Gayle King, has been out there since Oprah announced she is ending her show, doing public relations for Oprah. I almost choked when she said, "Oprah wants to end her show while she's still on top." On top?

Now this really intrigues me. Oprah, the woman who put her own career on the line for Mr. Obama, was not invited to this highly-publicized State Dinner. But who was there, posing like a star? Gayle King! What did Gayle put on the line for Obama?

As I'm sure you've figured out by now, I am not an Oprah fan. I quit watching her show when the New Age evangelism began. But the woman risked all of her years of success for this man, and she's snubbed? That is not right!

2009 April's Perspective