How many caucasions did she invite to her "Legends" night? I give her credit one thing though- being a cunning con artist that has house-frows, live audiences and book clubs members (mostly white) believing they have a black friend. Do you really thinks she likes caucasions? Cut me a break!

But, in a democracy she has a right to be a pied-piper and endorse of her choice...any surprise it's Mr. Obama?

If Oprah wants to endorse him, good for her, in this capitalist society that progressives hate so much, she is a self made person who achieved NOT via "what can the government do for me", but by hard work and dedication.

Bravo to her, I do find it disappointing that she has not voted in the primaries since 1988 though (researched I am sure by the Clinton political attack machine).

Please KNOW that racism is a peculiarity assigned to WHITE people in America. When black people do not like, or in extreme cases hate, white people, it is not because black people are racist, it is because of the disparity blacks in America have experienced (and still experience) at the hands of white America. Black people in America did not enslave white people in America, nor did black people institute JIM CROWE. Black people in America did not create an economic system that derived billions of dollars from selling white people in America, nor did black Americans exact free labor for white Americas. Black folk in America have NEVER, EVER systematically OPPRESSED white folk in America.

PEOPLE, the psyche of America is sick and her spirit is broken and this kind of iniquitous banter only contributes to America’s ills.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today."

Martin Luther King......Where did we go wrong?

I cannot believe the amount of comments on this thread. SHE'S A CITIZEN AND CAN ENDORSE WHOMEVER SHE CHOOSES, the end. Who cares.

But, ok, it's a reasonable point; Bill Clinton may have endorse Hillary just because she's white.

Posted By Carrington Ward, Queens NY

LOL, too funny. Point well made. Time to stop associating and judging people by their race. We are a diverse country with many many races/ethnicities. Judge Obama and the others by their character and vision and any other attribute other than race....it's irrelevant.

Obama did NOT say that he would go into the middle east without congressional approval. He said that he would send troops to areas where there is ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. Anyone would send troops where there was actionable intelligence, especially as to where Bin Ladin is hiding, which is what he was referring to.

It's ok if you don't want to vote for him, but make sure that it's for the right reasons. And not because you've been given faulty information.

And to everyone else on this board: Oprah is not just a black woman. And Obama is not just a black man. And I'm hoping that Oprah will get America to see that he is NOT just a black man. He is a highly educated individual with more imagination and vision for this country than anyone we've seen in the past. Maybe his resume isn't as lengthy as you care for, but our #1 requirement for a leader should be a conscience. And he's the only one who demonstrates a real care and concern for the people.

The poll you cited did not say Obama got more vote from educaqted people. Obama and Hillary Clinton split the votes from educated people but Clinton has more support
from low income people because of her records
of helping people in low income level.

–Wendy

Reading comments against Oprah's decision to support Obama really makes feel like the founding fathers only wasted their lives. We are so far away from living the real America values. Bill is supporting Hillary, no problem. Oprah is supporting Obama, that is racist.

What happened to freedom of rights, justice and the pursuit of happiness? Please, let me know when you find out.

And what if Barack was white and Hillary was black, would her endorsement of Barack causes as much commotion among her overwhelming white audience?

You folks are hypocrites!
America hasn't progressed a damn bit!

I am young, I'm white, and I've never in my life taken more than a casual glance at the political pages of CNN or another media outlet before, much less gotten involved in a campaign.

I could give a rats ass what color Barack Obama is. He has inspired me in a way no politician of my generation ever has. He has blasted a ray of light over the darkness that is American fear, oppression and hatred and called us back home again, back home to a country where anything actually IS possible. Where anyone can make a difference. Where we actually can take charge of our country again and make it whole, actually make our souls whole again by picking our leader for a change instead of letting him be picked for us, by actually standing up and saying, "enough. YOU OUT THERE will not dictate my fate any longer."

I had a conversation with an older black woman at work the other day about Obama.

She likes him, but didn't support him, even though her sister was supposedly working her ass off for his campaign in L.A. This woman preferred Hillary, and she said the exact same thing you just said… "America is too racist to let such a great black man get elected."

She also added she felt something bad would befall him if he did manage to get the job.

I told her that she's right only when she says that racists won't vote for Obama. They may give him lip service, but when voting time comes, they'll stay home with their heads hung in shame. Or maybe they'll vote another way once alone with their bigoted views. Alone. Unheard. A legend in their own minds. Is that the majority of this nation?

No. It's what gives meaning to the word, "minority."

Those sad people, those closeted racists you speak of… they can NEVER overtake the good heart that is the center of this still great nation of ours. We are a nation of ideas, not color. For every one of them that stays at home, alone, wrought by their own fears and the propaganda of others, ten more people who've never even thought about politics before, people like myself, will get excited enough about Barack Obama and his war, his war of IDEAS, to not only vote but bring a car load of others to vote as well.

From what I've seen they'll be ALL colors. They'll come in busses, in vans, on bikes. They'll wait in the rain at precincts that have broken voting machines and they'll refuse to go home even if it means they could lose their jobs. They'll work until five o clock and call undecided voters until nine when they have to go to bed again. They'll actually start caring about this country in a way maybe they only saw through the prism of their childhoods, if ever.

The American innocence that they once felt lost forever, they'll discover again, one by one, as they realize motion is perpetual and never too late. And once the foundation is built, it will be built upon until the backward thinking minority you so worry about is comfortably in the back of the bus, finally and for good.

The neocons and their ilk will toss voter registrations out by the bushel, they'll pour provisional ballots and voter I.D.s like water on fire.
But like brave soldiers before machine guns, people will keep coming. Brand new voters right along old ones will refill the bucket again and again, with more and more enthusiasm, until the well overflows.

Because, for once, they'll care. don't you see that? They'll really, truly start to take charge of the government of this country and when that happens, not bigots, not neocons, not fear mongers, nobody but nobody will be able to prevent the election of Senator Barack Obama.

And don't you think Obama knows the stakes? As my friend at work pointed out, don't you think he knows that by putting himself in such a position as the first viable black candidate for president in U.S. history he is putting not only his life but that of his family at risk?

The woman I spoke to Obama with, well, she left a bit less ready to say that Obama could never do it. She's going with her sister the next time she attends an event. She's still undecided, but at least her ears are open and so are her eyes.

Only you can count yourself out. Nobody else but. You cannot suppress what WILL NOT BE SUPRESSED.

Many people have ideas. Many people have facts, figures and smarts. Yet, only one person in a generation can inspire the sort of passion that can actually accomplish real change.
Barack Obama is that person.

He is the next president of the United States, but only after we get off our asses and even off these boards and into the real world where we can make it happen.

The greatest fear is always within.

Obama 08

Em... doubtful. Sharpton hasn't endorsed Obama. It might be a worry for some that Paul Hodes (NH) and the entire Vermont delegation have likely earned themselves a 'line to the white house' with their early and whole-hearted endorsement. But, you might say, that's a Holstein of a different color.

They're probably the same folks who wonder "why all the black kids sit together in the cafeteria?" without stopping to think that the white kids sit together too.

But, ok, it's a reasonable point; Bill Clinton may have endorse Hillary just because she's white.

Quincy Jones and Maya Angelou (black people whom I admire) have endorsed Hillary Clinton.

Oprah Winfrey (a black woman I admire very much) has endorsed Barack Obama. Why are Hillary supporters being disingenuous about this?

I can understand why you feel threatened (and you should be), but I think you're doing your candidate a disservice and black voters are paying attention.

1. cockiness

2. What eye are you looking at?

One things I have in common with Oprah and Obama: "I can't stand either one of them"

For the record, GO OBAMA!!!!!