Oprah rips hillary gender card (race card, too)

"And now, we are free. We are free. We are free for the first time, to take advantage of all the rights and privileges of American citizenship.

We struggled so long with you. We are free to vote our minds and our hearts. We are free.

We are free to be led by our hearts. We are free from the prescriptions of gender and race.

And for the first time, we can just vote as we believe. We can vote as we believe.

And we can do that because that is what the struggle was for. That was what the struggle was for."

Excerpt
Oprah Winfrey
Obama Rally at UCLA
February 3, 2008

Legendary novelist and editor Toni Morrison's endorsement of Barack Obama is obviously not significant for her ability to move voters at the polls, which is not proven and probably not likely to be proven. But given her perceived attachment to the Clintons—Bill, she famously once called America's first black president; and Hillary she has been close to in the past—we thought it worth printing in full the letter of endorsement she sent to the Illinois senator, as released by the Obama campaign:

Dear Senator Obama,

This letter represents a first for me--a public endorsement of a Presidential candidate. I feel driven to let you know why I am writing it. One reason is it may help gather other supporters; another is that this is one of those singular moments that nations ignore at their peril. I will not rehearse the multiple crises facing us, but of one thing I am certain: this opportunity for a national evolution (even revolution) will not come again soon, and I am convinced you are the person to capture it.

May I describe to you my thoughts?

I have admired Senator Clinton for years. Her knowledge always seemed to me exhaustive; her negotiation of politics expert. However I am more compelled by the quality of mind (as far as I can measure it) of a candidate. I cared little for her gender as a source of my admiration, and the little I did care was based on the fact that no liberal woman has ever ruled in America. Only conservative or "new-centrist" ones are allowed into that realm. Nor do I care very much for your race[s]. I would not support you if that was all you had to offer or because it might make me "proud."

In thinking carefully about the strengths of the candidates, I stunned myself when I came to the following conclusion: that in addition to keen intelligence, integrity and a rare authenticity, you exhibit something that has nothing to do with age, experience, race or gender and something I don't see in other candidates. That something is a creative imagination which coupled with brilliance equals wisdom. It is too bad if we associate it only with gray hair and old age. Or if we call searing vision naivete. Or if we believe cunning is insight. Or if we settle for finessing cures tailored for each ravaged tree in the forest while ignoring the poisonous landscape that feeds and surrounds it. Wisdom is a gift; you can't train for it, inherit it, learn it in a class, or earn it in the workplace--that access can foster the acquisition of knowledge, but not wisdom.

When, I wondered, was the last time this country was guided by such a leader? Someone whose moral center was un-embargoed? Someone with courage instead of mere ambition? Someone who truly thinks of his country's citizens as "we," not "they"? Someone who understands what it will take to help America realize the virtues it fancies about itself, what it desperately needs to become in the world?

Our future is ripe, outrageously rich in its possibilities. Yet unleashing the glory of that future will require a difficult labor, and some may be so frightened of its birth they will refuse to abandon their nostalgia for the womb.

There have been a few prescient leaders in our past, but you are the man for this time.

Good luck to you and to us.

Toni Morrison

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[Fieldsl1]

hhmmm...why is Obama the first person Oprah has ever backed up for president?

[riethc]

"And being free means you get to think for yourself and you get to decide for yourself what to do..."

Wow, talk about cognitive dissonance! You're at a rally being told by a TV personality who on her show regularly tells people what to read, how to deal in relationships, what celebrities to worship, etc. etc. and she turns around and says to vote for Obama because you think for yourself? Yeah right, Oprah zombies

[RSnelli]

Oprah with jive accent. Wonder she didn't use this all those years on TV.

[MrCleanLarry]

I wonder how Oprah feels now....

[aquaman22]

The Constituion is a crock of shit anyway. This whole country was founded upon lies and the lies continue. Texas has changed the history textbooks to eliminate the 'slave trade' from the venacular from being used. We cintinue to lie and take what's not ours. It's only a matter of time before America goes down and rightfully so. You reap what you sow and America has sewn hate and has begun to reap hate. Rome falls....AGAIN. And once again, the Constitution is a crock of shit.

Thank you.

[CaJeffO]

WRONG KIND OF CHANGE! Oprah - See a video called “The Story of Your Enslavement” watch?v=Xbp6umQT58A

OBummer is an enemy to the Constitution.

GOOGLE: CAJeffO Obama close up

Oprah U don't have to pay the price of what he does to our nation. You are sitting fat and pretty. Oprah U should be ashamed of yourself - but U posesses an arogance much the same as Obummer. God Help us all.

[XenovannHellwolf]

"just imagine what hes going to do when he gets in the whitehouse" XD LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL­LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL­LLLLLLLLLL!

[Eliz279009]

You can hate her, but do trust, you can't make or break her. Oprah said it and it happened. BAMF.

[ownschooled]

@notabadguy06 nice wasted vote with no principle. maybe you shouldnt have been given the right to vote if thats how you vote. She shouldnt have the power she has because of her twisted demogogary. But she has cash. So the minions go along with it. vote for something not against something. And I hope your Palin derangement syndrome clears up.

[ownschooled]

@KingNative1 shes a sick race baitin freak who is bad for blacks and whites. kinda like you.

[ownschooled]

the sad part is that race was used in this whole election. Never put people like oprah or obama in such positions as to skew the real struggle that black folks face. Nothing has been done to improve their lot. There wasnt even much racial struggle going on at that point. It turned out to be the economy which affects both blacks and whites. She makes fun of the accent of the white woman who claimed she betrayed her gender. She often makes fun of white peoples accents. History will prove truth.