If you have
been observant with things happening in and around American politics, you ought
to have observed the sudden widening in relationship between President Obama
and popular talk show host, Oprah, and that’s after Obama got elected as
American President in 2008, in which Oprah played a key role in his success.
In a recent
gist, Oprah turned down Obama’s invitation to support his Affordable care Act,
and this has made that Act to suffer great setback. Meanwhile, the website that
is supposed to give Americans access to the insurance exchanges is still badly
broken. The White House admits that only 456,000 out of 30 million qualified
Americans have signed up for health insurance. The Obama administration still
refuses to release the actual number of total policies sold through the
exchanges.
Wondering
why Obama’s best friend — and staunchest supporter — Queen Oprah refused to
endorse the problem-plagued ObamaCare?
Read the
reports below after the cut:
From AllPac:
The all time
queen of talk shows, Oprah Winfrey, reportedly declined an invitation from
Obama for a meeting aimed at helping to convince the American public to accept
Obamacare.
Obama’s
senior adviser, Valerie Jarrett, called Oprah and requested for her to join a
select group of celebrities to meet with the president and talk about how they
could create acceptance of his landmark health care reform.
Oprah
reportedly refused.
“All of
Oprah’s top people thought she would go, because when the president invites you
to the White House, most people automatically say yes,” Oprah’s closest adviser
said. “But Oprah said she didn’t have the time or inclination to go.”
“It wasn’t
like she had to think it over,” the source added. “It was an immediate,
flat-out, unequivocal no.”
From The NY Post
"Everyone remembers that Oprah went all out for Obama during the 2008 presidential election. What was not reported was that, in return, Oprah was promised unique access to the White House if Obama won. She’d get regular briefings on initiatives and a heads-up on programs to give her material for her fledgling cable network, OWN.
"Everyone remembers that Oprah went all out for Obama during the 2008 presidential election. What was not reported was that, in return, Oprah was promised unique access to the White House if Obama won. She’d get regular briefings on initiatives and a heads-up on programs to give her material for her fledgling cable network, OWN.
“Oprah
intended to make her unique White House access a part of her new network,” a
source close to Oprah told me. “There were big plans, and a team was put
together to come up with proposals that would have been mutually beneficial.
“But none of that ever happened. Oprah sent notes and a rep to talk to Valerie
Jarrett, but nothing came of it. It slowly dawned on Oprah that the Obamas had
absolutely no intention of keeping their word and bringing her into their
confidence.”
Oprah did
not campaign for Obama in the 2012 race, and she has been absent from his
battles on gun control, immigration reform and the environment. She claims she
is too busy to get involved in politics, even though she hosted a fund-raiser
for Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who won a US Senate seat last week.
Oprah’s
friends publicly dismiss the idea that she had a falling out with Obama. They
note that she phoned Michelle Obama right after the 2012 election to congratulate
her. They say Michelle invited her to have dinner with the first family. But
the dinner never took place, and Oprah continues to be frozen out.
“Oprah was
hoping there would be a genuine change in the atmospherics,” one of her friends
told me. “But there hasn’t been. Clearly, she is being rebuffed at the level of
Michelle and Valerie. And, just as obviously, President Obama hasn’t interfered
on Oprah’s behalf.” During Obama’s first term, I argued in my book “The
Amateur” that Michelle was jealous of Oprah, furious that he was seeking her
advice.
“For her
part, Oprah doesn’t like being with Michelle, because the first lady is
constantly one-upping the president and anybody else around her,” said an Oprah
adviser. “Oprah has struck back by banning the Obamas from her O, The Oprah
Magazine . . . It probably hurts Oprah more than Obama, who, if he had his head
screwed on straight, would have flown to California and begged Oprah to help
him save ObamaCare.
“But Obama
hasn’t budged, and neither has Oprah. She’s hurt and angry, and I seriously
doubt that Oprah will ever make up with the Obamas. She knows how to hold a
grudge.”
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