THE ISSUE: Oprah Winfrey’s three-state campaign tour with Sen. Barak Obama.
Your “OMENTUM” cover (Dec. 10) gave me quite a chuckle.
An “omentum” is a layer of fat that surrounds the intestines, essentially lying under flab.
It’s also what veterinarians call that round swag under a plump cat’s tummy.
Given Oprah Winfrey’s well-tabloided battles with the bulge, it was a pretty funny headline.
This is why headline writers should earn the really big bucks.
Bill Hudgins
Nashville, Tenn.
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Obama may have Oprah as a friend, but he lacks experience.
You can’t run a country on hugs from Oprah.
Celebrities need to mind their own business and concentrate on their own affairs.
Her support for him does nothing to change our minds about the candidate, but it sure changes our minds about the celebrity.
Joe DePascale
Brooklyn
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Have you noticed that Oprah, who speaks with Wonder Bread English when doing her talk show, all of a sudden is drawling like a Baptist preacher when stumping for Sen. Barack Obama in South Carolina?
The same goes for Obama and his appearance last week in Harlem.
It is an insult to black people everywhere, not to mention two-faced, when successful blacks like Oprah and Obama feel they have to talk down in fake “black” accents to get their message across.
What are they going to do when they go to the Sons of Italy – imitate Father Guido Sarducci?
Michael Chimenti
Bayside
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As a physician, I never thought that I’d see the word “omentum” in such large print and on the front page.
The omentum is a sheet of fatty tissue that drapes over the intestines and stomach, holding them together.
It was doubly funny to see this word over a picture of Oprah!
As we say in Boston, that’s “wicked” funny.
Samuel Blackman
Boston
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Oprah has built her career dealing with issues that concern women.
Over the years, the one constant message from Oprah to her viewership, which is overwhelmingly female, has been that of female empowerment.
Now that we finally have a viable woman candidate for president – a woman who has an excellent chance of winning – it seems strange that Oprah has taken this opportunity to support a male candidate.
Does this seem odd to anyone but me?
Maureen Kelly
Palm Coast, Fla.
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It’s no shock that Oprah and Chris Rock are backing Obama.
Their motives will never be challenged.
Sam Lumia
Whitestone
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Did the people of South Carolina – whose African-American population makes up a large part of the Democratic electorate there – gather to analyze Obama’s credentials as a Democratic candidate for president?
Or did they assemble to analyze and view the celebrity Oprah?
We as individuals have the right to choose and elect candidates. But celebrities should not use the stage to endorse political candidates.
Maureen McCole
Staten Island
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Along with many other potential voters, I am unimpressed by the campaigning of Oprah for Obama, despite her fame and fortune.
While she is an outstanding TV and movie personality, her credentials in the field of politics are no more or less than those of any involved voter.
The only influence that celebrities should have is the amount of money that they donate to their favorite candidate, certainly not as a self-proclaimed guru on how one should vote.
Nelson Marans
Silver Spring, Md.