Welcome to The Hoosier Illuminati. Macintosh bigot, clothes horse, motorsports fanatic (as long as they turn right), Anglophile.

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. --Henry Ward Beecher

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The liar says:

The item in today’s Drudge Report is categorically untrue. There has been absolutely no discussion about having Sarah Palin on my show. At the beginning of this Presidential campaign when I decided that I was going to take my first public stance in support of a candidate, I made the decision not to use my show as a platform for any of the candidates. I agree that Sarah Palin would be a fantastic interview, and I would love to have her on after the campaign is over.

Clearly. 

FYI, Senator Obama has appeared on Ms. Winfrey’s un-platform not once but twice. 

Mind you, I don’t have a problem with this.  I don’t think Rush Limbaugh must be under any obligation to have BO on as a guest, so it would be intellectually dishonest to insist that Ms. Winfrey should be compelled to have Governor Palin on (despite her bluster about raising up women to be everything they can be.) My only problem is her saying that she is not going to use her program as a platform for any candidate.  It’s not even a good lie, but it IS a lie. 

I’d have far more respect for Ms. Winfrey if she’d simply say that it’s her show and she’ll only have people she likes and supports as guests, and that Governor Palin doesn’t qualify.  Don’t lie about not using your show to promote specific candidates, you’ve already done it.  Just tell the truth, for god’s sake.