Now don’t get all upset because this is coming from Rush, I was just wondering if any of you thought his observation is true?

“I'm gonna tell you when Oprah really blew it, and this is pure broadcast opinion. This is broadcast professional opinion. Oprah Winfrey, if you check Oprah's numbers... Why did Oprah give up that syndicated show? She gave it up because the numbers were declining and it's the old thing: You want to get out on your terms. You don't want to be Willie Mays dropping fly balls in short-center field a year or two beyond when you should be playing. So she made a wise choice; she got out before the bottom fell out. But why did she start getting out? It's very simple, folks. The minute Oprah endorsed Obama is when it ended for Oprah.

Because up until that time, Oprah did not have a racial identity about her. Oprah was whatever her audience wanted her to be. She was for women; she was concerned with women; she was a supporter of a calm shoulder for whatever. But when she endorsed Obama, well, then she's political. It's like why Michael Jordan doesn't say anything political. He's a big Democrat, but he's not gonna run around and get involved in politics for two reasons. A, the good press coverage will stop; and, B, Republicans will stop buying Nikes. And he can't afford that. He wants Republicans to buy tennis shoes too. Well, Oprah violated that. When she endorsed Obama, then that gave her an entirely different identity that she didn't have.

That's when a sizeable percentage of the audience just said, "Okay, Oprah, I'm gone."

She eventually said that political matters and racial matters mattered more to her than the stuff they thought mattered most to her, meaning her audience”

www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/04/24/wh...

who really thinks Rosie O'Donnell has any thing important to say??

They spend to much time admiring each other. 

Oprah endorsed Obama? When? I missed it.

And according to Rush, that's when Oprah became black?  Who knew?

Personally, I think Oprah was losing points because other shows were eating away at her market.  Ellen Degeneres, the View, even the Doctors were up against her in some markets.  And she moved to some obscure cable network that some cable systems don't even carry, and she wonders why her numbers are pale compared to national network syndication?

As always, I think Rush is simply blowing smoke, and people who listen to Rush inhale that smoke, killing what's left of their brain cells.

I don't think Oprah blew it on any permanent level, I do understand that her new venture is struggling. 

My perception...and mine ONLY...is that O started losing viewers when she became a legend in her own mind....not only the race thing, the religious stuff, the political stuff...many of her 'recommended' books were just junk.

However...she did launch some very good shows and people...my personal fav is Nate Berkus.