This week in NH: Baseball, religion and Oprah: The Swamp
 
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Posted December 3, 2007 6:30 AM
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by Jill Zuckman

This week in New Hampshire will be a busy one with visits from Sen. John McCain, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Rep. Ron Paul, former Sen. John Edwards and former President Bill Clinton. (And don't forget Sen. Barack Obama's appearance with Oprah Winfrey on Sunday.)

McCain, who won the endorsement of the conservative Union Leader newspaper Sunday, embarks on a six-day bus tour today. Perhaps the highlight of the trip will be a politics and sports town hall meeting with McCain and Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling on Wednesday in Manchester.

Romney, who will deliver a major speech Thursday in Texas about his Mormon faith, begins the week with visits to the Manchester Rotary Club and an "Ask Mitt Anything" session in Hampton on Monday. Tuesday he meets with voters in Windham, Raymond, Concord and Meredith.

Paul, the Texas Republican, travels through Keene, Berlin, Jackson, North Conway and Moultonboro, among other towns, with retail stops along the way.

Edwards, the North Carolina Democrat, visits Manchester on Friday for an AARP "Divided We Fail" issues forum. And the former president will attend "organizing for change" events on behalf of Sen. Hillary Clinton in Keene, Claremont and Lebanon.

Details of Obama and Winfrey's visit have yet to be announced, but they will arrive in Manchester at the end of a two-day swing that begins in Iowa and continues in South Carolina before New Hampshire. The Obama campaign says the senator and the celebrity will be at the Verizon Center in Manchester on Sunday at 7:30 pm EST. Doors open at 6 pm.

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Would you elect a presidential candidate such as Barack Obama based upon an endorsement by someone who endorsed scams which bilked large amounts of money from the public? How about an endorsement from someone who endorses people who champion violent terrorists, mass murderers and slave owners? Maybe not, but what if the endorser is very well known and has her own television show? OK, well, I can't be talking about Oprah Winfrey, Right?... but I am. I am speaking of the Oprah Winfrey Cult. Before you go to the next comment thinking that I am exaggerating or making reckless and baseless comments, take the deepest breath of your life and read on just a little bit more to see the justification.

In the beginning of 2007, Oprah Winfrey had a number of shows dedicated to a scam known as "The Secret". On Oprah's show and other shows hosting by others, this "The Secret” promoted pyramid schemes and made either misleading or outright false claims about their product. This is the same crowd who blamed the workers at the Twin Towers for their own deaths because they were at the wrong place at the wrong time because of their "bad thoughts”. The proof of these false "Secret" claims were made on countless websites, and respected magazines such as Newsweek and Nightline. Oprah not only endorsed this snake oil known infamously as; “The Secret" but she championed it and placed herself at the top of the pyramid of lies and deceit. "The Secret" used Oprah's shows as shameless infomercials and propaganda, and Oprah pandered endlessly to them. "The Secret" also praised a slave owner numerous times. While it may seem out of character for Oprah to allow uncontested praise of slave owners by the guests on her show, keep in mind that these slaves were white and not black--which may have made the difference for Oprah. Oprah is quick to use the race card such as when she was in Paris and demanded that a fancy store stay open just for her and when it didn’t recognize her as the head of the Oprah Cult—Oprah cried racism against the store. Not that I am suggesting that Oprah is a racist, but put this together with the fact Oprah only will support a black candidate (Barack Obama) without due consideration of other candidates. Moreover, Oprah supports Obama despite the fact that Obama shares a stage with a well known bigot. So it makes one wonder about whether Oprah is a racist in her support of Obama. Or perhaps Oprah is a very poor judge of character as witnessed by her championing of; “The Secret" which is now the subject of world wide criminal fraud investigations and lawsuits. Consider another choice of guest endorsed by Oprah. The fake doctor, who performed surgery on Kanye West's mother and then later died, was booked on Oprah and endorsed. Consider also Oprah’s choice of child abusing employees for her school. In either case, Oprah's endorsement of Obama has no meaning beyond a tv personality cynically trying to whip up some more interest in her tv show ratings, while pretending to show interest in humanity.


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