On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > Because, having endured enough Oprah in my lifetime, and more than > enough of Palin, I don't see the point of their happy talk. Oprah > won't confront Palin about their disagreements... not on any serious > level anyway. And Palin lacks the debating skills to argue with Oprah > about any issue. So, we'll hear about her book and her family and her > son overseas. And we'll hear a few gentle jabs at Letterman and Tina > Fey and the mainstream press and those East Coast/West Coast elite. > And she'll sidestep questions about her resignation, or that she cost > McCain the White House. And, perhaps worst of all, she'll wink. > > If I thought for a minute that either woman would actively engage in a > debate, I'd be there (I'm stunned to live in a day and age when actual > debate between two people with legitimate disagreements is considered > uncivil, but here we are). But we all know that won't happen.
Where did you hear actual debate between people who disagree being considered uncivil? Maybe I missed the link to that and if so I apologize. Oprah will be Oprah, and Palin will be Palin. They will be civil, because it is in both of their interests to be, they will not engage in real debate because, well, she is Oprah, and she is Palin. Unless I happened to be kidnapped by the Taliban and subjected to the ultimate torture of having my eyelids taped open and chained to a chair in front of a television, I will not be watching them be themselves. But I don't think it is a lack of character on the part of either one of them to participate in this (or, perhaps a better way of putting this, it is no more a lack of character for these two women, who presumably disagree about a lot of things, to participate in this than it is for any of the other guests who appear on her show). I think it would be a lack of character if Oprah, who is willing to engage in schlock-fest with just about anyone, somehow drew the line at schloking it up with Palin just because she disagreed with her. I don't think Palin will be appearing on, say, the Rachel Maddow Show (though if she does you can bet I will be there for that one), which probably is a sign of a lack of character, but that is something else. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
