A group of Republican Women is boycotting the Oprah Winfrey show. They also cancel their subscriptions to Oprah’s “O” magazine. Linda Ivell, president of the federation, said “Women in Florida helped build Oprah into the icon she is today”. “With our Republican sisters across the nation, we have collectively enjoyed her entertaining, informative and female-driven programming as we raised our families and became more empowered as women. We are deeply disappointed in Ms. Winfrey’s decision to sit out the greatest political moment in the history of women since suffrage.”

Oprah said, “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.” Winfrey is an active supporter of Democrat Barack Obama and had invited Obama on her show twice before he announced his decision to run for president. However, she never invited Hillary Clinton and Palin? Winfrey would “love” to have Palin, but only after the Nov. 4 election.