Unlike Cinderella, who at precisely the stroke of 12 midnight, the magical glass slippers and the beautiful horse-drawn carriage turns back into a ragged giant pumpkin, and her magically stitched clothing turns into rags, where was Miss "O" at 12 noon (9 A.M. EST) when the Ebony Prince charming that she had introduced onto the world stage by publicly backing him and launching his campaign, Her Senator from Chicago, IL, Oprah appears to have gone, either MIA or BV (“barely visible”) when Barack Obama was crowned; becoming the forty-fourth President of the United States, the Nation's first African-American and non-White man, and leader of the Free World. Also conspicuously keeping a low-profile was Oprah's entourage to include best friend and Girl Friday, Gayle King as well as her Beau, Stedman Graham.
It is unconceivable to think that Oprah would not have had a ring side seat to the coronation that she helped bring about by endorsing Barack Obama instead of Hillary Clinton, not to mention Oprah's sense of relishing in this once-in-a-lifetime historic moment. It seems unlikely if Miss "O" were at the Washington D.C. Mall that some media source would not put a camera and microphone in front of her face to get her reaction to this almost surreal, if not epic event. Strangely, there was barely any mention of the Queen of the Daytime Confessionals and America's unofficial Royalty at the Presidential Inauguration or at any of the ten Inaugural Balls which commenced later on late into the night on yesterday. Whatever the reason for Oprah's gracious humility and her almost unannounced and barely recognizable presence in that record-breaking sea of humanity, it is a shame because she had just as much to do with this victory celebration than any one of the millions of voters who made the decision to choose CHANGE over FEAR.
Robert Randle
776 Commerce St. #B-11
Tacoma, WA 98402
January 21, 2009
pbks@hotmail.com
