Oprah Winfrey is apparently is "balking" at the idea of having Sarah Palin on her show. Despite a large volume of e-mails asking for Palin to be a guest, it seems Oprah is resisting the idea, even against the advice of her aides.

The assumption that many are making is that she is against the idea because of her admiration and support of Barack Obama. After campaigning for Obama, why in the world would she help to promote his opponent? This is the danger of being involved in the supposedly non-partisan, watered-down, self-help infommercial known as the Oprah empire, and declaring support for a political candidate.

popslant  doesn't believe it is just political partisanship, though. We suspect the manin reason that Oprah doesn't want to feature Sarah Palin is that Sarah Palin would overshadow her. Even Oprah on her pulpit feels threatened by the newest popular woman on the scene, especially when that woman is strong, confident, and invalidates the "woman-as-a-victim" tripe she has been peddling for so long.

The Emperor wears no clothes.