Oprah Winfrey’s mom, Vernita Lee, is blaming the folks at a high-end fashion store in Milwaukee for her money problems. According to a news report late Tuesday afternoon, the mother of the Chicago-based media juggernaut said Valentina’s should have never extended credit that allowed her to rack up more than $150,000 in charges.
So where’s Oprah as all of this is going on? Apparently, she’s not willing to help her mother out — or, to coin a phrase, not willing to be her “mother’s keeper” — despite raking in a $285 million salary in 2008.
Now, I understand why Oprah supports Barack Obama. The Democratic Party presidential nominee thinks like she does (i.e., he can’t find it in his heart to be his “brother’s keeper” despite earning a seven-figure income.)
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1 Skunkfeathers // Oct 1, 2008 at 10:28 am
Oprah’s mom sounds like a perfect voter for Obama; because she got the credit extended her, why shouldn’t she be able to USE ALL OF IT, and then blame the store — AND NOT HERSELF — for abusing it. More of that “entitlement” mentality at work, and one example of many that has delivered the current financial trainwreck. And if Obama is elected, this is only the beginning of what we can expect from the growing “entitlement” class, at taxpayer expense.
2 hotoffthepress2 // Oct 1, 2008 at 10:29 am
You’re right about that, Skunky!
3 SLW // Oct 5, 2008 at 11:59 am
I totally agree…and why haven’t we seen more about this story on the mainstream media? Has Oprah Winfrey come out and commented on this situation? I wonder if she agrees with her mother or if she will try to cover this up out of shame for her mom’s actions. This type of financial management is exactly what has taken down the mortgage industry, politically correct mortgage loans instead of financially correct ones….Oprah and Obama belong together! I’ve stopped watching her show.
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