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Article: Yes, Oprah should be our president; Being in the talk-show queen's studio reveals proof that she's got the votes to take over the country.(SIGNATURE)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- March 5, 2006
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Byline: Rochelle Olson; Staff Writer
Oprah could be president. I have proof.
On a Thursday morning in January, several hundred women waited outside for 45 minutes to get into her tapings that day, as they do most every day.
My Golden Ticket was secured by an intrepid friend who met a Harpo producer at a party and followed up with e-mail begging.
Not for nobody would we get up at 5 a.m. and wash our hair and put on makeup, our cashmere sweaters, take a train and then a cab on a day off.
As we got in line, an Oprah aide barked at one woman, "Ma'am, you're smoking. Step out of line. Not everyone is a smoker."
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