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The Florida Federation of Republican Women has launched a boycott against Oprah Winfrey�s TV show and magazine because of her refusal to book Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin until after the election.
Winfrey announced that no candidate running for president or vice president on either ticket would be invited to her program until after Nov. 4. Yet the 58-year-old federation, which has 4,500 members, says Winfrey should have Palin on her show now, given how important the Alaska governor�s run is for women.
"She is an icon, and set her herself up to be such a women's rights and women's issues person. To have the first vice president of our lifetime on the Republican ticket being a woman and to sit it out regardless of what her personal political beliefs were was disingenuous, we felt," the group's First Vice President Cindy Graves told "FOX & Friends" on Wednesday morning.
Graves, 50, says she used to watch "Oprah" and occasionally bought her magazine. She told FOXNews.com that the group has been joined by women all over the country since launching the boycott last Saturday.
"People from Southern California, Tennessee, Texas, Colorado, Rhode Island, just about every state in the union. We've also had a tremendous response from Democrats and Independents who are supporting McCain, and Hillary supporters," she said.
Before Obama became a candidate, Winfrey had the Illinois senator on the show. She has endorsed the Democratic nominee's candidacy and has appeared with him on the campaign trail. She also was very visible at Obama's nomination acceptance speech in Denver last month.
