Oprah Winfrey Was Considered For Senate Seat

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After hearing Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich considered appointing her to take a now vacant seat left by President Barack Obama, she said, "Absolutely not."

On Gayle King's Sirius radio show, Winfrey says, "I would have said, ‘Where would I fit it in with my day job? My mid-day job, my night job, my radio job, my magazine job?'"

Blagojevich said during a visit on ABC's Good Morning America, to defend his innocence with the accusations of trying toauction off the Senate seat, that he thought Winfrey was considered to take the seat.

"She seemed to be someone who had helped Barack Obama in a significant way to become President," he said.

When Winfrey heard the news, she was shocked. "My plan was to get up and watch Good Morning America and work out and then I just thought, 'Let me just lay here another half hour.' If I had been watching, as I normally watch — from the treadmill, I would have fallen off the treadmill," Winfrey said. "I’m pretty amused by the whole thing."

Oprah Winfrey may not go into politics, she does think she is qualified.

"I think I could be Senator too," the talk show host said on The Gayle King Show. "I’m just not interested."

Imagine her taking the position and then deciding to run for president. Hmm President Oprah Winfrey.

Source: Usmagazine