steveox
Well-Known Member
Oprah’s getting another award.
Now, this is a big one – she’ll be at the White House Wednesday to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor the president can bestow. But let’s face it: This woman has so many trophies we don’t know where she keeps them all.
Although some celebrities receive these medals, honorees are more likely to be politicians, civil rights leaders, athletes, scientists and other “individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.”
So Bill Clinton (who President Obama joked should be named “Secretary of Explaining Stuff”) was a lock for this year’s list, along with feminist icon Gloria Steinem and famed Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee.
And Oprah? Harder to pin down exactly why she landed on the list, but that’s the story of her career. The woman known by one name is famous for. . .well, being a talk show host. She’s so much more, of course, but doesn’t fit easily into categories, which is why she mostly gets lifetime achievement awards.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...ther-award-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom/
Now when we get another Republican president I want Rush Limbaugh get presidential Medal of Honor.
