Oprah inspires people. In some of her viewers she inspires a sense of charity and the will to make our world a better place. In others, she incites, um, hysteria (Oprah's favorite things, anyone?). She has the ability to make people go apeshit over a special cashmere handled ass-scratcher, or an umbrella made of baby-hair. People love her and will buy anything she says while weeping profusely and mumbling her name through the spit/tears/snot combo that happens during the now patented Oprah Ugly Cry.
This is why Oprah's recession-time gift to the nation, Free Grilled KFC Chicken, was a lovely thought but a terrible idea.
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