| August 29, 2008 Oprah on Obama: 'I cried my eyelashes off'
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(NECN/KCNC) - One of Barack Obama's biggest supporters, a figure known around the world, was clearly moved by the democratic presidential candidate's acceptance speech in Denver, Colorado Thursday evening.
Oprah was in one of the skybox suites at Invesco Field at Mile High for Obama's speech. She has been a big booster of Obama's candidacy for president.
The talk show host could be seen crying at one point during the speech.
She was consoled by her well-known best friend Gayle King.
More from the AP:
Oprah Winfrey is leaving Denver with the candidate
she wanted, but reportedly without her eyelashes.
The Chicago talk-show host said she was moved to tears by Barack
Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention
last night. So much so, in fact, that she cried her eyelashes off.
On the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a
Dream Speech," Winfrey compared Obama's words to those of the
civil-rights leader, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
She said it was the most the most powerful thing she's ever
experienced.
Winfrey threw her support behind Obama early -- even before the
Democratic primaries got under way last year. She's stayed active
since, hosting rallies and fundraisers that even Obama has
acknowledged have given him a boost.
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