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I am a HUGE Oprah fan. Like most of America, I am convinced that the woman can do no wrong. But today, I hate to say it, my hero had a misstep. During her second all new episode, Oprah had various guests talk about today as The Day of Service and to reflect on how far we have come since Martin Luther King Jr.’s I have a Dream speech.

I will admit that I only saw the second half so maybe the first half was great. If so, I apologize. But the second half, well it was not great. I saw Oprah interview the first couple of American politics - yes Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher. Demi is so excited and hopeful and both her and Ashton are major fans of Obama. In fact, Demi even overcame her fear and spoke in a front of an audience (apparently an experience completely different that her speaking in front of Oprah’s life studio audience) during the campaign. And, because Demi and Ashton are such civic minded people, they produced an internet video clip with various “celebrities” making vows to improve the world.

Nicole Ritchie “vowed” - I mean that’s it. She did not say what she vowed - just that she did vow. And the girl who played the evil bitch on Gossip Girl - she also vowed. The world is gonna get so much better. P. Diddy who could probably afford to run an entire city with his own personal fortune, vowed to “turn off the lights.” What a mench. And the most world changing vow was made by the divine Ashlee Simpson. The little trainwreck vowed to “be a good mother.” Except for the fact that her vow will only help her child (who I am sure the world at large feared would live a tough life - well, Joe Simpson is scary so yeah I guess we were a little afraid), I can feel change brewing.

There is nothing that gets me more riled up that celebrities who try to be political. Like when a major world event happens, and Entertainment Tonight interviews stars on the red carpet. “I am Mary Hart here with Kelly Ripa. Kelly, what do you think about the fighting in Gaza?” “Oh Reej”

Perhaps one of the most embarassing moments in the episode was when J.T. gave a little shout out about MLK day and said “America has swagger now that Barack is in office. We cool.” He is indeed the poet of our generation.

The final insult was a song called “America’s song.” It was a poor man’s We Are the World. I mean it was written by Will.I.Am, who I believe was instrumental in helping Fergie coin the phrase “my lovely lady lumps.” Again, a voice of this generation.

I stand with Demi and Ashton and all the politicos that were on the Oprah special (interestingly, all the stars interviewed were white, except for those involved in the crappy song) - I am very excited for tomorrow. I think we are on the verge of something great and tomorrow is indeed history in the making. Let’s just not write a crappy song about it.

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