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"&lt;img hspace=\"0\" height=\"315\" width=\"315\" vspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2008/09/05/0905_oprah_sarah_ex-1.jpg\" /&gt;Oprah has issued a statement to TMZ -- she won't put Sarah Palin on her show until after the election.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the statement: \"The item in today's &lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3os.htm\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Drudge Report&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is categorically untrue. There has been absolutely no discussion about having Sarah Palin on my show. At the beginning of this Presidential campaign when I decided that I was going to take my first public stance in support of a candidate, I made the decision not to use my show as a platform for any of the candidates. I agree that Sarah Palin would be a fantastic interview, and I would love to have her on after the campaign is over.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the record, Barack Obama has been on \"Oprah\" twice -- in January, 2005 and again in October, 2006 -- before he announced his run for Prez.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe height=\"120\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"175\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/modular.jsp?template=1098&amp;amp;view=150120&amp;amp;pollId=150387&amp;amp;channel=tmz.com\"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2008/09/03/1305-presidential-lookalikes\"&gt;&lt;img hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2008/09/05/0905_palin_small_launch-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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