Pontiac Rocks. Fuck Oprah.

Pontiac gave away 276 G6's on the season opening of Oprah. Apparently, this is old news, but I just came across it.

Here's a link to the article on MSN

And for those too lazy to click, an excerpt:
CHICAGO - Oprah Winfrey celebrated the premiere of her 19th season by surprising each of her 276 audience members with a new car.
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The cars, which retail for $28,000, were donated by Pontiac.
“A little idea grew into a big idea,” Mary Henige of Pontiac told The Associated Press.
She added that Pontiac will pay for the taxes and the customizing of the cars.

What's a Pontiac G6? One of the nicest lookin Pontiacs to date.


Sure, it's not the fastest or anything, but shoot. I wouldn't complain about getting a 28,000 dollar car for free.

The sad part is, Oprah is going to gobble up all the publicity for this. "Did you hear Oprah gave away 276 cars?" is all that everyone will say. Really though, they should be saying "Did you hear that Pontiac gave away 276 cars on the Oprah show?"

Fuck Oprah, she gained her wealth by taking advantage of self loathing house wives that had nothing better to do then watch day time television. Sure, in the beginning it probably was a good thing, but how much of it is real now? Is it all just to get herself more fame, more popularity, and ultimately, more money?

Not like she even invested any money into this publicity stunt. In all her power, she just had to invite Pontiac to do it, and they did it. Who'd pass up the opportunity to have Oprah endorse their product? And Oprah gets to take all the credit for it and show herself as this geniunely generous person.

Alright, i don't really hate Oprah. I'm just bitter.

But until I get a new car too or I forget about it a week from now... fuck Oprah.