For some people, particularly those in positions of power, politics is skin deep. Literally. 

During his 2008 bid for the presidency, media mogul Oprah Winfrey endorsed a then-relatively unknown Barack Obama. Using her financial network, name recognition and credibility, and above all her far-reaching media platform, it's been said that Oprah may have indeed won Obama the election. 

Using a novel methodology, Craig Garthwaite and Tim Moore, economists at the University of Maryland, College Park concluded that Winfrey's endorsement of Obama not only netted him 1,015,559 votes in the Democratic primary alone (with a 95% confidence interval of 423,123 to 1,596,995) but decided the election [...]

"It does appear to have been a decisive, if not a deciding, factor," explained Garthwaite.

It seemed odd that a woman who was able to catapult herself from more than meager beginnings to the greatest personal and professional heights because of capitalism, chose to endorse a socialist. But to Oprah, the color of Obama's skin trumped everything. 

Sure, she billed his candidacy as a redemption song for the long-suffering African-American community. And of course, she wanted to help "make history."

Well, she did. And nearly eight years later, the country is less prosperous, less safe, and less free because we elected someone based on the color of his skin, not the content of his character. Clearly, Oprah didn't get the memo (perhaps that's understandable given the bubble her wealth allows her to live in), so now she's endorsing Hillary Clinton. 

Because...she's a woman. 

Winfrey spoke to ET Online's Nancy O'Dell at the premiere of a new series on Oprah's OWN network. 

"I really believe that is going to happen," Winfrey told ET. "It's about time that we make that decision." 

"What this says is, there is no ceiling, that ceiling just went boom! It says anything is possible when you can be leader of the free world." 

"I'm with her," Oprah recited Hillary's campaign slogan, "I'm with her."

"Regardless of your politics, it’s a seminal moment for women," Oprah said. 

Thanks. Leftists' "seminal moments" are what continue to destroy the country, but no biggie, right?  It certainly seems that Oprah's influence has diminished in the last eight years -- some say because she endorsed Obama. Let's hope so.