president obama today getting some laughs as he presented oprah winfrey and others with the medal of freedom, the nation s highest civilian honor. he soluted her as someone whose greatest strength has been her ability to help us discover the best in ourself. for man owe americans, that s exactly what oprah represents. but to the right, that s just not the case. as we speak, they re in a fury over these comments she made about racism. as long as people can be judged by the color of their skin, the problem s not solved. there are still generations of people, older people who were born and bred and marinated in it in that prejudice and racism. and they just have to die. oprah s making the point that racism still exists, but it s getting smaller and smaller with