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Oprah Winfrey: Obama's Speech Made Me Cry "My Eyelashes Off"

Jezebel found this 8/29/2008 on usmagazine.com

Emotional stars like Oprah Winfrey and Kanye West had nothing but praise for Barack Obama's acceptance speech in Denver Thursday night. "Just seeing him on stage, I cried my eyelashes off," Winfrey told Entertainment Tonight backstage at Invesco Field (Watch above). "I've never experienced anything like this... I think that what he had to offer the country tonight will make us all better," she added. West then stepped into the interview and agreed, saying "It changed my life." ...