Diane Waterman, Maryland GOP First Vice Chair, Under Fire for Naming Pet Cow "Oprah"

Maryland GOP First Vice Chair, Diana Waterman, under fire for naming pet black angus cow after talk show queen Oprah Winfrey.

Diana Waterman, who is the newly elected First Vice Chairman of the state Republican Party, is under fire for naming her black Angus cow "Oprah." Of course, she is professing how much she loves talk show queen Oprah Winfrey and that her actions should not be seen as mocking her. Right and donkeys fly.

According to the Baltimore Sun, the issue came to light on a recent Facebook posting when the cow birthed a calf. The Sun says the posting caught the attention of Sveinn Storm, who runs a Queen Anne's County-focused blog called "Pave Our County?"

Storm criticized Waterman's naming the cow after the African-American talk show host who has struggled with her weight. Storm say that's "precisely why an enormouse number of Americans view Republicans as racists."

Waterman defends the name. In a response to the Sun she said her children named the family's three cows. Oprah was named for a person they admire. The other two, Ferdinand and Isabella are named after the Spanish monarchs who approved Christopher Columbus's trip to the New World. Source

It is so hypocritical for her to say she loves Oprah Winfrey. You named a black cow after her for God sake. How wrong was that? So, I am guessing if I happen to purchase a pot belly pig and name him Rush, after Rush Limbaugh, I hope his supporters won't have a heart attack.