Posted on 07/14/2004 10:21:28 PM PDT by no dems
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comedian Whoopi Goldberg (news) will no longer appear in ads for diet aid maker Slim-Fast following her lewd riff on President Bush (news - web sites)'s name at a fund-raiser last week, the company said on Wednesday.
Florida-based Slim-Fast said it was "disappointed" in Goldberg's remarks at last Thursday's $7.5 million star-studded fund-raiser at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
"Ads featuring Ms. Goldberg will no longer be on the air," Slim-Fast General Manager Terry Olson said in a statement, adding that the company regrets that Goldberg's remarks offended some customers.
Republicans have expressed outrage over the fund-raiser for presumptive Democratic nominee John F. Kerry and his vice presidential running mate, John Edwards (news - web sites), in which entertainers lined up to skewer the president.
The New York Post said of Goldberg's appearance at the event: "Waving a bottle of wine, she fired off a stream of vulgar sexual wordplays on Bush's name in a riff about female genitalia."
A spokesperson for Goldberg declined immediate comment.
Slim-Fast is a unit of Anglo-Dutch food-to-detergent group Unilever Plc
Now the left is starting to boycott SlimFast because they dropped her...
Send thank you note here support@slimfast.com to say you appreciate SlimFast's decision!
Moral people are finally being heard.
Sqeaking wheels do get greased, and the potty mouthed hate Bush crowd is a tiny market compared to churchgoing America, the America that is sick of vile bile on public stages.
I will never get tired of seeing this story posted.
Every time this crossed my mind today...I just smiled!
So much for Kerry's idiotic theory that Hollywood represents the heart and sole of America...
Guess ole Whoopi will just have to settle for Oprah's rotating weight diet.
Hello Admin, many posts (400+)on this earlier
Man, I hope they release video of that! I'd pay to see it!
Oh wait, you mean they fired her. Never mind, my bad.
BUMP to your post #4!
HEY WHOOPI, YOU ARE INDEED THE BIGGEST LOSER!!!
/RANT OFF
Slim Fast Throws Out The Trash
At the very least, Whoopi's firing signals that something very wrong went on, and we know that Kerry had only good things to say about everyone on stage. It's amazing, Howard Dean, Al Gore, Michael Moore, and now Whoopi Goldberg--welcome to the Wacko-side of the Democratic party.
Honestly, add to this the implication that Hillary is upset at being passed over--though I don't think she really wanted to be associated with the Kerry campaign--well, now she's got the perfect excuse to "damn him with faint praise" and not work hard for him either. The Kerry campaign can't land a glove on Bush because they are knocking themselves out of the ring everytime you turn around.
I said before that the favorable coverage of Kerry to keep this a "horserace" would only last so long. When it stops working, like now, then the media will turn on Kerry-Edwards and make them a joke. I saw CNBC do a great interview (from the Today show?) of Laura Bush--she looked and spoke so very well. Then they had a five-minute interview with the Vouge reporter that interviewed the Bush girls. This reporter was so complimentary of them and their parents.
Nine of the top ten news shows are on Fox. I'm seeing more balance on the other news networks that have to compete. It's not a lot of movement but it's definitely there.
So who else was bad-mouthin' Bush? Who's next on the "list".
I have to say, I loved Sister Act, Sister Act 2, the Associate, and Eddie, but I am so glad to see Whoopi get fired from Slim Fast. I will never pay to see one of her movies again, assuming she makes more, which is a huge assumption seeing how her television show, Whoopi, was an incredible failure. It was almost as big as a failure as Air America (the liberal radio talk show stations), but not quite.
July 12, 2004
Mary Beth Cahill
Campaign Manager
John Kerry for President
P.O. Box 34640
Washington, DC 20043
Dear Ms. Cahill:
On Thursday your campaign hosted a fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall at which Sen. Kerry said, "Every performer tonight in their own way either verbally through their music through their lyrics have conveyed to you the heart and soul of our country."
I called on your campaign to release the performance that Sen. Kerry said represented the "heart and soul" of America so that all Americans could see for themselves what John Kerry thinks represents the "heart and soul" of our country.
Do most Americans in their hearts, think that calling the President a "thug" and a "killer" represents the "heart and soul" of our nation? We don't think so, but we think voters should decide for themselves by watching the celebrities John Kerry said captured the "heart and soul" of America.
Your Senior Advisor Tad Devine said that you believed that releasing musical performances "might violate copyrights and licensing agreements for the entertainers who performed and allow the Bush campaign to use the tape in commercials against Kerry and Edwards"
I have been assured that "fair use" rules of copyright would allow you to release the tapes of these musical performances to the news media under 2 U.S.C. 107. To allay the other concern you relayed to the news media, Bush-Cheney '04 pledges to refrain from using audio, video or transcripts of the event for any television, cable, satellite or radio advertising. We look forward to seeing this spirited display.
Sincerely,
Ken Mehlman
Campaign Manager
Excellent!
You're right...it is either "closed" for voting now, or it is totally fixed.
"So who else was bad-mouthin' Bush? Who's next on the "list".
Absolutely.
We have a message for the Follywood Perverts who hate GW.
We are waiting for you. Which Follywood Pervert wants to follow Whoopi, Glover and Maher and get Freeperized.
Follywood Perverts should ask Ed Asner how many jobs he has had since his remarks in the 2000 election.
The Heart of America, aka Whoopi, and the golden haired John isn't working very well for al Queery!
Bush-Cheney Ticket Leads in Edwards' Home State (54% to 39%)
Gallup ^ | 7.15.04
Posted on 07/14/2004 10:36:31 PM PDT by ambrose
July 15, 2004
Bush-Cheney Ticket Leads in Edwards' Home State Likely voters in North Carolina suggest little change in voting pattern from 2000
by David W. Moore
GALLUP NEWS SERVICE
PRINCETON, NJ -- A CNN/USA Today/Gallup survey of likely voters in North Carolina shows President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney with a healthy lead over Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry and his running mate, North Carolina Sen. John Edwards in the race for the White House. While Edwards is personally quite popular among North Carolina voters, the addition of his name does not appear to give the Democratic ticket any greater appeal to the state's electorate than the Democratic candidates in 2000, when Vice President Al Gore and his running mate, Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, lost to Bush and Cheney in that state by 13 points.
The poll, conducted July 9-11, three days after Kerry chose Edwards as the Democratic vice presidential candidate, shows Bush beating Kerry by six points among all registered voters in the state (49% to 43%), and by an even larger margin of 15 points among the most likely voters (54% to 39%). In both cases, independent candidate Ralph Nader and his running mate, Peter Camejo, receive 4% of the vote. In 2000, Bush won the state by a 56% to 43% margin.
Hmmmm? Is this also a backlash against the Bush-hate crowd ..?? I mean .. the dems are getting booed all over the place .. and Bush has gained 5 pts since the Moore movie came out.
Gosh, all that bad news for the Kerry/Eddy ticket.
Whoppi's vile performance and Michael Moore's hate-filled movie both failed to have the desired effect.
Drats. This could mwan "big" and I mean "big" trouble. I hear Whoppi and Moore are going on an eating binge together out of frustration.
The two Hollywarped weirdos were last seen at Whole Foods stocking up on several half-gallons Haagen Dasz Dulce de Leche, ten large bags of sour cream and onion kettle chips, a dozen boxes of mallow-mars, couple boxes assorted donuts, six BBQ chickens, five pounds of potato salad with extra mayo, and a case of diet coke.
"Drats. This could mwan "big" and I mean "big" trouble. I hear Whoppi and Moore are going on an eating binge together out of frustration."
[Shudder!] I'm going to have nightmares now. . .
..........pass the digel...........
Whoopi and Moore's honeymoon experience:
Fatty and Skinny
went to bed;
Fatty rolled over
and Skinny was dead.
LOL! Welcome to the forum, RT!
Hahahahaha! Looks like Kerry's "heart and soul" doesn't pass the American consumer's smell test.
Heh....they deserve eah other.
Whoopi Goldberg (news) will no longer appear in ads for diet aid maker Slim-Fast following her lewd riff on President Bush
There Whoopi, now what do you think of your class act? You are one evil person.
Tell 'em "Thank you" for dumping the skank.
Call Toll Free 800.SLIM.FAST
8:30 AM to 6:00 PM EST Mon-Thurs.,
8:30 AM to 5:00 PM EST Fri.
Company general phone number: 561.833.9920
Mailing Address:
Slim·Fast Foods Company
P.O. Box 3625
West Palm Beach, FL 33402
What was the question they axed her?
Amen...
Eventually corporate America is going to wake up. You hire someone who is contraversial and guess what, you get contraversy. Tips for corporations?
1. Take back your advertising. Don't give it to some ad agency who doesn't really give a damn about your company's image.
2. Only hire the people who you would actually like to have identified with your product.
3. Only sponsor shows you would like to have associated with your product.
The biggest mistake the corporations have made is to turn over their advertising dollars to agencies who are chock full of....um.....shall we say questionable character? The result is what you see every day on TV and it's resulting in the loss of that market as parents switch off sets more and more.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1171479/posts
Whoopie is gone and forgotten! Lets not respond by "who can we go after next?". Sounds like a witch hunt. Time to move on.
Regards
fight_truth_decay
I received this today:
"
Dear xxxxxxxxxxxx ,
Thank you for contacting us recently about our use of Whoopi Goldberg, specifically regarding
her remarks made at the recent fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall. The manner in which Ms.
Goldberg chose to express her personal beliefs at this event do not reflect the views and values
of Slim·Fast Foods Company.
Slim·Fast selected Whoopi Goldberg as its spokesperson because of her commitment to losing
weight, which we applaud.
We are disappointed by the manner in which Ms. Goldberg chose to express herself and
sincerely regret that her recent remarks offended you. Advertisements featuring Ms. Goldberg
will no longer be on air.
We appreciate you sharing your views with us and we hope you will continue to use Slim·Fast
as your partner in healthy weight management.
Sincerely,
Kathi Eckler
Consumer Services Manager "
I do admit to occasionally giving in and watching parts of Ghost. It seems to run on cable several times a month. Other than that, I won't watch any movie she's in or any of the Star Trek episodes. It's too bad because she is a good entertainer when she wants to be but I made that decision years ago when I had heard of her serial abortions.
Here is an email someone posted on another thread from Kathi Eckler the Consumer Services Manager at Slim Fast.
We don't deserve to have to watch, though! :)
Thanks. bump !
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