Posted on 07/16/2004 9:04:31 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
LOS ANGELES - Some may think Whoopi Goldberg's crack about President Bush was no big whoop. But in the latest case of celebrity censure over political remarks, Slim-Fast cut Goldberg out like carbs.
The diet giant dropped the comedy queen from its advertising campaign because the company's executives were unhappy with anti-Bush remarks Goldberg made at a recent political rally.
"While I can appreciate what the Slim-Fast people need to do in order to protect their business, I must also do what I need to do as an artist, as a writer and as an American - not to mention as a comic," Goldberg said in a statement Thursday. "It's unfortunate that, in this country, the two cannot mesh."
Goldberg declined to be interviewed for this story.
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BUT Has had lots to say about her "predicament and travails" since she stepped in it.
FReedom of speech DOES NOT mean you also have FReedom FRom repercussions of flapping one's gums just becuz one can.
Yep! We need a "Chill Wind Alert".
I knew it! I said it 3 days ago. Just a matter of time till the "evil right CENSURE" story line is use. Boy... they are sure predictable whiners.
Actually, the headline should read "Latest star that hurts career with stupid public pronouncements".
Funny. Wonder if Whoopi came to Dr. Laura's defense....you know...the freedom of speech thing?
I'm sure Michael Moore feels your pain Whoopi. Bill Clinton too.
You said it. This is nothing new. Companies have been dumping spokes-people because of their public speech and actions since the concept started.
But the left had no problem with boycotting Dr. Laura's advertisers...
And she is free to say what ever stupid crap she wants to say...As of matter of fact she has the right to say something stupid today...
Everybody's got a right to complain.
Whoopi, however, is not a poster child for Free Speech.
A very dim star like... maybe a brown dwarf. {snicker}
I believe one of the leading crusaders trying to get Dr. Laura's show off the air was none other than Susan Sarandon.
I am a little suprised that there was no attempt to claim the Bush administration or the GOP was involved in "silencing" whoopie. I did notice the blame being laid at doorstep of FOX. The first time I heard anything about it was here at Freerepublic.
If it's no big whoop, then release the tape.
Oh... I hear crickets chirping...
Boo Frickin' Hoo. How many times have conservatives been blacklisted in Hollywood for making their politics known?
It doesn't even take offensive comments to get on that list.
because the company's executives were unhappy with anti-Bush remarks Goldberg made at a recent political rally. ---and there is the lie that they will repeat until it becomes the truth. It was the people! That complained to the slimfast co. People here!
"I believe one of the leading crusaders trying to get Dr. Laura's show off the air was none other than Susan Sarandon."
When ABC canceled Bill Mahers show it was Rush Limbaugh who defended him.
No, they don't dipwad.(not you Norm)
Stars become hot when they entertain me. They become fired when they piss me off.
"The biggest shock is that Slim-Fast didn't recognize what a Bush-basher (Goldberg) has been for years," he added.
Too true.
That's how it goes in DUmmieville, everything is Bush's and FOX's fault.
Some call it "punishment," I call it "discernment."
She's still free to say whatever she wants. We all are (unless we're in college). And we're all free to bear the consequences of our beliefs.
Most Hollywood types would never make it as bloggers or online pundits. They don't have the moxie to put it out there and reap the fruit of their thoughts and get knocked around a bit and learn to THINK. Spineless whiners. They can't defend their stand, so they just whine that they're being censored. No, not censored, Whoopi, shunned. A good old-fashioned, time-honored way of expressing disapproval for one's words or deeds.
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