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Slim-Fast trims Whoopi from ads
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/07/14/slimfast.whoopi/index.html ^

Posted on 07/15/2004 6:29:40 AM PDT by joedownthestreet

CNN) -- Weight loss product manufacturer Slim-Fast announced Wednesday it had dropped Whoopi Goldberg as its spokeswoman, following a controversy over sexually explicit comments she made last week at a fund-raiser in New York for presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: goldberg; slimfast; whoopi
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To: quark

Maybe they can feature Bill Clinton trading Big Mac's for Slim-Fast. That should help push along the dream of an America where nobody has the right to get fat.


21 posted on 07/15/2004 7:34:36 AM PDT by joedownthestreet
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To: AmericanMade1776
Great poll to freep on the site also:

Are explicit jokes about sitting U.S. presidents inappropriate?

If explicit jokes about sitting U.S. presidents were made inappropriate, all of the late night shows would have to go off the air.

22 posted on 07/15/2004 7:50:14 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Flush the john/john rat ticket in 2004. #1 & #4 liberals in Congress.)
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To: AmericanMade1776

There's little need to buy French wine when California wine is so much better.


23 posted on 07/15/2004 8:08:41 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (STAGMIRE !)
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To: Arrowhead1952
The difference there is that those entertainers are not actively using those jokes to promote a candidate for President.
24 posted on 07/15/2004 8:12:37 AM PDT by joedownthestreet
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To: joedownthestreet

WHOOPI HAS CHILDREN'S SHOW -- do they need to hear from you
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1171916/posts


25 posted on 07/15/2004 10:53:44 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: joedownthestreet

you'd see some fast changes politically in hollyweird if americans stopped going to see their trash.

i don't go to movies and don't own a tv.

i read books and have time for talk with friends.


26 posted on 07/15/2004 10:57:46 AM PDT by no_problema
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