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.
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