Ericka Dunlap
All beauty, no brains. Sad.
Regards, Ivan
Posted on 07/15/2004 4:33:14 PM PDT by MadIvan
TWO of America’s most famous women are causing trouble for John Kerry, one with a sexually explicit outburst, the other with silence.
Whoopi Goldberg, the Hollywood star, was yesterday dropped as the face of Slim-Fast, a dietary product, after an X-rated performance at a fundraiser whose fallout is making the Democrat presidential candidate squirm.
Separately, many Democrats are livid at the party’s failure to give Hillary Clinton a speaking slot at its Boston convention this month.
That Ms Goldberg stole the headlines from Mr Kerry with a series of lewd remarks about President Bush is only part of his problem.
Her ribald humour, which involved puns on the President’s surname, were a reminder that what may seem funny in the Radio City theatre in New York does not necessarily translate into laughs or votes in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
But it is Mr Kerry’s response to Ms Goldberg’s cracks, and the other celebrity performers at last week’s fundraiser who labelled Mr Bush a “liar” and a “cheap thug”, that have got him into trouble. Mr Kerry said they were all conveying “the heart and soul of America”.
Less than 24 hours later, after Republicans branded the gathering a “hate-fest”, Mr Kerry was hastily distancing himself from Ms Goldberg and company.
Mr Bush has picked up on the incident, mentioning it at campaign stops around the Midwest to contrast his and Mr Kerry’s visions of American values. Republicans had threatened to boycott Slim-Fast products.
Ms Goldberg issued a statement saying she had cracked jokes about every president in 20 years, and added: “I only wish the Republican re-election committee would spend as much time working on the economy as they seem to be spending trying to harm my pocketbook.”
It was announced, meanwhile, that Mrs Clinton, a New York senator, former First Lady and one of the party’s most popular figures, will make only a brief appearance but make no speech.
Judith Hope, a leading New York Democrat, said the decision was a total outrage and very stupid. She added: “It’s a slap in the face, not personally for Hillary Clinton, but for every woman in the Democratic Party and every woman in America.”
The decision of Democrat chiefs, in concert with the Kerry campaign, helps to ensure that a gathering intended to introduce the candidate to American voters is not swamped by Clinton nostalgia. Bill Clinton will be a prime-time speaker.
There were also concerns that Mrs Clinton, one of the most polarising figures in the country, could deter independent voters.
Mr Bush has his own woman problems. He came under fire from Ericka Dunlap, the current Miss America, for failing to turn up at the annual convention of the NAACP, the country’s foremost black lobbying group.
“I think it’s extremely relevant for the President and for the other candidate to make sure that they are accessible to all Americans,” said Miss Dunlap. Mr Kerry addressed the convention yesterday.
On Wednesday night Republican attempts to embarrass Mr Kerry by forcing a Senate vote on a constitutional ban on gay marriage backfired when six Republicans rebelled and the amendemnt was defeated.
The rebels included John McCain, the independent-minded Republican who refused entreaties to be Mr Kerry’s running mate. He said that Mr Bush’s position was “antithetical in every way to the core philosophy of Republicans”.
Dick Cheney, the Vice-President, was forced once again to insist that he would be the President’s running-mate amid persistent speculation that he has now become too much of a liability and will be dropped.
One wilder theory circulating in Washington, and strenuously denied by Mr Cheney, is that his recent decision to fire his doctor opens the way for a new physician to warn him in August that his history of four heart attacks has made him unfit to run.
John Edwards, Mr Kerry’s running-mate, used his first solo campaigning trip to invoke Tony Blair’s response to the Butler report to attack Mr Bush.
“Tony Blair didn’t run from the report,” said Mr Edwards. “He understands what leadership is. What we need in the White House is somebody who has the strength, courage and leadership to take responsibility and be accountable not only for what is good, but for what is bad.”
Ericka Dunlap
All beauty, no brains. Sad.
Regards, Ivan
Ping!
Speak for yourself, sweetie. You degenerates don't speak for ME. On either count.
Yet another one of those one-liners that propelled Whoopsie to the top! How does she do it?!
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I guess the thing has never heard of FreeRepublic.
"I think it's extremely relevant for the President and for the other candidates to make sure they are accessible to all Americans."
Well gee Miss Dunlap, if the NAACP leadership weren't so racist, perhaps President Bush would speak at their convention. Wake up sweety, your crown is cutting off oxygen to your brain.
Meanwhile, where is Alex Polier?
Best keep an eye on this rino POS.
Naw. Helen has joined the ranks of Cronkite and Chevy Chase... they wash up on shore and smell bad at times, but are no real threat.
You can add to the pod of all most dead Rat whales, Ed Asner, Danny Glover, Whoopi, Bill Maher, al Ghorroid, Dean Wilson/Plame and soon to come al Queery and his hands on Dream boy, Johnny II.
Oh, the irony of it all.......LOL
What would John McCain know about republican values?
The vile beast has been invited to speak.
Are those Austin Powers WMD cups that Ms. Helen is sporting?
She gonna have to watch that she doesn't shoot herself in the foot.
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These vermin will certainly rile the card carriers, but will turn off the Reagan democrats. There is a silver lining to their vile actions.
We should have started a movement to get WHOOPI to speak at the DNC convention. Waving a wine bottle and in the same spirit!
Kerry has trouble with women,because not all women are brain-dead.
Hillary has been allowed to speak now,so I guess the brain-dead Dim women are now happy.Whoppie has been canned,so I guess they're angry about that now.
Cheney will neither be jettisoned nor leave,so I guess he'll eat Edwards' lunch at the debates and the Dems and FR's fringers will have hissy fits over that too.TOUGH!
And Hillary won't run/kill off anyone and be anointed this year.hehehehehehehehe
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