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Posted on 07/16/2004 2:45:01 AM PDT by kattracks
WASHINGTON - Whoopi Goldberg lashed out at Republicans again yesterday, branding them hypocrites for trying to "punish" her for joking about the President.Fired from her gig as SlimFast spokeswoman, the salty entertainer hit back at Republicans who threatened a SlimFast boycott over sexual puns she made about President Bush's name at a Democratic fund-raiser.
"America's heart and soul is freedom of expression without fear of reprisal," she said in a statement.
"I find all this feigned indignation about 'Bush bashing' quite disingenuous," she said, noting the Bush administration has savagely gone after critics like former Sen. Max Cleland, Iraq whistleblower Joseph Wilson and ex-terrorism chief Richard Clarke.
"For the Republican Party to pretend this is new to them seems a little fake," she said.
"The fact that I am no longer the spokesman for SlimFast makes me sad, but not as sad as someone trying to punish me for exercising my right as an American to speak my mind."
The Bush-Cheney campaign has been making a lot of hay out of Goldberg's set at last week's celebrity gala at Radio City Music Hall, professing shock at her blue jokes.
Bush campaign manager Ken Mehlman called the event a "hatefest" that proves John Kerry doesn't "share the same values" as the rest of America.
Kerry, who is trying to woo swing voters, did not stand by his celeb supporters. On the defensive, he distanced himself from Goldberg and said through spokesmen that he thought her comments were inappropriate.
Running mate John Edwards was asked about the flap yesterday by Fox News. "They weren't speaking for me, and they weren't speaking for John Kerry," he said, adding the ticket is "focused on our positive, optimistic vision of hope."
Mehlman has repeatedly demanded that Kerry's camp release a video of the event, even going so far as to promise not to use the footage in ads.
Kerry campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill said tartly that he could have the video after Bush releases his military records and details of Vice President Cheney's secret energy task force.
Diversity promoter Asa Khalif, who has made headlines for accusing celebrities of insensitivity, cried foul in the Goldberg firing. "I smell racism from beginning to end," said Khalif, head of Racial Unity USA in Pennsylvania. "SlimFast must realize that black women have every right to voice their views."
Originally published on July 16, 2004
But only for you left-wing whackos. You've got a lot of nerve calling anybody else a hypocrite, Whoopi.
"I find all this feigned indignation about 'Bush bashing' quite disingenuous,"
You just don't get that there are real Americans who are truly offended by your words and behavior, do you? Bless your heart, you're too d*mned ignorant to hate.
"Mary Beth Cahill said tartly that he could have the video after Bush releases his military records"
Apparently this dingbat doesn't realize that has already been done.
"SlimFast must realize that black women have every right to voice their views."
Sure they do. And the free market allows us to repond to it any way we choose and allows the conmpany to respond to the demands of the market. I don't think anybody in their right mind is going to buy that Whoopi is a poor, persecuted black woman. How many millions has she made? Problem is, it seems she fails to realize that she made it off of the good will of Americans. Those who gave it, can surely take it away.
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I'm actually surprised that it took this long. I guess it took her this long to collect a thought, or to find someone to give her one.
And to think I used to like her. What these entertainers don't realize is that they're hurting their own careers. They can speak out all they want, but they don't have a right to be paid for it. When people are offended enough by them to stop buying what they're selling, they have no one to blame but themselves.
Oh good grief! These people need to grow up, it's not about race, it's about responsibility!
Two words: Dr. Laura.
well whoopie, I guess you are finding out where the Heart and Soul of America really is....
Kerry, who is trying to woo swing voters, did not stand by his celeb supporters. On the defensive, he distanced himself from Goldberg and said through spokesmen that he thought her comments were inappropriate.
CHICKEN!! Be a man and say it yourself.
Not to mention she dredges up the Max Cleland myth again...
CAN SOME FREEPER FROM GEORGIA (OR ANYWHERE, FOR THAT MATTER) SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON THIS?
Here's the fact of the matter: Whoopie, you area were an employee of Slim*Fast.
Fixed that for you. 
I was mad that Carl Cameron was very soft in this interview. Why he did not ask Edwards about John Kerry statement at the end of the fundraising "every performer tonight represent the heart and soul of America".
Carl Cameron really blew it in this interview, Katie Curick may have been tougher…
Woopie, please re-read your constitution. The exact text is:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The same document that allows an informed populous to e-mail Slim-Fast with our opinions is the same document that allows her to go on her filth laden tirades! Too bad she does not get it.
God Bless America!
She's the hypocrite! Where was she when the Democrats boycotted Dr. Laura's sponsors?
Odd that the content of her comments is not mentioned. I have no clue what she said.
And don't forget the part about him calling these entertainers the heart and soul of America. He doesn't seem to get that it is real Americans that are PO'd, not just the Washington elite.
Probably at the front of the line.
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