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Whoopi slams GOP
New York Daily News ^ | 7/16/04

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



TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: kerry; raunchfest; whoopi; whoopiwhacki
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To: Prince Charles

I'll second that, PC.


181 posted on 07/16/2004 6:43:37 AM PDT by 7.62 x 51mm (• Veni • Vidi • Vino •)
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To: kattracks

I recently read an article about Anita Bryant. She came out against some pro gay legislation in Floridsa, and was crucified by the gays.

You never hear anything about her, ever.


183 posted on 07/16/2004 6:46:17 AM PDT by television is just wrong
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To: mouser

But according to Kerry, whoopi represents the heart and soul of the American people. So let's put her on display and let the 'American people' decide. I live dangerously close to Hollywood, etc. and THOSE PEOPLE are warped.


184 posted on 07/16/2004 6:46:18 AM PDT by BobS
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To: kattracks
"America's heart and soul is freedom of expression without fear of reprisal," she said in a statement.

So I guess she really opposes boycotts and criticisms of white racists, huh? After all, criticizing their views would be inconsistent with "America's heart and soul".

185 posted on 07/16/2004 6:47:06 AM PDT by XJarhead
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To: GailA

News said it cost her a cool $1 Million bucks.

You have to hit them in the pocket book, that's all they understand. Wasn't she a welfare woman before hitting it big?


186 posted on 07/16/2004 6:47:29 AM PDT by television is just wrong
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To: Wumpus Hunter

""America's heart and soul is freedom of expression without fear of reprisal," she said in a statement."

But I'll bet she'd get her panties in bunch if someone used the "N" word to describe her. She'd be screaming for reprisal, too!

Now that is the truth. Only she can speak her mind.


187 posted on 07/16/2004 6:49:01 AM PDT by television is just wrong
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To: maggiefluffs
From your link: "Clearly, that vast right-wing conspiracy is at work!"

Sounds like anyone who protests against obscenity and degradation of our President falls into a category. Obviously then, anyone who remains mute on the issue,or enjoyed Whoopies disgusting skit, is a member of the left-wing.

188 posted on 07/16/2004 6:49:44 AM PDT by fuzzthatwuz
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To: kattracks
What, you mean he didn't mention this while speechifying at the NAACP?!?

I'm sure he scolded her in front of the NAALCP and also apologized to President Bush in a formal letter. </ sarcasm>

189 posted on 07/16/2004 6:50:20 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Flush the john/john rat ticket in 2004. #1 & #4 liberals in Congress.)
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To: Uncle Vlad

Whoopi violated one of the primary rules of comedy on the Academy Awards. If you're going to be vulgar, you at least have to be funny. She wasn't. She's gone.

She is trash. No class, all trash.


190 posted on 07/16/2004 6:50:22 AM PDT by television is just wrong
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To: kattracks

Did anybody bother to tell this trashy whore that her right to express herself comes with responsibility for her actions?


191 posted on 07/16/2004 6:53:08 AM PDT by wasp69 ("I drank what?" - Socrates (469-399 BC)
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To: Darnright

>"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."<

Boy, isn't it great how a few years back, Whoopi went right to Anita Bryant's defense, when the libs started that campaign to kick Anita off as the orange juice spokesman? After all, Anita Bryant was just speaking her mind about homosexuality.

What? Whoopi was nowhere to be seen?


Of course not. Liberals have weak knees and weaker principles.


192 posted on 07/16/2004 6:53:47 AM PDT by television is just wrong
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To: kattracks
Whopi has been a failure all her live. Sister Act and Hollywood squares are her big resume items. She's never been funny and her career has been a flop.

Like many other aging and failed hollyweirdos she's just trying to get the attention she never deserved or got during her "career".

193 posted on 07/16/2004 6:56:05 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: television is just wrong

You must understand that ALL of the editors in Hollywood are fags. Fags love counter-culture. That is the only reason whoopi is famous.


194 posted on 07/16/2004 6:56:11 AM PDT by BobS
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To: kattracks
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.

Obviously has his head up his ass.

195 posted on 07/16/2004 6:56:37 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedy family legacy - can't skipper a boat, can't fly, can't drive, can't ski)
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To: television is just wrong

"News said it cost her a cool $1 Million bucks."

Cry me a river. If she has a good accountant she's set for life. $1M is ice cream money to her.

Now, ask me or any of the "little people" what Mr. Kerry's policies would do to our pocketbooks...guess we'd have less money to spend on SlimFast anyway...


196 posted on 07/16/2004 7:00:48 AM PDT by mrs. a (It's a short life but a merry one...)
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To: sweetliberty

To us, yes. But the dims think Kerry is doing just fine - they think "anyone" would function as Kerry does. Just one of the myriad things we disagree with them on.


197 posted on 07/16/2004 7:01:58 AM PDT by Let's Roll (Kerry is a self-confessed unindicted war criminal or ... a traitor to his country in a time of war)
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To: kattracks
Rights cannot exist without responsibilities. Seems like Whopie is one of those J F'n Kerry responsibility types.

I have a right to spend my money where I want, with companies that exercise their rights responsibly.

Let's see the tape, let the people decide.
198 posted on 07/16/2004 7:06:31 AM PDT by snooker
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To: Tom_Busch
I don't know if the Daily News is a liberal paper, but this a standard slant technique for the liberal media.

The New York Daily news is right there with the Slimes as a left-wing fishwrap..

199 posted on 07/16/2004 7:22:03 AM PDT by buzzyboop (no tags, no fuss)
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To: sweetliberty
...and how sweet it is! lol!
200 posted on 07/16/2004 7:26:17 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
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