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Posted on 07/13/2004 8:14:22 AM PDT by sdk7x7
July 13, 2004 -- WASHINGTON — Some Republican activists are launching a boycott of SlimFast diet products to protest SlimFast spokeswoman Whoopi Goldberg's X-rated rant against President Bush at a New York fund-raiser for Democrat John Kerry last week. Chat pages on pro-Bush Web sites like FreeRepublic.com are posting links for complaints to SlimFast or parent company Unilever, along with reports from angry consumers about what they wrote in their complaints.
A typical one: "Realize that when Goldberg insults our president, particularly in such a vulgar fashion, she alienates half the country . . . Can SlimFast really afford to lose half of their potential market?"
SlimFast executives yesterday didn't respond to questions about whether they intend to keep Goldberg as spokeswoman. Company president F. Daniel Abraham is a major Democratic donor who, with his wife, has given $1.2 million to groups working to defeat Bush.
Deborah Orin
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Hate to say this, but even if all Republicans boycotted SlimFast, the anti-American loonie Democrats would rush out and buy double and triple orders of the product, even if they didn't need or want the stuff.
That's precisely what kept the Dixie Twits selling records, and that's why all these awfully-written liberal books sell hundreds of thousands of copies even though the book says nothing new except "Bush is a liar."
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There's a new EAS drink with 45 grams of protein, and only 310 calories. Tastes pretty good, too.
Way to go, Jenya. I sent an e-mail but I bet you really feel better after what you did!
The company will either alienate conservatives or liberals. It's really a no-win for them.
I guess they haven't been here......
Whoopi's trash-mouth antics present a very tiresome and vulgar stereotype of educationally-challenged minorities. She does a great disservice to African-Americans and Democrats. And SlimFast.
bttt. Nice to see liberals get skewered for exercising their freedom of speech! This is like the Dixie Chicks all over again. okay well not quite, but still.
emailed them. Will call them too. It's fun to freep the left. I loved ripping MCI when the tried to sign me up due to the Danny Glover fiasco.
Yo, what are you trying to do with photographs like that, make us retired guys expire from envy?
D**n, I wish I was over there with those guys.
Oh Grampa, I bet there is $omeone who wa$ at that party and who taped it. I bet they would $how it to u$ if the price were right--there were too many folk$ there to keep a $ecret. I just wi$h some well connected Hollywood clo$et con$ervative would get a group of GOPer$ together and offer big buck$ for it. Mrs PD
:~)
Nah, they wouldn't be overjoyed to see any broken-down old-timers rolling in.
It may surface.
The fact that it hasn't so far is very interesting.
If we take your comment literally, I can't imagine anything more disgusting.
Whoopi the foul mouthed Witch also has a children's (if you can believe) TV show on Nick Jr. The message board for this show is at http://www.nickjr.com/home/messageboard/viewthread.jhtml?bID=2110&tID=270789&mID=318389&offset=0&_DARGS=/static/messageboard/viewboard.jhtml.12_A&_DAV=2
Go Marines GO!!! God Bless you all.
The health risks of Slimfast that have been hammered on by rad' groups have vanished, iow, the groups have quieted down. Gee, I wonder why.
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