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JonR Offline
#1 Posted: Wed, Jul 14 2004, 6:11 PM EST
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07/14/2004 21:11:53 EST Slim-Fast Dumps Goldberg Over Bush Jabs



LOS ANGELES - The Slim-Fast diet drink company has dumped Whoopi Goldberg from its advertising because its executives were unhappy with remarks the comedian made at a recent political rally that mocked President Bush.
"We are disappointed by the manner in which Ms. Goldberg chose to express herself and sincerely regret that her recent remarks offended some of our consumers. Ads featuring Ms. Goldberg will no longer be on the air," Slim-Fast general manager Terry Olson said in a press release Wednesday.

Goldberg participated at a recent Democratic fund-raiser at Radio City Music Hall in New York, joining performers such as John Mellencamp, Jon Bon Jovi, Paul Newman, Meryl Streep, Jessica Lange and John Leguizamo.

At one point in a speech mocking the Bush administration, Goldberg used his surname as a sexual reference.

The event raised $7.5 million for the John Kerry-John Edwards presidential ticket. Both Kerry and Edwards attended, but neither commented about the jokes made by the celebrities toward Bush.

Goldberg's representatives did not immediately return a call for comment Wednesday.

Slim-Fast Foods is based in West Palm Beach, Fla.

OUTSTANDING !!!!!!!!!!!!

JonR
cigarsmokin Offline
#2 Posted: Wed, Jul 14 2004, 6:15 PM EST
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I'm glad to see that Dredlocked wise arse canned. SAVAGE.

cigarsmokin
GB
RDC Offline
#3 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 4:34 AM EST
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Screw Whoopie! Good For Her!! Fugly Be-Auch!!

Her and the rest of the Hollywood elite should be ashamed of themselves as should KERRY for what they said.
Sonny_LSU Offline
#4 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 4:59 AM EST
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....uhhhh...they're comedians.....btw, I'm sure Slimfast speaks for all of the gravitational-challenged blowhards in this country.....wait! Johnny Boy are challenged????
JonR Offline
#5 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 5:39 AM EST
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Yo Sonny:

What the hell does this mean..

"Johnny Boy are challenged????"

Did you get into LSU on one of those "jock" scholarships, were you get to wear a sports jersey
with your IQ on the back?

Inquiring minds want to know.

JonR
GYPSY Offline
#6 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 5:47 AM EST
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"Freedom of speech...Just watch what you say" unknown music artist '85
Charlie Offline
#7 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 6:53 AM EST
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Wow, Sonny_Bulldogs will endorse any radical who speaks against the current Administration........no matter who.

C
Sonny_LSU Offline
#8 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 6:57 AM EST
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..yup! gotz me a futbal skolrsip!!!!!

noW i'z m8ks gud muni!





Alas, I was fortunate enough to excel on the gridiron and have my 1ST and 2ND degree paid for. Now, my 3RD one? That is another story.

And, I was insinuating that you are most likely a tubby fellow:)


Double D Offline
#9 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 7:26 AM EST
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Slim-Fast didn't dumps Goldberg over the Bush jabs...they dmped her because she still has a fat arse!!

DD
snowwolf777 Offline
#10 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 7:30 AM EST
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Three degrees and he still can't rise above 9th grade gym class humor.

I don't need SlimFast, but I might go buy a sixer today just to say "thanks" to them for dumping that offensive woman.
xibbumbero Offline
#11 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 8:26 AM EST
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SOS different day. God bless America where if a person cracks a joke or speaks their mind they lose their job,ala the head of the Parks system. Speak your mind and if it's anti-administration it's hit dee road. Is it 1984? No, wait it's 2004. X
snowwolf777 Offline
#12 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 8:47 AM EST
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Yes, if you want to take large sums of money from a public corporation to "represent them" as a spokesperson, and they don't like the way you "represent them" by your actions, yes you lose your job. I seriously doubt intelligent political commentary would have cost her the SlimFast gig. But the 5th grade playground rant she decided to spout, with a wine bottle in her hand, did cost her.

This is hardly new. I recall Anita Bryant losing her Florida Orange Juice representation contract in the 70s when she decided to use her notariety as a public pulpit for gay rights.

Same way Kobe is losing his high-$$ endorsements, because they don't like the way he "represents them" anymore. I guess McDonald's doesn't want an accused rapist pimping burgers to children, even though he hasn't been found guilty yet. Yes, that's the way it works in America. Let me know if you find a for-profit entity that wouldn't react that way.
Sylance Offline
#13 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 9:00 AM EST
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xibbumbero,

Funny... so you're all for speaking your mind, but a company can't fire the person who represents them for their vulgar attitude on a public stage? Are you also saying I can’t boycott the Anheuser-Busch organization for using the rapper Ludicrous for their spokesman? This is the same rapper who writes about cop killing, beating women and drug abuse. To say you support free speech but not the consequences for that free speech is simply ridicules.
CWFoster Offline
#14 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 9:38 AM EST
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This is hardly new. I recall Anita Bryant losing her Florida Orange Juice representation contract in the 70s when she decided to use her notariety as a public pulpit for gay rights.
Snowwolf, FYI she got canned for speaking out AGAINST Gay Rights. So the Left isn't the only ones who pay the price for not being the kind of rep the companies want!
xibbumbero Offline
#15 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 9:39 AM EST
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It is indeed a co's right to can anyone they find doesn't conform to their image. I just find it disturbing is all. No one has mentioned anything about the head of Parks system firing. I guess that's dubya's right as well. BTW,I find that disturbing as well. X
snowwolf777 Offline
#16 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 10:44 AM EST
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CW - You're right - I had that bass ackwards in my enthusiasm to make the point. You said what I really wanted to say - you can get canned for swinging in either direction farther than what the "corporate wallet" wants. Naturally, corporations want to stay middle road because they want to sell stuff to people on both sides of the fence. Everyone's money is the same color. And yes, when you're a publically held corporation, it is all about the money, not free speech rights.
xibbumbero Offline
#17 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 11:09 AM EST
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And the head of the Parks system? X
snowwolf777 Offline
#18 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 12:20 PM EST
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I assume you mean the Chief of the Parks Police. No one has said much because it's not been much of a news item, I guess. Her 7-month career was not very distinguished.

Perhaps the administration made an error putting someone in place who wasn't from the Parks System. Perhaps she's dead-on and she's an embarassement to the administration. Perhaps she had some good ideas but took the wrong course to air her grievances.

At any rate, I seriously doubt GW personally handled this one, but (I know I'm breaking new ground here) political appointees lose their jobs on a regular basis if they make problems for the people who appointed them. That would be Democrats and Republicans.

Goodness knows Bill Clinton never silenced anyone who made problems for him, now did he?
Sylance Offline
#19 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 12:25 PM EST
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xibbumbero,

I might be missing something, but I don't know what this is about. Care to attach a link to the story? I watch the news all the time and the only thing I see is how great a match up Kerry and Edwards is.
hat Offline
#20 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 1:48 PM EST
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I always liked Whoopi well enough, but hated her politics. I don't begrudge someone, if they use the media to voice their political opinions, if they have more access than I. After all, it is a free country. I don't take their opinions any more seriously just because they are famous. The opinions of the plumber, the farmer, the truck driver, etc. are just as important as the opinions of any Hollywood celebrity. Hell, let em talk! She sure did step in it though. :)
xibbumbero Offline
#21 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 2:34 PM EST
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This happened a little more than a week ago but apparently she voiced some negative remarks about the Bush administration and she was axed. X
snowwolf777 Offline
#22 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 4:01 PM EST
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Per Sylance's request, I activate Bill Gates' Copy/Paste function:

"Park Police chief fired

"The Interior Department on Friday fired National Park Police Chief Teresa Chambers, according to an advocacy group.

"Until the termination takes effect on Saturday morning, Chambers, placed on paid administrative leave last December after she discussed budget and staffing shortfalls with the press, will remain under a gag order, said Chas Offutt, spokesman for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The group, involved in Chambers' legal proceedings, is still "digesting" her termination papers, he said.


"The Park Service could not be reached for a confirmation, or an explanation of its action.


"In the meantime, Chambers' legal team has asked an administrative judge at the Merit Systems Protection Board to order the Park Service to reinstate her.


"The Park Service placed Chambers under the gag order and on administrative leave early last December after she talked to the Washington Post. Don Murphy, the agency's deputy director, charged her with improper budget communications, making public remarks regarding security on federal property, improper disclosure of budget deliberations, improper lobbying, failure to carry out a supervisor's instructions, and failure to follow the chain of command."

This story was last Friday night. Relatively the same stuff ran Saturday.

It doesn't quite measure up to Richard Clarke's firing, so that's probably why you don't see as much about it. She has herself a "legal team", so obviously she was expecting this.
xibbumbero Offline
#23 Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2004, 4:05 PM EST
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Thanx SW. X
plabonte Offline
#24 Posted: Fri, Jul 16 2004, 7:01 AM EST
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GYPSY - I think that is a song by Ice-T

Whoopi has every right to say what she wants. But that doesn't mean people have to agree with it. Slimfast didn't and are acting on it. Good for them.

This discussion reminds me of when that Dixie Chick made comments about Bush.
Herr Rabbit Offline
#25 Posted: Fri, Jul 16 2004, 9:48 AM EST
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Whoopi can stand on any corner and say whatever she wants whenever. Her rights are intact. Nobody has to pay her for the speech, it isn't part of the rights.

Where was Whoopi, et al when the left called for Dr. Laura to be fired, boycotted, etc. when she exercised her rights?

We must stand for everyone's rights, no matter how odious Mike Moore is, or we will eventually lose them.
barryneedleman Offline
#26 Posted: Fri, Jul 16 2004, 12:32 PM EST
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Whoopi was within her rights. Slim Fast was within its rights.

When I heard the news yesterday, it appeared that Whoopi was gracious about it and wasn't complaining about this. Maybe I wasn't paying attention, did you guys hear about Whoopi complaining?
Charlie Offline
#27 Posted: Fri, Jul 16 2004, 2:09 PM EST
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Whoopi got exactly what she deserved! For making her remarks she gets to "pay" for them!

C
pabloescabar Offline
#28 Posted: Sat, Jul 17 2004, 8:36 AM EST
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Whoopi, hip hip hera...
calavera Offline
#29 Posted: Sat, Jul 17 2004, 9:23 AM EST
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plabonte and gypsy:

Actually it was the subtitle of the Ice-T album "The Iceberg: Freedom of Speech, Just Watch What You Say".

I think that there was a song on there called "Freedom of Speech", but I am not sure if the lyrics had the "Just Watch What You Say" part.

The good old days. Used to listen to that album on tape.

J
JonR Offline
#30 Posted: Sat, Jul 17 2004, 1:47 PM EST
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Yo plabonte:

Help me out here, wasn't Ice-T the one who made a rap song about cops being pigs and kill all cops, the same Ice-T that is starring on NYPD Blue? Or maybe that was Ice Cube or Slave T Cube or Ice All Whities Cubes. How fast they change their tunes when money is the topic. Long live the Cubes or Ices.

JonR
eleltea Offline
#31 Posted: Sat, Jul 17 2004, 5:38 PM EST
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One of the funniest "yo mama so ugly" one-liners was the one that went "Yo mama so ugly Ted Danson wouldn't date her."

That's my favorite Whoopi reference, for those of you who can remember the time those two were an item.

Actually, I think Whoopi's kinda cute in a way and often pretty funny. But entertainers who don't want only half an audience ought not to be so venemous when they are voicing their domestic politics opinions. The country is pretty evenly split on a lot of issues, and each side is pretty defensive.
Cavallo Offline
#32 Posted: Sun, Jul 18 2004, 7:34 PM EST
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i found it ironic that whoopie -- who has always been pretty "be yourself" about body image -- would be a shill for a diet drink anyway.

but it's odder still that the co. would hire whoopie -- known for her very acidic and often R-rated comedy -- and then fire her for the same thing that MADE her famous in the first place!

whatever, though -- whoopi was within her rights; the co. was within its rights (as someone mentioned above). i have a hard time seeing whoopi whining about it, though. most likely it'll become fodder for her next HBO special, and a whole lot more people will get a chuckle out of it.
barryneedleman Offline
#33 Posted: Mon, Jul 19 2004, 8:47 AM EST
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I was wrong, Actually Whoopi did whine about it........

Again, she was within her rights. Company was within their rights. Same situation with Anita Bryant years ago.

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