July 15, 200421 yr Comedian Whoopi Goldberg will no longer appear in ads for diet aid maker Slim-Fast following her lewd riff on President Bush's name at a fund-raiser last week, the company said on Wednesday. Florida-based Slim-Fast said it was "disappointed" in Goldberg's remarks at last Thursday's $7.5 million star-studded fund-raiser at Radio City Music Hall in New York. "Ads featuring Ms. Goldberg will no longer be on the air," Slim-Fast General Manager Terry Olson said in a statement, adding that the company regrets that Goldberg's remarks offended some customers. Republicans have expressed outrage over the fund-raiser for presumptive Democratic nominee John F. Kerry and his vice presidential running mate, John Edwards, in which entertainers lined up to skewer the president. The New York Post said of Goldberg's appearance at the event: "Waving a bottle of wine, she fired off a stream of vulgar sexual wordplays on Bush's name in a riff about female genitalia." A spokesperson for Goldberg declined immediate comment. Slim-Fast is a unit of Anglo-Dutch food-to-detergent group Unilever Plc . Someone finally takes a stand.
July 15, 200421 yr Slim-Fast doesn't need that type of representation. 1) It's a fundraiser, not a political forum. 2) She's Whoopi F*ckin Goldberg...who made her a political scientist, 3) the sunglasses gotsta go
July 15, 200421 yr Wow, I didn't know that exercising your freedom of speech was grounds for dismissal... But oh well, she'll get money from other endorsements. :mischief
July 15, 200421 yr Wow, I didn't know that exercising your freedom of speech was grounds for dismissal... But oh well, she'll get money from other endorsements. :mischief 459166[/snapback] :thumbup
July 15, 200421 yr Wow, I didn't know that exercising your freedom of speech was grounds for dismissal... But oh well, she'll get money from other endorsements. :mischief 459166[/snapback] drunken, innappropriate language is inexcusable....
July 15, 200421 yr Wow, I didn't know that exercising your freedom of speech was grounds for dismissal... But oh well, she'll get money from other endorsements. :mischief 459166[/snapback] Well actually a private business can choose to do w/e the hell they want in terms of who they hire and such for ads. In fact it isnt a freedom of speech issue at all its a PR issue, and slim fast believed they didnt want someone like that in their ads. And by the way whoopi wont get many more endorsements shes already been floating in obscurity the last 5 yrs or so.
July 15, 200421 yr Wow, I didn't know that exercising your freedom of speech was grounds for dismissal... But oh well, she'll get money from other endorsements. :mischief 459166[/snapback] drunken, innappropriate language is inexcusable.... 459184[/snapback] She is a comedian... Unless you want all comedians to be punished for saying funny stuff.
July 15, 200421 yr how clueless are the slim-fast people anyway that they don't know Whoopi Goldberg bashes Bush at every available opportunity? it's like ESPN acting surprised when Rush Limbaugh commented on the liberal media giving Donovan McNabb a break just because he was black... these corporations know what they're getting into.
July 15, 200421 yr Company's tend to not take political stands because they're capitalist institutions and want to make as much money as possible, from both sides of the political spectrum, not just one.
July 15, 200421 yr Author Wow, I didn't know that exercising your freedom of speech was grounds for dismissal... But oh well, she'll get money from other endorsements. :mischief 459166[/snapback] Im sick and tired with celebs, just because they are celebs, thinking they can say whatever they want when they want. The yget an audience because they are famous. Save it for a political rally, not a movie premier, awards show, the like. What other endorsements is she going to get? NotReleventAnymore Inc?
July 15, 200421 yr Wow, I didn't know that exercising your freedom of speech was grounds for dismissal... But oh well, she'll get money from other endorsements. :mischief 459166[/snapback] Im sick and tired with celebs, just because they are celebs, thinking they can say whatever they want when they want. The yget an audience because they are famous. Save it for a political rally, not a movie premier, awards show, the like. What other endorsements is she going to get? NotReleventAnymore Inc? 459422[/snapback] You are absolutely clueless.
July 15, 200421 yr He is right on, when saying that she needs to save it for a political function. It's a fundraiser (unless it was a political fundraiser, then in which case, oops), not a political rally. And a comedian doesn't have to be vulgar like she was. I've heard she was drunk...I'm not positive, but drunkeness (public drunkeness) and offensive language were probably the main problems...not some act by Slim Fast to keep the libs in check.
July 15, 200421 yr He is right on, when saying that she needs to save it for a political function. It's a fundraiser (unless it was a political fundraiser, then in which case, oops), not a political rally. And a comedian doesn't have to be vulgar like she was. I've heard she was drunk...I'm not positive, but drunkeness (public drunkeness) and offensive language were probably the main problems...not some act by Slim Fast to keep the libs in check. 459455[/snapback] Dude, comedians make political jokes and poke fun at sitting Presidents all the time... Are you going to censor Jay Leno, David Letterman or John Stewart. They poke fun at Bush and previously Clinton all the time... :mischief
July 15, 200421 yr He is right on, when saying that she needs to save it for a political function. It's a fundraiser (unless it was a political fundraiser, then in which case, oops), not a political rally. And a comedian doesn't have to be vulgar like she was. I've heard she was drunk...I'm not positive, but drunkeness (public drunkeness) and offensive language were probably the main problems...not some act by Slim Fast to keep the libs in check. 459455[/snapback] Dude, comedians make political jokes and poke fun at sitting Presidents all the time... Are you going to censor Jay Leno, David Letterman or John Stewart. They poke fun at Bush and previously Clinton all the time... :mischief 459460[/snapback] Don't blame them Lina. I mean they were spoonfed to their mouths as children by the Bush family and his republican cohorts.
July 15, 200421 yr Author He is right on, when saying that she needs to save it for a political function. It's a fundraiser (unless it was a political fundraiser, then in which case, oops), not a political rally. And a comedian doesn't have to be vulgar like she was. I've heard she was drunk...I'm not positive, but drunkeness (public drunkeness) and offensive language were probably the main problems...not some act by Slim Fast to keep the libs in check. 459455[/snapback] Dude, comedians make political jokes and poke fun at sitting Presidents all the time... Are you going to censor Jay Leno, David Letterman or John Stewart. They poke fun at Bush and previously Clinton all the time... :mischief 459460[/snapback] That is their forum! She did it at someone's companys fund-raiser!!! Leno, Letterman, and Stewart - those are their shows, they can do what they want on them.
July 15, 200421 yr No, this really bothers me Beinfest. Why are they complaining that she made fun of President Bush, when there were several comedians that relentlessly made fun of Clinton during his presidency. Whether a fundraiser or not, this event was a private event and the comedians were invited to do what they do best, joke. Republicans are making a big deal of this but fail to even apologize for their vicepresident's lack of respect for a fellow Senator. Get a grip Neocons!
July 15, 200421 yr No, this really bothers me Beinfest. Why are they complaining that she made fun of President Bush, when there were several comedians that relentlessly made fun of Clinton during his presidency. Whether a fundraiser or not, this event was a private event and the comedians were invited to do what they do best, joke. Republicans are making a big deal of this but fail to even apologize for their vicepresident's lack of respect for a fellow Senator. Get a grip Neocons! 459468[/snapback] It's because they don't accept free speech. They think were ultra left when in fact they are almost all the way to the right. Must be those hardline christian southerners.
July 15, 200421 yr I really don't know what is wrong with people man... It is as if they have forgotten all the values on which this country was founded. I don't know if they realize that this may happen tomorrow to someone they like? What if a Democratic government felt like censoring Rush Limbaugh for being a fascist and speaking his conservative mind? What if one day a Democratic government decides that Denis Miller is disrespectful to the President and have him "fired"???? I am pretty sure that they would quickly rise in arms and yell "freedom of speech", the same freedom they want to take away from us.
July 15, 200421 yr I really don't know what is wrong with people man... It is as if they have forgotten all the values on which this country was founded. I don't know if they realize that this may happen tomorrow to someone they like? What if a Democratic government felt like censoring Rush Limbaugh for being a fascist and speaking his conservative mind? What if one day a Democratic government decides that Denis Miller is disrespectful to the President and have him "fired"???? I am pretty sure that they would quickly rise in arms and yell "freedom of speech", the same freedom they want to take away from us. 459477[/snapback] Agreed.
July 15, 200421 yr making fun of Bush is not the issue. The article said that she said "lewd" and innappropriate things. It's the same reason someone gets fined for cussing in a press conference after a game. She is a spokesman. She isn't being jailed for what she said. She's being taken off ads...because it hurts business for Slim Fast (or at least Slim Fast feels so). They want to do what's best for their business. Goldberg is an advertisement for Slim Fast, and therefore when at a function like that, needs to keep her comments from being controversial (whether anti-Bush or anti-Kerry). This has nothing to do with the "man" keeping Goldberg down from speaking out against Bush. Sheesh!
July 15, 200421 yr :banghead Rush Limbaugh speaks from his radio station. Look what happened when he started speaking his conservative stuff on ESPN! There's a time and a place...a Slim Fast function is not the time.
July 15, 200421 yr making fun of Bush is not the issue. The article said that she said "lewd" and innappropriate things. It's the same reason someone gets fined for cussing in a press conference after a game. She is a spokesman. She isn't being jailed for what she said. She's being taken off ads...because it hurts business for Slim Fast (or at least Slim Fast feels so). They want to do what's best for their business. Goldberg is an advertisement for Slim Fast, and therefore when at a function like that, needs to keep her comments from being controversial (whether anti-Bush or anti-Kerry). This has nothing to do with the "man" keeping Goldberg down from speaking out against Bush. Sheesh! 459512[/snapback] It was a private event Furman. She is not a 'spokesman'. She is a comedian. Like any private event, stand up comedy show or otherwise, they can pretty much say whatever they want. It wasn't broadcast, so the stupid "indecency" standards don't apply. Would you like your favorite comedians censored for saying their routines in a private event?
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