Slim-Fast Sheds Whoopi Goldberg After Bush Riff

[amish_enforcer]

Slim-Fast Sheds Whoopi Goldberg After Bush Riff

NEW YORK (Reuters) - 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.{snip}

[salinen]

1. In other news

Cheney has been let go by the government following his remarks to Sen. Leahy.

[leftist.]

10. "in other news" cont.

Rush Limbaugh has been released from his employment with Premiere Radio for violating the "Morals Clause" of his contract after it was revealed that he was trafficking illegal drugs, a felony offense.

[dArKeR]

84. [e-mail], [e-mail]

Whoopi is Moral! I will never use Slim-Fast again!
[e-mail] [e-mail]


It's easier than their Form page:
http://www.slim-fast.com/contact/contact.asp

[umtalal]

87. I emailed them.

I am boycutting them because their action is censorship and unAmerican as far as I am concerned.

[Grins]

85. In other news #3...

And what did the self-rightious say about Dennis Miller in Green Bay, Wis. yesterday to warm up the crowd before Bush spoke, where he implied a homosexual attraction between Kerry and Edwards?

"Those two cannot keep their hands off each other, can they?" Miller said. "I think I have a new idea for a new campaign slogan - use the bumper sticker 'Hey, Get A Room.' "
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50071-2004Jul14.html>

[rooboy]

2. I understand the decision...

they had no choice but to drop Whoopi. Freepers represent 90% of their potential customers.

[VoteDemocratic2004]

5. LOL

:toast:

[Redleg]

14. LOL

EOM

[otohara]

32. Probably True

except for Whoppi who hopefully got paid a bundle for hawking that toxic, sugary crap...

She was always slamming Bush on her show...they knew she despised the man for a long long time.

[umtalal]

88. you mean pukelicans are fat? I guess they are. n/t

[Stew225]

3. Well, Whoopie seems to have pissed off

everyone the other night. She said something to the effect that she had to be herself. whatever. At least she didn't bare her breast.

[question everything]

30. I am clueless. What did she say? n/t

[Buns_of_Fire]

69. From what little I know...

It was a comment that HER bush would make a better President than GEORGE bush. Whoopi being Whoopi. It's not as if her opinion of Commander Codpiece was any big secret. If the RNC wants to REALLY get their knickers in a twist, they should log on here and see what WE call him!

[fortyfeetunder]

79. Only about her own bush?

Was she talking about the greenery around her house? Oh my what a double entendre! Maybe she should have bared a breast instead.

[Buns_of_Fire]

89. I've always thought an educated ficus could outthink boosh*

But, LORDY! no bared breasts! They'll rot your brain, curve your spine, and lose the war for the allies! (Apologies to George Carlin.)

Double-entendres are a lot of fun around some people. Their dirty little minds take over and you can feign all sorts of outraged innocence.

But, I must admit, Whoopi isn't one to use a rapier when a 2x4 will work just as well... :evilgrin:

[Sequoia]

4. What! Not another one!

Dixie Chics-banned; Howard Stern-banned; Michael Moore-banned, Whoppi-banned.

No free speech in this country.

[Bamboose]

37. I don't think she's banned

She can still say whatever she wants in whatever venue she wants . . . she's just not gonna be paid by Slim-Fast.

[Mike Daniels]

68. Oh BS, BS, BS

She was paid to be a spokesman for a privately owned company. She said something that the company thought was going to be detrimental to their profit line and they let her go.

This free speech violation crap gets thrown around on DU way too often to situations where is doesn't apply.

[hughee99]

73. Huh?

Dixie chicks are on the radio and their albums are still in stores, Stern is back on Infinity in most of the markets that Clear Channel dropped him in, F911 is doing great in the theaters, and Whoopi's god-awful show was cancelled long before this. What exactly has been banned?

[OnTheUpandDown]

86. This not a free speech issue

Think about it for a minute.

[ronnykmarshall]

6. Ya think the freepers will go after this???

http://www.chumashcasino.com/ent_events.htm

[West Coast Democrat]

7. General Discussion Link Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1993407

[LeighAnn]

8. Makes me want to put on weight

so that I can boycott SlimFast.

[Emboldened Chimp]

9. Good idea

:eyes:

[ClassWarrior]

11. No more Slime Feast in my house!

I've emailed them. We are now officially former customers.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

26. HaHa Good One - I'm putting on 20 pounds just so I can use another product

to take them off. I've never used "slime feast" but if Whoopi Goldberg didn't convince not to patronize them, their new name expressed in your post certainly has. It doesn't sound too apetizing. I also sent them an e-mail.

[Placebo]

12. FVCKING RIGHT-WING MEDIA!

Lets see the Headlines today...

WHOOPI GOLDBERG DROPPED BY SLIMFAST FOR LEWD REMARKS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT
Do Hollywood Extremist Liberal Democrats Represent the Values of America?

DEMOCRATS ATTACKING THEMSELVES
Outrage Over Hillary Not Speaking At DNC: Do Democrats Hate Women?

They show 20 uninterrupted minutes of Bush speaking at some rally, but only show 2 straight minutes of Edwards speaking on his own for the first time.

Let the RW media smear campaign begin!

[sandnsea]

13. DU 'em

God this pisses me off. Email them and be sure and refresh your browser before you send a comment so they don't dismiss it all as DU crazies.

http://www.slim-fast.com/contact/comments.asp

[amish_enforcer]

16. Here's my letter, also sent one to parent company

I applaud your cancelling of Whoppi Goldberg's ads due to her "offensive" bashing of our President. I mean THAT was offensive? She could take some lessons from Vice President Cheney on whats offensive, what was it that he told Senator Leahy to do to himself on the senate floor? Again, great call canning a comedienne for performing comedy and having a political opinion! God bless America! - Jeb

[savistocate]

17. Thanks for link!!!

me too .. & said why. One reason: criticism of war profiteering is legitimate called for and honorable. Dropping your product AND spreading the word.

[UpInArms]

19. thanks for the link sandnsea

had great fun:

As purchasing manager for my family, your product will be on my "do not buy" list.


Since you have decided that Whoopi Goldberg must censor herself to meet your political criteria, I have decided that you and your products do not meet my political criteria - that this is a free country (or it was until GW Bush destroyed it with the help of his (former) business partner Osama bin Laden.


I guess it's nice to know exactly which corporations are truly so out of control that they believe they can be more important than the living breathing citizens of this country.


I look forward to your stock prices cratering in the near future and will tell all my friends and extended family (of which there are many) of my reasoning and give them a copy of the newstory that exposes your treasonous behavior.

[KDLarsen]

64. That just gave me an idea..

.. I wonder what they would think if I sent them a message stating that as a purchasing manager (ie. I shop) for the Larsen group (my family), a group with numerous locations throughout Denmark (well, I have a big family), I would no longer recommend the rest of the group to purchase their products (not that I've ever recommended them). Well, you get the picture of the rest of the letter :D

[Cha]

15. I'm sure Whoopi has better things to do

than hawk slim fast. I didn't particulary like her doing that but I suppose a buck is a buck.

[Bamboose]

38. What you said.

that's it! :)

[glitch]

18. They lose - Whoopi was an excellent spokesperson - those commercials

were not bad at all. Money down the drain for slimfast. Too bad.

[marlakay]

20. Also thanks for the link

I sent them a message that I won't ever buy their product again and I hope they loose a lot of $$. I guess they will just delete mine but if they get enough of them maybe they will think twice!

[Qutzupalotl]

21. Out of the loop here.

What did she say at that fundraiser? I know they can't print it in the newspaper, and it had something to do with the name "Bush"...but does anyone have a full quote?

[movonne]

22. I just wrote to them and I will never buy Slim Fast again!!!

[doctorbombeigh]

81. Me too. n/t

[oasis]

23. Can they hire someone will a less intelligent bush than the one in the WH?

How about Britteny Spears?

[Blue Gardener]

24. Maybe they can hire OxyRush as their new spokesperson

That way they can at least keep the freepers buying their crappy product.

[TahitiNut]

25. SlimFast and Unilever are major Democratic Party contributors.

:shrug:

[Danieljay]

56. and based in Florida...

this stinks....

[hrhdeb]

27. I'm sure she is really broken up about it. I knew I liked her.

http://www.votewhileyoustillcan.com

[Th1onein]

28. I emailed them to let them know I am now a former customer.

Piss on them and their trash.

[librechik]

29. the news story said they got letters complaining about Whoopi

from customers.

I wonder how many Slim Fast customers ACTUALLY SAW OR HEARD the remarks?

I know I haven't heard them. In fact everybody who heard them was some kind of Kerry contributor or guest.

Why did these people feel they had to complain about something THEY HEARD Whoopi MIGHT have said?

[JoFerret]

58. It's the same Bushista reponse as the to the Wellstone

memorial. When the Dems whoop it up however mildly the GOPmachine likes to scream and whine about a hate-fest. It's a tried and true technique called projection in the shrink biz.

[xchrom]

31. i've e-mailed them

screw the fascist bastards --

[sendero]

33. I'd like to boycott them....

... but I wouldn't drink that swill if I weighed 300 lbs.

[merh]

34. I sent my email advising that I would no longer use their

stinking product and I received one of those computer generated "thank yous" acknowledging receipt.

=================
It is a disgrace that you dropped Ms. Goldberg as a spokesperson for your product. Are you an American company? Do you have no respect for a protected and guaranteed right of our society - FREEDOM OF SPEECH? What she said as part of a comedy routine that was not televised nationally and that was depicted as disrespectful by some should not be used against here. I will no longer buy any product that you make and I will do my best to persuade anyone and everyone to stop buying your products. As you have allowed the concerns of a few to result in your trampling of the free speech that is a cherished right, I am compelled to turn my back on your company and its products (as you have turned your back on your spokesperson). With all sincerety

[russian33]

35. Reuters came up with a really catchy title too..

..Slim Fast Sheds Whoopi....you know, like shedding pounds when you use slim fast...that was neat :puke:

[demgurl]

36. I know I am in a small mionority here, but I agree with Slim Fast.

Before you flame me, hear me out. I do believe in free speech and I do agree that Whoppi should have been allowed to say what she did. But free speech only guarantees that there will be no repercussions such as Whoopi getting arrested for what she said. (at least Bu$h has not done that YET!) Free speech does not guarantee that there would be no repercussions, for her, as spokesperson for a product.

God I hate defending what they did! I do not think they should have done it. I do not agree with it. I do think they had a right to do it and it is not a free speech issue.

Now onto the good part. Free speech means we heard about their actions and we can all start writing the company as some of you all did. We can now utilize our free speech to tell everyone about this company's decision. We do not have to buy their product and we can maybe hit the company right where it hurts so they may not be so hasty in the future.

A question was asked about what exactly she said. I have not seen transcript but I heard it alluded to as the name Bu$h can be an euphemism for a lower part of a woman's anatomy. Joke after joke was made about that. Guess old Bu$hy didn't like that too much! Lol.

[Cicero]

40. Agreed

If Jell-O dropped Bill Cosby as a result of some of the things he's been saying, would you be boycotting them?

:eyes:

Later,

[demgurl]

43. I would boycott them just as much as ....

I am already writing a very nasty email to Slim Fast. I have used their products and because of their actions, I will never again buy anything from them.

If Cosby spoke out in favor of Kerry and was fired I, of course, would boycott Jell-O. If he spoke out for Bu$h and was fired, I would buy loads and loads of Jell-O.

Jell-O would have a right to do what they please, but then I have a right to try and take away their revenues if I do not agree with their actions.

[jayfish]

77. Disagree And A Hypothetical.

It's not a perfect hypothetical but it is as close as I could come to the given situation.

The POTUS is scheduled to give a speech at a local college. A group of employees from "Widget Inc." who are adamantly opposed to this POTUS decide that they will attend a protest that has been scheduled to coincide with the speech. Someone makes signs for the group with the words "Buck Fush" in huge, bold, letters. During the speech and protest a former employee of Widget Inc., who now works for "Wing Dings Are Us", identifies the protesters and lodges a complaint with "Widgets Inc." The next day all of the "Widgets Inc." employees who attended the protest are terminated because of the inappropriate content of their signs.

Does this sound ok to you? Do we really need to give corporations even more power then they already have over our lives?

Jay

[Cicero]

78. Not quite the same

In your hypothetical, the Widgets employees are not identified as actually being spokespersons for the company, but just run-of-the-mill employees. In that case, it would be a bit more problematic, but I still think Widgets, Inc., would still have the right to let them go.

When I decided to run for office locally this year, one of the things I did was run it by my manager. I wanted to make it clear that no part of my campaign would interfere with my work, nor would I do anything that would reflect negatively on the company. I got a thumbs up, and went ahead and filed the next day.

Now, if I end up at a public event and start ripping into, say, the Governor with all kinds of cursing and what not, don't you think I'd be called on the carpet the next day? At the least I'd get chewed out, and I might end up getting fired.

Does it sound "ok" to me? Not necessarily, but again, I do believe the company has that right.

And if you don't like it, let them know! I've seen plenty of people posting that they will be starting boycotts. That's your right.

Later,

[jayfish]

82. An Employee Is A Representative Of The Company They Work...

for, regardless of whether or not they are a spokesperson. Like I said the analogy isn't perfect but, I think, it's pretty close. I can't believe that you think it's ok to let Widgets Inc. terminate those employees. Why not just have all employees write a yearly essay on their thoughts about the current government? Anyone who doesn't toe the company line can then be summarily terminated. To say that she was let-go for vulgarity is a stretch. Slim-fast knows (or should have known)that her act is adult oriented. As far as your particular situation in contrast to Whoopi's, she is not running for office. She is an entertainer, entertaining at a private function.

Jay

[truthspeaker]

66. Absolutely they have the right to do it, but I object to the premise

that speaking lewdly about the president is objectionable.

I'd like to see a press release from Slim-Fast saying "Whoopi's right, he is an asshole."

They'll be getting a letter from me. I just bought three boxes of meal bars, too.

[LiberalFighter]

39. If you are in Indiana DO NOT PATRONIZE this company

Kittle's Furniture

Kittle is the State GOP Chair

[Cobalt Violet]

41. This is what I wrote:

"I will no longer buy any slime fast product and I will tell everyone I know not to either. And even when I see a stranger in the park drinking one I will tell them why I think doing so is a terrible idea. I will tell them that your company doesn't suppost free speech, dessent and all the other things that make American democracy work. I like what Whoopie Goldberg said about Bush. It made me more likely to drink your product. But now I never will. Who will be your next spoke person, that skank Anne Coulter?"

[President Jesus]

42. Good career move. Seriously.

In the world of celebrity, Whoopi's stock has gone up substantially (after years of downward trend) in the last 5 days. Beacuse of that, she'll double what she was being paid by Slim Fast with her next deal.

[Edmond Dantes]

44. I've been consuming a LOT of SlimFast over the past year.

But I just now decided to boycott it.

Gee, why does SlimFast hate the First Amendment?

[Sydnie]

45. Send the message to the parent company too

From their privacy statement here http://www.unileverus.com/privacy/policy.html?site=www.slim-fast.com

Unilever's major products in the United States, are: Lipton brewed teas and ready-to-drink tea based beverages, soups, recipe products and side dishes; Lipton BRISK ready-to-drink tea based beverages; Wish-Bone salad dressings; Lawry's seasonings, specialty sauces and salad dressings; Imperial, Promise, Country Crock, and "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!", and spreads and sprays; Hellmann’s and Take Control spreads and dressings; Ragu pasta and pizza sauces; Bertolli premium pasta sauces, olive oils and frozen dinners; Chicken Tonight simmer sauces; Adolph's marinades and seasonings; Bertolli olive oil; Boursin cheeses; Klondike, Popsicle and Breyers ice cream products; Slim-Fast shakes and bars; Wisk, and "all" - laundry detergents; Snuggle fabric softener; Lever 2000, Dove, Caress, and Pears personal wash products; Vaseline and Caress skin care products; Pond's facial and skin care products; Q-tips cotton swabs and cotton balls; Finesse, Salon Selectives, Suave, Thermasilk, and Rave hair care products; Degree, Dove, and Suave - antiperspirants, deodorants and toiletries; Suave and Dove facial, skin and hair care products; Calvin Klein cosmetic and fragrance products.

Slim Fast is just one arm of this corporation. The last thing they would want is for the parent company to be viewed as supporting any kind of censorship, possibly hurting the sales in all their lines. After all, there are other companies that make the same types of products that they do, right? Ok, I might have trouble giving up my Breyers, but hey ... I don't like ice cream that much anyway!

[BiggJawn]

47. Well, hell...looks like I quit washing and start eating road-kill.

I don't have enough time to make my own soap, kill my own game, and weave my own cloth.

which is exactly what you'd have to do to boycott every corporation that deserves it.

And you know what? Even if I did make my own soap, the fuckin' Lye company is probably owned by a Bush Pioneer....

[peacefreak]

62. Interesting list...

Let's see, products to pack the pounds on & petroleum based products. Hmm, I can't see much on this list I can't do without or find a better substitute for. Thanks, Whoopi. You go, girl!

[UpInArms]

74. thanks Sydnie!

done.

I have found these are your products:

Lipton brewed teas and ready-to-drink tea based beverages, soups, recipe products and side dishes; Lipton BRISK ready-to-drink tea based beverages; Wish-Bone salad dressings; Lawry's seasonings, specialty sauces and salad dressings; Imperial, Promise, Country Crock, and "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!", and spreads and sprays; Hellmann’s and Take Control spreads and dressings; Ragu pasta and pizza sauces; Bertolli premium pasta sauces, olive oils and frozen dinners; Chicken Tonight simmer sauces; Adolph's marinades and seasonings; Bertolli olive oil; Boursin cheeses; Klondike, Popsicle and Breyers ice cream products; Slim-Fast shakes and bars; Wisk, and "all" - laundry detergents; Snuggle fabric softener; Lever 2000, Dove, Caress, and Pears personal wash products; Vaseline and Caress skin care products; Pond's facial and skin care products; Q-tips cotton swabs and cotton balls; Finesse, Salon Selectives, Suave, Thermasilk, and Rave hair care products; Degree, Dove, and Suave - antiperspirants, deodorants and toiletries; Suave and Dove facial, skin and hair care products; Calvin Klein cosmetic and fragrance products.

As purchasing manager, I shall add these to my "do not purchase" list per my letter to you yesterday regarding your censorship of Whoopi Goldberg.

Consider your corporation "censored" in my household and that I have given this information to every member of my considerable extended family and all of my friends and acquaintances.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

46. I hope she didn't actually

drink that shit.

[tedzbear]

49. Whoop doesn't exactly look thin to me.

If she was using it, it obviously doesn't work.

[SemperEadem]

51. When has Whoopi Goldberg ever bared her true bodily form?

she always wears baggy clothes, or clothes that accentuate the hourglass figure--such as 50's dresses. I've yet to see any picture with her wearing a form fitting designer gown that requires a diet of cigarettes and diet coke.

That is not her. Never was. She succeeded on talent, not looks.

[mountainvue]

48. What the hell did she say?

[Domitan]

50. Did anyone see the CNN interview (Anderson hour)

Featuring Armstrong, a high-level black professional (forget his exact role)

and

Ward, an obese white radio host.

Guess who was the "Freeper"? Nope, it wasn't the fatso shock jock.

[Joanne98]

52. The freepers make another hit

WE WILL GET EVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[maxstar212]

53. I'm calling the head office of Unilever in London

It is not too expensive to call the head office in London and tell them Americans don't like censorship. It is not that expensive. the number is 44 207 822 5252. Here are some of the executives off their web site:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Antony Burgmans
Niall FitzGerald
Clive Butler
Patrick Cescau
Keki Dadiseth
Kees Van der Graaf
André van Heemstra
Rudy Markham
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Bertrand Collomb
Wim Dik
Oscar Fanjul
Claudio X. Gonzalez
Lord Simon of Highbury, CBE
Hilmar Kopper
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Brittan of Spennithorne, QC
Jeroen van der Veer
Baroness Chalker of Wallasey
BUSINESS PRESIDENTS
Diego Bevilacqua
Simon Clift
Jeff Fraser
Louis Willem Gunning
Ralph Kugler
Anton Lenstra
Harish Manwani
Robert Polet
Rachid M Rachid
Anthony Simon
Alberto Sobredo
Manfred Stach
John Rice
SENIOR CORPORATE OFFICERS
Jan van der Bijl
James Duckworth
Henning Rehder
Stephen Williams
John Bird

I know a lot of the Marketing people at Unilever Personal Products in CT, Helene Curtis in Chicago and Best Foods (Helmann's Tetley etc.) in New Jersey. They don't seem to be bad people but I am not buying their stuff anymore. I don't know who made this horrible decision. Probably John Rice who is in charge of US Food.

[Danieljay]

54. FLORIDA-based Slim-Fast ?

said it was "disappointed" in Goldberg's remark. Hmmm, interesting. Makes me wonder what kind of tax breaks Slim Fast gets down there in Jeb Bush country.

[legin]

55. A thought

People say we live in a global economy. Last time it cropped up for me was when some bush* supporting u.s. investment company decided that they didn't like my Daily Mirror editor for his anti-war stance, and had him fired.

So maybe it's time to put the shoe on the other foot.

The parent company is an anglo-dutch company and probably most of its profits come from European markets where people are anti-war and anti-bush*. So hit Unilever in Europe for the actions of it's subsidary in the u.s., ie do the 'global economy' thing.

[JoFerret]

57. Now she come out and say

what she REALLY thinks of that junk.

[Hobarticus]

59. Flame away, but I think Whoopi was out of line.

I don't agree with how this was dealt with by Slim Fast, but we shouldn't be embracing this kind of trash talk, either. It makes the party look bad.

I'm the first to call Bush an asshat, seven days a week and twice on Sunday, but I'm not representing the Democratic party in front of a roomful of people, either. Whoopi can say whatever she wants, but freedom of speech also means you have to be somewhat responsible and consider your surroundings.

It's hypocritical to get our underwear in a bunch over Cheney swearing on the closed floor of the Senate while Whoopi's alluding to genitalia over an open mike at fundraisers, don't you think?

[Gothic Sponge]

60. Done!

I sent them a message!

[Sweetpea]

61. So was there a big boycott of Slimfast because of Whoopi's

comments? Did sales go down the following week? Anyone have any stats?

[arwalden]

63. I Can Boycott Too Ya Know....

Slimfast's pandering to crybaby whining GOP idiots is more offensive than anything Whoopi could say about "bush" and Bush*.

What other products does Slimfast or its parent company own?

-- Allen

[Gothic Sponge]

65. The parent company is Unilever

http://www.unilever.com/brands/

[arwalden]

70. Thanks... Here's A List Of Unilever Products To Boycott

Here's a list of their products based on my quick review of a few pages on their web site. It's not a complete list... but it's a start.

Some of them will be familiar to many Americans... others are products that are available with a limited regional distribution, or are brand names of products available only in Europe or Latin America.

The highlighted product names are the ones that I personally currently use (or have used in the past) and which I will no longer purchase.

I hope this list is helpful to you. You can make up your own mind whether or not you want to support a company that bows down so willingly to the "hurt feelings" of a few whining crybaby Bush-loving repukes.

Axe, Bertoulli, Birdseye, Cif, Comfort,
Domestos, Dove, Family Brand, Findus,
Healthy Heart, Heart, Hellmann's, Iglo,
Knorr, Lipton, Lux, Omo, Ponds, Radiant,
Rexona, Signal, Slim·fast, Sunsilk, Surf

Other products include:

Suave
Vaseline
Lifebuoy
Ragu
Breyers Ice Cream
I Can’t Believe It's Not Butter
Snuggle Fabric Softener
Lever2000 Body Soap

Below are the URL's that were most helpful in compiling this list of Unilever products to boycott.

http://www.unilever.com/brands/hpc/
http://www.unilever.com/brands/food/
http://www.unilever.com/brands/strategy/

-- Allen

P.S. There are plenty of FINE products on the market that are comparable substitutes for Unilever products.

[maxstar212]

71. Here are more products

Thank you for the list. It would be nice if we boycotted all their products and if we contacted people in other countries to form their own boycott's. Unilever is an international company, not just slim fast. This kind of censorship and intimidation is terrible.

They also own:

-Calvin Klein Cometics (Including Fragrances like Etenrity, Obsession ck One, Vera Wang, Max Azria, Brut, Lagerfeld, Cerruti and Chloe)
-Skippy Peanut butter
-Wish-Bone Salad Dressing
-Thermasik
-Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, Good Humor and Klondike
-Wisk and All Detregent
-Q-tips
-Country Crock, I cant believe its not butter and promise

[Dukkha]

67. so typical. What about all the Clinton remarks!

Conservatives, especially Bush, are all thin skinned crybaby pussy cowards! They just LOVE to dish out the tasteless vulgar comments relentlessly on to Clinton, even though he left office 3 1/2 years ago. And we are all suppose to take it. But if anyone says anything remotely critical of the boy king they wet their pants and demand an apology. As the old saying goes:

FUCK 'EM IF THEY CAN'T TAKE A JOKE!
:mad:

[Norquist Nemesis]

72. This goes beyond the "right" of the corporation

in my opinion. Yes, technically they have the "right" to stop their relationship with her for any reason. But let's look at the reason.

Whoopi was appearing at an event as a comedienne. She was not being paid by SlimFast for this event. By cancelling her contract, they are in effect stating they are in control of what she says/does "outside" of appearances specifically for SlimFast. Under the cover of protecting their product, I suppose they have that "right."

BUT, what the impact of this is to send a message to any and all spokespeople that they had better watch what they say and how they say it or the same can befall them. Is that upholding freedom of speech? It seems to me a better approach would be to issue a statement to the effect of "While the company does not condone the words of Ms. Goldberg, this is America and she has the right to say them."

[daleo]

75. To prove this was about lewd language, not politics per se

They could hire Micheal Moore to replace her.

P.S. For the record - I like Micheal Moore and pretty well all of his stuff that I have seen. And I don't really care about people's weight or looks.

[AVID]

76. go whoopi -

[funkybutt]

80. anyone have the EXACT QUOTE?

i'd love to read something other than the generalizations the media has made about her comments. I love whoopi, and her show was really politically "racy" (left leaning)...

[Cerridwen]

83. I wonder how many of us work for employers . . .

who can fire us for our political views if we express them in an "inappropriate" manner?