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15 Jul 2004, 11:23
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Rawr rawr
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Whoopie Goldberg fired for talking about a Bush
Sadly I have no English newssource, only a Dutch one and a few comments from sone dubious site.
Aparently "Goldberg delivered an X-rated rant full of sexual innuendoes against President Bush last night at a Radio City gala."
"Waving a bottle of wine, she fired off a stream of vulgar sexual wordplays on Bush's name in a riff about female genitalia, and boasted that she'd refused to let Team Kerry clear her material."
She was fired from Slimfast as their spokesperson for this incident. American companies often overreact when it comes to political sensitive material according to my newssource.
I wonder when they lynch someone when someone jokes about the whitehouse.
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15 Jul 2004, 11:33
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criminally insane
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Re: Whoopie Goldberg fired for talking about a Bush
Afgan and Iraq women shave their private areas in order to convey a message "Read our lips: no more Bush!"
...or some such. Now they can take over the rest of the world and make a yo-yo out of me.
-Zaps
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15 Jul 2004, 11:50
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so f*cking zen
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Re: Whoopie Goldberg fired for talking about a Bush
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Originally Posted by Structural Integrity
I wonder when they lynch someone when someone jokes about the whitehouse.
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The White House is for white people.
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15 Jul 2004, 12:11
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Banned
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Re: Whoopie Goldberg fired for talking about a Bush
Im too tired to mock your factually incorrect unwitty reply.
So just use your imagination. Thanks.
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15 Jul 2004, 12:14
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Lucky
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Re: Whoopie Goldberg fired for talking about a Bush
the rabbit of my sisters friend was called whoopie. it died 3 weeks ago
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15 Jul 2004, 12:22
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Re: Whoopie Goldberg fired for talking about a Bush
is your avatar from a lucasarts game koen?
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15 Jul 2004, 12:24
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: Whoopie Goldberg fired for talking about a Bush
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Originally Posted by Dr. Octagonecologyst
is your avatar from a lucasarts game koen?
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Only if Duck Hunt was magically made by LucasArts, instead of Nintendo.
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15 Jul 2004, 12:34
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Lucky
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Re: Whoopie Goldberg fired for talking about a Bush
me and the dog have a love-hate relationship.
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15 Jul 2004, 12:37
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so f*cking zen
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Re: Whoopie Goldberg fired for talking about a Bush
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me and the dog have a love-hate relationship.
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By "love" you mean you **** the dog in the ass.
By "hate" you mean the dog growls when you do it.
Yeah?
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15 Jul 2004, 14:36
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7 Dimensional Puddleduck
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Re: Whoopie Goldberg fired for talking about a Bush
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The White House is for white people.
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There is nothing for you here [/LoG]
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15 Jul 2004, 18:09
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Snake of the Sand
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Re: Whoopie Goldberg fired for talking about a Bush
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Originally Posted by Structural Integrity
I wonder when they lynch someone when someone jokes about the whitehouse.
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That's got nothing to do with it. What she did was effectively offend half the country (and even alot of people who don't like bush but thought her comments and actions were inappropriate). From a marketing standpoint, she killed her ability to represent their brand without alienating a large portion of their demographic.
It's got nothing to do the company's politics and everything to do with Slimfast wanting to be as far away from the fallout as possible.
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15 Jul 2004, 18:16
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Re: Whoopie Goldberg fired for talking about a Bush
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That's got nothing to do with it. What she did was effectively offend half the country (and even alot of people who don't like bush but thought her comments and actions were inappropriate). From a marketing standpoint, she killed her ability to represent their brand without alienating a large portion of their demographic.
It's got nothing to do the company's politics and everything to do with Slimfast wanting to be as far away from the fallout as possible.
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Right ..... so , erm , a TV show like, say, the Sopranos, where crime is glorified and murder praised as long as you get away with it is a sponsors dream, but a "nip slip" is a national outcry, and a black women professing her opinions on politics is enough to get a posse raised and a public lynching?
Edit : Yes , the company wants to be as far away as possible from this, but shes a ****ing comedian who started out doing X rated comedy shows that even now seem raucous. What the **** did they expect ... she ISNT Oprah Winfrey, shes got far more talent than that
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15 Jul 2004, 18:32
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Rawr rawr
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Re: Whoopie Goldberg fired for talking about a Bush
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Originally Posted by Sandsnake
That's got nothing to do with it. What she did was effectively offend half the country (and even alot of people who don't like bush but thought her comments and actions were inappropriate). From a marketing standpoint, she killed her ability to represent their brand without alienating a large portion of their demographic.
It's got nothing to do the company's politics and everything to do with Slimfast wanting to be as far away from the fallout as possible.
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What did she exactly say then? Cause I can't find her famous line that got her fired.
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15 Jul 2004, 18:41
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Klaatu barada nikto
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Re: Whoopie Goldberg fired for talking about a Bush
Whoopi Goldberg had a (steady) job?
Some linkage:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...7/s1155024.htm Slim-Fast sheds Whoopi
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...NG9J7JMFR1.DTL Bush campaign rips Kerry fundraiser
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15 Jul 2004, 19:00
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Snake of the Sand
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Re: Whoopie Goldberg fired for talking about a Bush
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Originally Posted by Kurashima
Right ..... so , erm , a TV show like, say, the Sopranos, where crime is glorified and murder praised as long as you get away with it is a sponsors dream, but a "nip slip" is a national outcry, and a black women professing her opinions on politics is enough to get a posse raised and a public lynching?
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big difference in the public eye between fact and fiction (usually). The fact is that no respectable company would actually dream of getting a REAL mob boss to sponsor their product .
And people are weird about politics...you can be the most offensive person in the world, but not alienate your fans until you start making political statements.
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15 Jul 2004, 19:28
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Clerk
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Re: Whoopie Goldberg fired for talking about a Bush
Sigh. I wonder how many pro-Democrat comedians would find it funny if people built comedy routines out of making fun of their candidate's names.
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15 Jul 2004, 20:02
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Re: Whoopie Goldberg fired for talking about a Bush
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Originally Posted by Sandsnake
big difference in the public eye between fact and fiction (usually). The fact is that no respectable company would actually dream of getting a REAL mob boss to sponsor their product .
And people are weird about politics...you can be the most offensive person in the world, but not alienate your fans until you start making political statements.
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Agreeing with Sandsnake's opinion on something american for the first time.
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16 Jul 2004, 00:08
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Re: Whoopie Goldberg fired for talking about a Bush
bush for 'terminator' :s
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