JERKY JOKESTER WHOOPI IN DIRTY DISS AT DUBYA
By DEBORAH ORIN
July 9, 2004 -- <font size=4>Whoopi Goldberg delivered an X-rated rant full of sexual innuendoes against President Bush last night<font size=3> at a Radio City gala that raised $7.5 million for the newly minted Democratic ticket of John Kerry and John Edwards.
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Waving a bottle of wine, she fired off a stream of vulgar sexual wordplays on Bush's name in a riff about female genitalia<font size=3>, and boasted that she'd refused to let Team Kerry clear her material.
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"I Xeroxed my behind and I folded it up in an envelope and I sent it back with a big kiss mark on because we're Democrats - we're not afraid to laugh,"<font color=black> she said.
She addressed fresh-faced vice-presidential candidate Edwards as <font color=blue>"Kid," and "young Mr. Edwards" and cracked, "He looks like he is about 18 "
"I'm going to card his ass tomorrow."<font color=black>
Other celebs also competed to bash Bush. Singer John Mellencamp sang a specially written song that called the president <font color=blue>"just another cheap thug"<font color=black> and ridiculed him as the <font color=blue>"Texas bambino."<font color=black>
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Kerry could be seen laughing uproariously during part of
Goldberg's tirade - and neither he nor Edwards voiced a
single objection to its tone when they spoke to the crowd.
They hailed the fund-raiser as a great event.
Edwards said it was "a great honor" to be there and
insisted, <font color=blue>"This campaign will be a celebration of real
American values." <font color=black>
Kerry thanked all the performers for <font color=blue>"an extraordinary
evening," hailed the "great producers"<font color=black> - Harvey Weinstein
of Miramax and Jann Wenner - and said <font color=blue>"every performer
tonight ... conveyed to you the heart and soul of our
country." <font color=black>
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Last fall, Howard Dean ran into a similar problem when a New York fund-raiser turned into a stream of ugly racist jokes and X-rated Bush-bashing - but Dean instantly came out and said he didn't like the tone of some of the jokes.
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Bush campaign spokesman Steve Schmidt noted that Kerry is claiming to share <font color=blue>"conservative values" and said, "Sitting there while the vitriol and venom spew forth demonstrates [Kerry's] lack of leadership and how far he is from mainstream America."<font color=black>
Schmidt added, <font color=blue>"It's no surprise that a group of Hollywood celebrities would be so excited to support the most out-of-the-mainstream ticket in Democratic Party history."<font color=black>
Also on the Bush-bashing team was comedian Chevy Chase, who claimed the president is dumb as <font color=blue>"an egg-timer"<font color=black> and said Edwards will make Vice President Dick Cheney look <font color=blue>"as bright as a bundt cake" when they debate next fall.
Latin comedian John Leguizamo said he refuses to believe there are any Hispanic Republicans, claiming that's <font color=blue>"an oxymoron," because "Latins for Republicans - it's like roaches for Raid."<font color=black>
Leguizamo added that he made sure to get there early to clear security because <font color=blue>"I kind of look Arab - that's why I don't wear underwear anymore, just to make the searches go faster."<font color=black>
Screen legend Paul Newman blasted the Bush tax cuts, saying, <font color=blue>"I am a traitor to my class. I think that tax cuts to wealthy thugs like me are borderline criminal - I live very high off the hog."<font color=black>
Actress Jessica Lange dismissed Bush as <font color=blue>"our so-called president"<font color=black> to the fat-cat crowd and afterward said, <font color=blue>"I'll do everything that I can possibly do, short of selling my children,"<font color=black> to beat Bush.
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