From: Gene McAloon 

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:59:20 +0200, Phil Payne
 wrote:

>http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040715/D83R08D80.html
>
>""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."
>
>If the Democrat campaign has any sense, this will backfire seriously.

No, it will not. There is nothing the Democrats can do. Although some will
see the company's action as showing too much deference to Bush for
political reasons, in fact it is the company's deference to its stock
holders that is more
in evidence. Many of the users of the company's product might well take
offence at what she said and, as stupidity is common enough, boycott the
products.

It was to avoid that that the company pulled the adds. Mustn't do anything
that might limit sales after all.

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