posted on July 27, 2004 02:24:26 PM new
Seems Whoopi's too unpredictable to attent the convention. Can't imagine why,
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BOSTON - Don't look for Whoopi Goldberg at the Democratic National Convention: We hear the Kerry-Edwards campaign thinks the comic is still radioactive after her controversial Bush-bashing jokes at a recent Radio City fund-raiser.
Democratic strategists have asked far-left celebs and pundits to hold their tongues this week because "they don't want the chattering class clouding their message," says a well-placed source.
Whoopi, who didn't let the Kerry camp preview her jokes prior to the Radio City gig, won't be among the sanctioned message-bearers at the convention.
Director Rob Reiner is among those who think her blue-tinged routine was a gift to Republican Kerry-baiters.
"When you're representing a candidate, you have to be more careful about what you say," Reiner tells us. "There's plenty to say about Bush without resorting to name-calling."
Reiner thinks Billy Crystal did a better job as emcee of a major Kerry fund-raiser in Los Angeles.
"Billy's a brilliant comedian," says Reiner, "because he knows how to walk up to the line and not cross it."
"Tonight" host Jay Leno tells us: "Everybody at that fund-raiser probably had the same feeling. She was probably a little more graphic than most."
Goldberg's rep, Brad Caferelli, says she was invited to the Dem convention but decided to "go on vacation" instead.
"She has never really attended the conventions," says Caferelli. "She didn't go when Bill Clinton was nominated."
Caferelli didn't believe the Kerry campaign had asked her to keep her distance from the candidate.
"She's very mindful of the convention," said Caferelli. "She has no interest in detracting from it.She decided that on her own."
Her rep didn't know whether Goldberg would appear at any future Kerry events, but people peddling campaign-wear in Boston clearly share her sentiments: Street vendors have emblazoned variations of Goldberg's Bush shtick on ladies' panties.
"The natural family is a man and woman bound in a lifelong covenant of marriage for the purposes of:
*the continuation of the human species,
*the rearing of children,
*the regulation of sexuality,
*the provision of mutual support and protection,
*the creation of an altruistic domestic economy, and
*the maintenance of bonds between the generations."
