Sad & Petty but what did you expect?-Heinz ketchup removed from NYC Hotel

[wndycty]

August 31, 2004 --

FOX News Channel commentator Cal Thomas noticed something was different yesterday when he ordered his ham and cheese omelet in the restaurant at the Double Tree Hotel. The usual bottle of Heinz ketchup was missing from each table. When Thomas asked for some, the waiter brought him ketchup in an unmarked dish. Turns out the Illinois GOP delegation is staying at the hotel. "We were afraid the Heinz bottles would offend the delegates," the mousy management explained. They should have gotten a supply of the special W ketchup being distributed as some events.

http://www.nypost.com/gossip/27778.htm

[Cassandra]

1. Pathetic.

But what do you expect from those todying to scum.

[Lavender Brown]

2. Offended by ketchup? For heaven's sake.

The stupidity of this hurts my brain. Of course, this is the Post.

[bryant69]

3. Cal THomas is a dingleberry

and this is just pathetic.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[KharmaTrain]

4. Even The Hookers Are Avoiding Wearing French Maids Outifts

or aren't they? Maybe they're charging extra. LOL!

I heard the Anheiser Bush twin's party (staring that sexy hunk...<drumroll> Don King <rimshot> was a bust. According to one of the gossips on MSNBC, people waited outside 2 to 3 hours to get in and the twins were hidden away in a guest suite...doing who knows what...and only a select number of "VIPs" actually met them. Word, too is the party was a cash bar!!!

[Richardo]

5. I wrote to Heinz Corp about this crap...

...pointing out to them that they are spending considerable time and money debunking any connection between the Kerrys and Heinz Corp and the GOP is adversely affecting the management, employees and stockholders of Heinz with these sophomoric hijinx.

Got a VERY tepid response - essentially "thanks for your support".

If anyone out there IS a Heinz stockholder, you might want to chime in on this.

My email:

I listened with great interest to a feature on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" program on Monday, August 9, 2004 that prominently mentioned a Heinz product.

The story described the efforts of the President Bush's campaign team to ensure that each stop goes perfectly, from hand-picking the audience to having them provide written statements of support ("loyalty oaths").

One illustration of this total event control stuck out. The story made a pointed reference to the fact that the labels of Heinz ketchup bottles at these luncheons are covered over by a Bush/Cheney sticker, (apparently to minimize confusion among the partisans and to distance the Bush campaign from any connection with Kerry and therefore H.J. Heinz.)

H. J. Heinz has devoted considerable time and expense to explaining that neither John Kerry nor Theresa Heinz Kerry has any part in the management or operations of the company – in fact, that Theresa Heinz Kerry’s stock holdings amount to 4% ownership of the company. The Bush/Cheney team, by their actions at these fund-raising events, is completely disregarding these facts and is in fact furthering the efforts of the rumor-mongers and muckrakers to distort the relationship between Heinz and the Kerrys.

I bring this to your attention because the management, employees and stockholders of H.J. Heinz, who are merely trying to make a living selling their products to ALL Americans, are adversely affected by the sophomoric behavior by the Bush/Cheney team.

[soupkitchen]

6. And the bell hops weren't allowed to ask, May I carry your bags?

Because that sounded too much like Kerry

[sniffa]

7. "i toLd you i don't Like ethnic food!"

[Morning Dew]

8. I've had it !

I'm going to rip out all of the bushes in my yard. I encourage everyone to boycott all bushes. Boycott dicks, too.