Posted on 09/26/2009 4:11:38 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Audience gasps as Irish rock star tells Mary Coughlan she has great gams
Controversial rock star Bob Geldof infuriated female delegates at the Global Irish Forum in Dublin Saturday when he told deputy Prime Minister Mary Coughlan that she had lovely legs.
Coughlan visibly blushed when Geldof made his announcement and there was an audible gasp from members of the audience.
Geldof "went way over the line," said one female delegate who asked not to be named.
"That was a blatantly sexist remark about a woman who is doing a professional job at the very highest level."
Another woman said she wasn't surprised at the sexist remark given that only 10 percent of the delegates were women. "We've still got a long way to go," she said.
CNN anchor Fionnula Sweeney, who led the panel discussion, looked nonplussed by the remark and asked for another comment even though Geldof was supposed to be the last speaker.
In fairness to Geldof, Coughlan was 20th in a "Lovely Legs List" compiled by the Irish Social and Personal magazine last year.
However, Geldof took the furor in stride.
It's nothing new for Geldof to be upsetting people. Some of the people at the Forum still haven't forgiven him for calling Ireland a "banana republic" in the 1980s.
Speaking to the Irish Independent on Saturday, he said: "I got in yesterday and my sister was waiting for me, and we were sitting at a café at the airport, and there was this guy at the table and he said 'Is it still a banana republic, Bob?' and I said, 'Jaysus, more than ever."
He is not guilty.
If you don’t want to be noticed don’t expose them in a short skirt.
I am sorry, professional in very tight short skirt is using her sexuality and putting it out there. To be offended that people notice it is hypocrtical to say the least.
Neither do I. If you invite a "shock jock" to your party, why be shocked?
I am SO tired of women blaming everyone but themselves for their wardrobe choices.
EVERY woman I know wears ONLY what SHE wants to wear. They pick their own clothes out. You can get professional clothes that aren’t form fitting and up past the knees.
And don’t give me the crap that they’re only dresing that way because men somehow make them dress that way.
The whole blame everyone but me thing has to end. You want to be treated like the big boys, you need to man up. At least women have a lot more variety available to them in terms of what they can get away with wearing in the office.
well, I guess it “hit” somewhere, but honestly, it passed without my notice, LOL.....fwiw, he made a good decision to change his line of work:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yteMugRAc0
In the 1980s, Ireland had rampant unemployment and high budget deficits. Lots of young Irish voted with their feet, emigrating, often illegally to the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Boston. After Ireland reformed its economy in the 1990s, many of those Irish went home.
In other words, Bob was on the mark with his comment.
If the guy was trying to come on to you it warns him off.
If he was trying to fluster you then it stops him cold.
And if he is clumsily trying to give you a compliment then it allows him to extract himself with dignity.
I agree with Bob on this one.
BTW,
NOT GUILTY by a parsec!!!!!
Amen!
If you don’t want people to watch the commercials, don’t advertise!
She is definitely not guily.
ANd neither is he for saying so.
you sure you replied to the right person? I didn’t write what you had in italics.
Rush Limbaugh’s Undeniable Truth #24.
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. He was king of the elves or the druids or something.
< a href=” “> </a> This was his only major hit in the U.S. (but it wasn’t that major) But he had other in the U.K. The song is based on the true story of a 16 year old San Diego girl who went on a shooting spree, killing two adults and injuring eight children. They asked her why she did it, and she said, “I don’t like mondays.” He also have several strangely-named daughters with Paula Yates, and started LiveAid.
He knows what you’re thinking.
Nobody cares about that. Does she have lovely legs or not? D@MN leftists always change the subject.
No, that was Goodgulf the Wizard, mentor to young Dildo....
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