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  • Bette Midler Disparages Black People Who Attend Trump Rally: ‘How Much Did He Pay Them?’

    07/24/2019 8:33:34 PM PDT · by LibWhacker · 61 replies
    Defiant America ^ | 7/24/19 | Mack Cogburn
    Actress Bette Midler, who is far from being known for her intelligence, tweeted out a racist remark which suggested some black people, who were attending a Trump rally, were being paid to be there. She topped of her remark using the racial slur “blackground.” “Look, there are African American men in this shot! How much did he pay them to be ‘blackground?’” Midler tweeted in a caption accompanying the image of the Trump rally. Midler’s tweet set off a barrage of criticism from twitter users who called her out for her blatant racism. Political commentator Dave Rubin lectured Midler about...
  • Bette Midler Tweets Women ‘Are the N-Word of the World’ ‘Raped, Beaten, Enslaved’

    10/05/2018 6:24:22 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 92 replies
    brietbart ^ | 10/04/2018 | Jerome Hudson
    Actress and Broadway star Bette Midler melted down on Twitter Thursday night, declaring that women “are the N-word of the world” and are “the most disrespected creatures on earth.” “‘Women, are the n-word of the world.’” Midler tweeted, which is the name of a song written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. “Raped, beaten, enslaved, married off, worked like dumb animals; denied education and inheritance; enduring the pain and danger of childbirth and life IN SILENCE for THOUSANDS of years,” Bette Midler wrote in a tweet she later deleted. “They are the most disrespected creatures on earth.” Midler’s tweet came...
  • Bette Midler thanks IRS for targeting Tea Party groups

    05/27/2013 9:32:04 AM PDT · by Nachum · 82 replies
    examiner ^ | 5/17/13 | Joe Newby
    Since news broke that the IRS targeted conservative organizations due to their political views, some on the left have celebrated the actions. The latest to do so is Bette Midler, who took to Twitter Thursday to thank the IRS for going after the small government movement, Twitchy reported. "The IRS overtaxing The Tea Party? I never thought I'd say this to the IRS - THANK YOU! THANK YOU FOR DENYING 501C-4 to any group who hates," she wrote. Some of her followers expressed support for her position.
  • Bette Midler Quits Touring to Help Save the Planet

    09/28/2008 8:00:23 PM PDT · by melt · 47 replies · 742+ views
    earthfirst.com ^ | 9/28/08 | Stephanie Rogers
    If you want to see Bette Midler live, you’ll have to plan a trip to Las Vegas. The singer won’t be going on the road anymore from now on, she says, because the fleet of 14 trucks needed to ship her show from city to city is having way too harmful of an impact on the environment. Instead, she’ll be performing a $13 million dollar residency in Sin City. From Sky News: “Over the years, the number of trucks that I have behind me has grown exponentially and I don’t really like that, I don’t like wasting the gas,” she...
  • Bette Midler slams 'wild and woolly slut' Britney

    12/07/2006 2:54:55 PM PST · by MadIvan · 66 replies · 1,557+ views
    The Daily Mail ^ | December 8, 2006 | Staff
    After fifty years in showbusiness, Bette Midler probably felt that she had seen and done it all.Until, that is, she was confronted with the brazenly obscene antics of Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan. So, in a scathing, no holds barred attack, the 61-year-old actress has branded the pair 'wild and woolly sluts'. The singer turned Oscar-nominated actress hit out at the duo who have been repeatedly photographed enjoying a string of wild nights out - missing their underwear. 'I've been on the other side to these wild and woolly sluts that we are seeing around our lives these days and...
  • Bette Midler to GOP: Go F&*% Yourself - Limbaugh transcript in full.

    09/21/2005 9:39:15 PM PDT · by StudentsForBush · 120 replies · 3,420+ views
    http://www.rushlimbaugh.com ^ | 9/21/2005 | Rush Limbaugh
    Rush To Liberals: Speak Your Mind ! MIDLER: I could stand up here and talk for hours (cheering) about ineptitude, stupidity (louder cheering), blame, in-e-qual-i-ty, global warming (cheering), the dangerous destruction of the wetlands. But if I did, what will all those other people have to talk about? I'm telling you these are -- these are not just dangerous times, these are -- these times are disastrous. We're surrounded by disasters! The war, the hurricane, the Fox News. (cheering) It just goes on and on. I get so depressed! MIDLER: A terrible thing happened to me. Today I got...