Well said. She's just another leftist moron. There is nothing Hollyweird does or says that shocks me anymore; I've been disgusted by their kind for nearly two decades. The only thing that would surprise me would be if they were to honestly reject the leftist idiosy and start reflecting what America once was composed of: rugged individualists, fearless in the face of evil, speaking the truth without regard to who feels "offended". I don't see that happening from them anytime soon.

In one way, this is "same old, same old," but, in another way, it is a blazing arrow pointing to a problem. Bette Midler, although born in New Jersey, grew up in Hawaii, and, yes, her parents emphatically were Jewish.

This lady has worked hard and ceaselessly for her success. She actually first gained a following by singing in Continental Baths, a gay bathhouse, where she built up a following for her music. She has written and sung; acted, performed, composed; she has been productive almost beyond belief. She is a sensitive, creative, hard-driving hugely productive performer in a great Jewish tradition.

But, as I have learned, being married to two New York Jewish women, and so socializing mostly with their relatives (mine don't socialize): a striking number of Jewish men and women who came of age in the 1960's (as I did) had parents and grandparents who were communists, or intellectual leftists, or radical socialists. And this was a cause of intense pride, and a sense of moral righteousness--and, interestingly, a sense of being a daring and endangered battler for the right--that goes very deep.

And so, I have discovered, even Jewish men and women of my generation who aren't intellectual, who really don't deal with ideas, are still left, collectivist, and socialist simply by upbringing.

Strangely, this "persona" is quite invulnerable to challenge because, first, most of their relatives, friends, and colleagues confirm it, and so, it seems "everyone" does; and, second, they are not personally intellectual--bright people with astoundingly little interest in philosophy or theory--and so their beliefs are more a heritage. I asked one very, very bright young woman (at that time), who was an accomplished and innovative Alexander technique worker, about her views, thinking to introduce Objectivism, and she said: "Oh, I never think about it. I suppose I'm a socialist. I don't want to talk about it."

If you are Bette Midler (and in her dozens and dozens of songs and roles you see no hint of the serious or intellectual), and live in Hollywood, where the whole atmosphere encourages you to be leftist and never have to question it, then, when you see the passion of your parents under attack, you just state what is TOTALLY obvious to you: Those who are anti-collectivist, anti-communal, proletarian-exploiting (the Tea Party) always have been the enemy, the forces of evil, and all good people are happy when they are suppressed by any means....

I apologize that this got so long, but I have thought long and hard about this, given my personal situation.

The IRS 'targeted' pro-Israel groups, as well as the rest of us on the 'wrong' side of the West Wing agenda.

If she is indeed Jewish...and knows this...then there are no civil words to describe her.

She does, however, reinforce the conventional wisdom as to the intelligence level of 99% of those that have the Beverly Hills zip-code.

Ignorance is bliss...and Hollywood is the happiest pin on the Republic's map!

Who is John Voight?

Perhaps she should be asked. "Bette if you get a knock on the door in the middle of the night should we look the other way as you are taken away."

Nobody knows who she is anymore. Good grief, has she done anything in the last twenty years?

why do stars open their mouths and say ANYTHING?
in high school, I would have given anything to be a star like Bette Midler. then I grew up :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR6okRuOL...

Thanks for posting this. Yet another example of how infested we have become with the kind of vile hatred exhibited from "those" other types. If the IRS can target Tea Party groups, they'll target anyone, including Bette when and if they find themselves dealing with an administration not friendly to thier cause.

I think these hollywood types will use ANY means to get in the news. Especially when they are protected by their entire industry and non thinking fans. They have nothing to lose and can only gain attention and more popularity among them. It's always a win win for them no matter HOW bad they really are.