Bette Midler

One Year Later: Networks Remember Newtown with 39 Gun Deaths Week Before Anniversary
By Matt Philbin | December 10, 2013 | 9:04 AM EST

Saturday, Dec. 14 marks a year since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. In the run-up to that tragic anniversary, Americans can expect to hear demands for gun control from sanctimonious Hollywood stars, just as they did in the wake of the shooting.

Their demands were hypocritical then, and they’re even more hypocritical now. The entertainment industry makes huge profits depicting and often even glorifying violence – especially gun violence. For proof, look no farther than the top TV dramas that anchor prime time for both the broadcast networks and basic cable channels. Video after the break.

Bette Midler: 'House GOP Are as Bad as the Taliban'
By Noel Sheppard | October 16, 2013 | 1:19 PM EDT

As NewsBusters readers are well aware, Bette Midler has said some dumb things in her life.

However, I think this is clearly the most absurd thing she has tweeted...at least in the past 24 hours:

GOP 'Trying to Blow Your Children Up,' Spews Libtalker Stephanie Miller
By Jack Coleman | October 2, 2013 | 5:15 PM EDT

A sure sign that Dear Leader in the White House is under siege? His most ardent followers in media are sounding like denizens of Radio Rwanda circa 1994.

Latest example -- liberal radio host Stephanie Miller, aka the "Sexy Liberal" (yes, she actually calls herself that) upping the ante with a bedwetter of a caller who feared for his children's safety because of the partial government shutdown. (Audio after the jump)

Bette Midler: 'In America It’s Easier to Take a Life Than to Get Health Insurance'
By Noel Sheppard | July 31, 2013 | 7:11 PM EDT

Actress and singer Bette Midler is quickly becoming one of Hollywood's most addle-minded personalities.

On Twitter Wednesday, she actually wrote, "Do you find it odd that in America today, it’s easier to take a life than to get health insurance?"

Bette Midler: Republicans 'Did Everything They Could to Ensure' We'd Lose World War II
By Noel Sheppard | July 25, 2013 | 11:04 AM EDT

It's oftentimes amazing the absurd things Hollywood stars say.

On Wednesday, Bette Midler actually tweeted, "GOP treats Mr. Obama the way they treated FDR in WWII. They did everything they could to ensure an Allied loss":

Bette Midler Blames Nation's Mental Health Problems On...Ronald Reagan?
By Noel Sheppard | January 17, 2013 | 5:49 PM EST

Numerous conservative commentators over the years have called liberalism a mental disorder.

Potentially giving credence to this argument was Bette Midler Wednesday who actually blamed the late Ronald Reagan for today's mental health problems:

Donald Trump In Twitter War With Bette Midler: 'She's Disgusting' and 'Grotesque'
By Noel Sheppard | October 28, 2012 | 12:22 PM EDT

Donald Trump and Bette Midler are having a war on Twitter.

After the actor and singer accused Trump of ruining New York Friday, the real estate tycoon struck back and struck back hard:

Bette Midler Offers To Send Porta-Potties to Occupy Wall Street Protests
By Noel Sheppard | October 25, 2011 | 10:40 PM EDT

Emmy Award-winning singer and actress Bette Midler offered Tuesday to send Porta-Potties to help Occupy Wall Street protests.

In an interview with Joy Behar on HLN, the multimillionaire also took a cheap shot at the Texas governor saying, "I'm not sure Rick Perry knows where he was born" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

Bette Midler Warns Glenn Beck Could Set Off a Rwanda-Like Civil War in U.S.
By Jeff Poor | September 30, 2009 | 7:50 AM EDT

Update at bottom (2:03 p.m.): Beck fires back

It's just what the primetime cable news lineup needed - another hour-long program tilted toward left-of-center politics with character assassination on conservatives.

CNN Headline News debuted its "The Joy Behar Show" on Sept. 29, which included appearances by lefty comedian Jeanane Garofalo, CNN's Jack Cafferty and actress Bette Midler. Garofalo doubled down on her low regard for conservative 9/12 and tea party protesters, labeling them as racists. Cafferty went after President Barack Obama for his disregard of the carbon footprint his lobbying efforts in Copenhagen for Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.

However, actress-turned-Vegas entertainer Bette Midler went straight after former CNN Headline News host Glenn Beck. She was prodded by host Joy Behar, who mentioned Beck as someone who is encouraging a breakdown in so-called "political discourse."