Bette Midler Offers to Buy Occupy Wall St. Protesters…Porta-Potties?
- Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:12pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
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As the new occupants of Zuccotti Park — and more pointedly, innocent bystandards — are plagued by increasingly problematic hygiene issues, one woman, Bette Midler, is coming to the rescue…or is at least offering to buy the protesters much needed porta-potties.
Yes. “The Divine Miss M” announced to Joy Behar on Tuesday that she would purchase portable toilets for the occupiers, as she is happy to see young activists, “saying things that have to be said.”
Mediaite adds:
The toilet discussion came about because of protests from the lower Manhattan community that the protesters are sullying the place up. When Behar brought the issue up, Midler suggested the families “send some down because toilets are cheap, porta-potties are cheap.” So cheap, in fact, that she offered to send them down herself– and tried to get Behar to go halfsies on the donation (Behar refused to be involved in any such plot).
On a serious note, Midler commented that, having lived through the protests of the 1960s, which, for her generation, “was just something that you did,” it was inspiring to see young people protesting again. “The point is,” despite politics, she argued, “that they have organized themselves and they are saying things that have to be said.” She also chided the right for being “so old school” as to call the protesters “hippies”– “fifty years have passed, get a new line than ‘dirty hippie.’”
Midler also had a few words about Texas governor Rick Perry and his recent questionable comments about President Obama’s birth certificate. “I don’t think Rick Perry is sure of where he was born!” she joked.
Midler then lamented the “shame” she felt over the “indignity” an American president — in this instance Barack Obama — had to suffer when he was reduced to furnishing the nation with his birth certificate.
Watch the interview below:
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Comments (206)
Hickory
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:51pmAnd Bette will be hiding in one of them. I can just hear it now: Do you choose door A, B, or C? And behind door A is Barney Frank. Behind door C is Mike Bloomy and…….. behind door B is Bette. Yeaaa!
Report Post »SHOWMESTATEGUY
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 10:30pmYou are a sick man!! But it’s funny
Report Post »txsrowdy10
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:51pmThese two dried up prunes need to get a new line.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 10:33pmprunes, lol this is getting precious by the day, but i’m with you on that thought.
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:51pmOH Bette-go get another nose job! Still ugly, still with the ugly rhetoric!
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 10:02pmAnd is she going to fund the money to pump the potties out every 12-24 hours as required? Supply the TP? Yeah right, nice try.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 10:10pmBette, you ARE no Rose, even if your lifestyle is a clone of hers.
Report Post »bulletsinthegun
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 10:20pmIs nshe willing to train them how to use them, most are not house broke
Report Post »RabidPatriot
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 10:33pmI find it amusing when one of these fossils, that time has forgotten, tries to resurrect themselves by attaching themselves to these media filled liberal causes. Old attention whore.
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 10:34pmThey are better suited for disposable diapers. Just need someone to change them every so often.
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:09pmWhy doesn’t she offer them a job?
Seeing as how her net worth is around $175 million.
I think that makes her one of the 1%.
Report Post »LibertyGoddess
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:11pmThese lefty hollyweird types remind me of Hamas. They use their young as tools and then try to make them martyrs. They admire them from afar. What’s really wacky, is that the 1% being protested against is most of Hollywood….ummmm…did I say tools?
Report Post »obama-mecca-me-sick
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:11pmBuy them porta potties?? She should just go lay on the sidewalk down there and open her mouth. Problem solved!
Report Post »MHP
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:13pmStick the old hag’s head in the toilet.
sniff sniff sniff.
Report Post »WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges01
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:44pm“Bette Midler Offers to Buy Occupy Wall St. Protesters…Porta-Potties?”
LOL!
Report Post »Now THAT will open the flood-gates for Shiite witticism (60′s radicals hippies, not muslim). :D
Bruce_Almty
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:59amTell them all to come to ur house Bette, you have plenty of bathrooms in ur mansions.
Report Post »RabidPatriot
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:35amMaybe I misunderstood. I think Midler is buying the porta potties for the occupiers to live in. 2 to a potty. One on the ground floor and one in the basement.
Report Post »scarlettbama
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 7:15amSoooooooooo mad w/ Bette! She never vocalized worrying about the Tea Party’s Potty Problem. Our Tea Party never caused acts like ruining police cars, possiblen rape, unsanitary conditions. Bette never helped decent Tea Party! If all soooo angry, note Obama has70 pervcent Wall Streeters on his staff! WHY NOT COMPLAIN @ WHITE HOUSE?
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 8:37amCan she buy them soap, shampoo, and tooth paste and ask they go home and take a bath once in a while too? Maybe read “The Wealth of Nations” “Atlas Shrugged” “The Federalist Papers” “The Declaration of Independence” and “The U.S. Constitution” and have someone explain it all to them as well. Maybe take a look at “The Black Book of Communism” and “The Coming Insurrection” and show them how stupid they’ve been to buy into all this Socialist/Progressive garbage.
A teacher attempted to indoctrinate me. Here’s some of his Liberal cr@p:
“There’s no such thing as good and evil.”
“True Communism has never been successful, but America could do it if we tried.”
“You are nothing but a proletariat, true Capitalists are the owners of the land and machines.”
“You cannot succeed in America unless you are born into wealth or have wealthy connections.”
“George Washington was an egomaniac.”
“Thomas Jefferson was a racist.”
“The 3/5 clause was put into the Constitution because the Founding Fathers were racists.”
He showed us Michael Moore‘s idiotic movie and had us read Ward Churchill’s plagiarism.
He also showed us told us to call anyone that disagreed with us a racist because it’s impossible to prove the absence of racism; therefore you automatically win every argument. (This isn’t true. Doing this only proves to me that you’re losing the argument.)
Too much to list…
The whole class was intended to stir up hatred and was totally based
Report Post »ginger3350
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 9:27amUnless these celebs have all of their money sitting in the basement of their mansions, what do they think will happen to their millions if the system collapses? What a bunch of brainless idiots. They have to be actors and pretend to be other people since they have no life. Again, another reason why I do not give my money to hollywood elitists.
Report Post »NashvilleDon
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 9:31amMaygar and Restored One (I doubt it) – How bout giving some constructive criticism instead of attacking someone’s looks or good motives. As far as I can see Ms Midler is doing a helluva lot more for this country than most of the sourpusses on this board…..
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 9:53am.
I‘m sure Bette doesn’t haven’t a clue about porta-potties.
She probably thinks they just clean themselves.
Bette, “she’s #1 in the #2 business.”
Report Post »ACLUHater
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 9:54amHer and Joy look like twins. Two-dopes-of-a-kind.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 9:55am.
Report Post »Hey, Bette. Give Cheryl Crowe a call.
She can supply the toilet paper.
One roll should last a year, right?
Ruler4You
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 11:31amHow far “out of touch” are the ‘elite’? Buy porta potties? It must be a truly fine life.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:02pmAnother one for the black list. Keep them coming, so we know who is who for later.
Report Post »cosette
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:24pmHey Midler the most foul porta- potty is YOUR pie hole! Why don’t you shut it?
Report Post »fightingforfreedom
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:45pmBette honey I will never watch another movie or listen to any music you have produced……just like Fonda a traitor to this country.
of anyone “class” that should understand what the hell is going on is your class where would you be without money Bette????? not here thats for sure…….go away
Report Post »jimster
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 10:35pmRestored One
Report Post »They do not need TP they have shirt tails.
dmforman
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:50pmThank you celebrities for speaking in favor of Occupy Wall Street or whatever Street. I now know who my hard earned money will no longer be supporting. I appreciate you showing your true colors.
Report Post »vehoae
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:53pmKudo’s!
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 10:05pmdmforman:
Report Post »excellent point. I hope we are all taking names. Most are predictable, but some are less obvious. As time goes by they rise to the surface…like a floater.
phillipwgirard
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 10:20pmturds float
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:08pmI just don’t get how these idiot celebs can honestly and with a straight face try to tear down the very thing that allowed them to become what they have become. Unless their goal is to make sure that no one else is able to achieve the same status that they have out of some vain sense of grandeur??? At least I know who NOT to waste my money on, as the list grows and grows.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:31pmSo what is that in their terms, a brain transplant?
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:20amIf we stop buying their c/d’s and going to their movies maybe they will get the hint. I won’t even watch the programs they star in on tv.
Report Post »Netsurfer2
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:49pmI think she meant a coin operated version, nothing is for free and she stands to make a bit of change!
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:42pmGood. This way they will have public housing when the rain, snow and cold come their way. Until then… they can use them to hide their sex acts.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:50pmHey Bette, you could set up Internet cameras in those porta-potties and make a bunch of money as the other OWS protesters log on to watch from their expensive “capitalist” laptops and cell phones.
Report Post »Slayer
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:42pmBecause if there is anyone who understands the plight of the poor, it’s Bette Midler. Ironically, will the OWS people take the money of a filthy rich Hollywood Leftists with various investments in banks and more than likely even more investments in military-related companies?
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:19am“Because if there is anyone who understands the plight of the poor, it’s Bette Midler.”
I like it!
Report Post »Whatsizface
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 10:17amThat’s Bette Midler? I thought that was Joy Behar on a good day.
Report Post »LibsAndCopKillersALoveStory
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:41pmThe mayor will never allow it.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:41pmI thought Bette Midler died years ago in a nursing home…she must be close to 80 now.
Report Post »vehoae
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 10:02pmShame on you I.GASPAR !
vehoae
Child of God
A Constitutional Conservative and registered Independent
oh yes …. and I’m the same age as Bette Midler. You might want to read Matthew 5:37.
Report Post »Californiasodbuster
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:34pmI thought Bette Midler was Joy Behar, i cant tell one skank from another anymore.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:14amThey do look quite similar, don’t they?
They must be sisters.
Report Post »Californiasodbuster
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:21amYes, and their going halfsies on the brain cell count.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:56amYes, but not on the calorie count.
Report Post »Zena
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:35pmWhat a bunch of bull! Here is another idiot queen in lala land. Hollywood is unable to say anything intelligent with or with out a script to read. These are organized protest funded by Soros and his radical organizations, Obama unions and his big money commie friends. They have no respect for themselves and the only thing they have done is just a lot of yelling with no message and no solutions.
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:47pmI agree Zena, I am sick and tired of all these hollywood loons. I love how Roseanne Barr thinks $100 million in personal wealth should be the limit. How much is she worth? $80 Million. I bet if she gets a $25 million dollar movie deal tomorrow, the limit would then be raised to $150 million.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss_HvByUxVg
welovetheUSA
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:32pmThats it….? Your not going to pay for their college loans and buy them a house and car….what kind of liberal are you, idiot.
Report Post »artistskeptic
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:39pmI hope the idiot Bette will show- up daily to service the porta-potties she is willing to purchase. Bette servicing and overused porta-potty is such a wonderful image.
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:30pmSo Joy Behar is opposed to sanitation?
Report Post »Cat
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:29pmThe temporary toilet facility logo will be, “Bette-I-Can”
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:30pmI like it!
Report Post »planeboy
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:44pmOk I got it…It’s…Betty Poop Port -O-Potty…
Report Post »SHOWMESTATEGUY
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:49pm@PLANEBOY,
Trademark that before it gets away. Funny.
Report Post »GumRock
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:47pmHahahah ..
Report Post »Please Pee in the Midler !
Dalady
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:29pmAnother member of the peanut gallery heard from. Joyless not chipping in on crappers? Guess she loves the stink hole that city has become
Report Post »SHOWMESTATEGUY
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:28pmBetter yet Bette, just invite them to your house (houses) to use the crapper.
Report Post »Chappy123
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:29pmGood one!!!! :-)
Report Post »babylonvi
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:25pmDirty Hippie still fits.
Report Post »Greenwood
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 10:11pmThis fits the OWS crowd perfectly
Report Post »Proverbs 30: 12 There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes but that has not been washed from its own excrement.
banjarmon
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:25pmMaybe she wants to save their S_H I_T!!!
Report Post »SHOWMESTATEGUY
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:25pmHey Bette, just send in more tax money and let your Bommy take care of the potties.
Report Post »VotersOfNY
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:24pmHey Bette, he’s a proven LIAR.
He said he wanted transparency in the WH. LIE!
He would let seniors making under 50k not pay taxes. LIE!
Bipartisen votes. LIE!
He’ll get rid of earmarks. LIE!
He doesn’t have lobbyists. LIE!
I Barely Know Rezko. LIE!
No Earmarks in the $787 Billion Stimulus. LIE!
Unemployment rate will be 8.5% without stimulus.. LIE!
No “boots” on the ground Libya. LIE!
Shall I go on Bette, you stupid cow? There are dozens and dozens more.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:23pmPerfect .. they have $500,000 in the bank and they need someone else to buy/rent porta potties … after OVER A MONTH!
Bette .. on Joy Behar … another leftest I will never support again!
TEA!
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:21pmOh yeah, she’s not a Communist.
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:21pmShe’s Jewish.. They hate Jews.. What’s the problem?
Report Post »Chappy123
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:28pmThat’s right. I forgot about that.
She better have them delivered by a moving company as an unknown donation.
No telling what they will do with those potty’s sent by a filthy rich Jewish gal.
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:02pmMaybe they will call them CAIR Cans in honor of her dear friends the Muslim radicals who are part of the OW bowel movement.
Report Post »grandma7
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:18pmFirst thing our Tea Party did with donations was to buy porta potties BEFORE anyone arrived. What are they doing with the $300,000 that they have from donations?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:28pm@GRANDMA7 ..
It is worse than that .. they have $500,000 .. like all progressives/Marxists .. they are looking for someone else to spend their money … as they do with all things. I also have never heard that they have gotten ANY of the permits or insurance that we all know you MUST have. Only if you are TEA Party do you follow the laws.
TEA!
Report Post »Chappy123
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:29pmDrugs.
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:32pmThey’re spending it on spreading their lies!
Report Post »grandma7
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:01amInteresting comments, in our town, from NON Tea Party supporters. They now see the difference and are shocked that media continues to compare TP and OWS. Guess there’s a silver lining to these “insanity sit ins”. (can’t call them protests – protests are civil.
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:16pmC’mon Bette! Don’t get involved! Save your name!
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:24pmIll second that request.
Report Post »Chappy123
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:24pmShe just flushed it.
These so called stars will someday learn to stay out of politics. They may be liked on the acting stage but once the real person comes out,…the former fans remember what’s inside and they dont forget.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:30pmToo late …. you are known by the company you keep and obviously she has thrown in with both Joyless .. and OWS.
TEA!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 9:13pmPerfect… fit!
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