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Bette Midler's latest Trump rant has his supporters fuming (Original Post) left-of-center2012 May 2019 OP
ha ha. that is a great one!! let em fume! riversedge May 2019 #1
Quick! Send the wambulance stocked with plenty of butt hurt cream! ProudLib72 May 2019 #2
I have orders to ask you if that is a real sign. (The Spanish one). n/t rzemanfl May 2019 #3
I don't know where to find that one ProudLib72 May 2019 #4
I found a larger version of that picture which makes it clear it is a joke. rzemanfl May 2019 #6
It's a joke, yes ProudLib72 May 2019 #8
We are having trouble communicating. I am talking about La Chingada, rzemanfl May 2019 #10
Oh, I have no idea about that one ProudLib72 May 2019 #11
132 Sheep? Who can stay awake to count that many? n/t rzemanfl May 2019 #29
The blobfish and 132 sheep ProudLib72 May 2019 #30
They called us overeducated elitists for prizing knowledge and congratulate themselves Aristus May 2019 #5
If they had common sense... MontanaMama May 2019 #12
+1 Chin music May 2019 #16
Their question is never, "what are you reading?" its.... Brawndo May 2019 #17
They live with the false notion that sop May 2019 #18
Leave it to a #Cheney to get everything entirely upside down. riversedge May 2019 #7
2019's three stooges - Cheney, McCarthy and who? Curly? rurallib May 2019 #27
It stings when you point out their ignorance and impugn their magical thinking skills. Thomas Hurt May 2019 #9
The only people who do NOT want to see Trump's taxes, . . . OneBro May 2019 #13
I LOVE me some Bette! mnhtnbb May 2019 #14
I saw Bette ... left-of-center2012 May 2019 #21
So jealous!! Blue_playwright May 2019 #32
LOL. That Bette. She goes where others fear to tread. Love her. nt Honeycombe8 May 2019 #15
no you're rights keithbvadu2 May 2019 #19
O-M-G!!!! MyOwnPeace May 2019 #26
He's not alone. keithbvadu2 May 2019 #28
prima donnie's minion- more a math + economics issue than reading. pansypoo53219 May 2019 #20
A deplorable reaction! NRaleighLiberal May 2019 #22
Ahhhh. The Divine Miss M strikes again. Haggis for Breakfast May 2019 #23
Divine Ms. M! brandnewday2009 May 2019 #24
So who actually read this rant to them? Zambero May 2019 #25
What a woman! lindysalsagal May 2019 #31
Gads, I adore the Divine Miss M! akraven May 2019 #33
I love the Divine Miss M! geardaddy May 2019 #34
Just not the big words. Oppaloopa May 2019 #35

rzemanfl

(29,557 posts)
6. I found a larger version of that picture which makes it clear it is a joke.
Thu May 9, 2019, 04:36 PM
May 2019

"Population 60 billion."

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
8. It's a joke, yes
Thu May 9, 2019, 04:42 PM
May 2019

It's supposed to be a joke on liberals. I think it would be funny to direct the people "fuming" over Bette's tweet to purchase some.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
30. The blobfish and 132 sheep
Thu May 9, 2019, 09:27 PM
May 2019

I know they are really saying something like "The idiot", but this is how I picture it:

Aristus

(66,344 posts)
5. They called us overeducated elitists for prizing knowledge and congratulate themselves
Thu May 9, 2019, 04:34 PM
May 2019

for having 'common sense' (whatever the hell that's supposed to mean), but they get angry when we say they can't read? I thought they took pride in their ignorance...

MontanaMama

(23,314 posts)
12. If they had common sense...
Thu May 9, 2019, 04:50 PM
May 2019

they wouldn’t have been conned like they were in 2016. These yo-yos can’t even claim common sense.

sop

(10,177 posts)
18. They live with the false notion that
Thu May 9, 2019, 05:52 PM
May 2019

"Democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." - Issac Asimov

OneBro

(1,159 posts)
13. The only people who do NOT want to see Trump's taxes, . . .
Thu May 9, 2019, 05:20 PM
May 2019

. . . are the people who demanded to see Obama's birth certificate.

mnhtnbb

(31,388 posts)
14. I LOVE me some Bette!
Thu May 9, 2019, 05:21 PM
May 2019

I went to see her show about 10 years ago. She had to be 60--or close to it--and she really still had it. Put on a fabulous show.


left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
21. I saw Bette ...
Thu May 9, 2019, 06:11 PM
May 2019

I saw Bette in NYC in “Clams On The Half Shell Revue” 44 years ago in 1975.
We paid $17 a seat for first balcony.

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