The following AP news story ran on the Internet yesterday:
Streisand has outburst at NYC concert
The most riveting moment of Barbra Streisand's Madison Square Garden concert was one of the only unscripted ones. Streisand endured jeers as she interjected a political skit into Monday night's show, exchanging zingers with a celebrity impersonator playing George Bush as a bumbling idiot.
Though most of the crowd offered polite applause during the slightly humorous routine, it went on a bit too long, especially for those who just wanted to hear Streisand sing.
"Come on, be polite!" the well-known liberal implored. But one heckler wouldn't let up. And finally, Streisand let him have it.
"Shut the (expletive) up!" Streisand bellowed, drawing wild applause. "Shut up if you can't take a joke!"
With that one F-word, the jeers ended. And the message was delivered -- no one gets away with trying to upstage Barbra Streisand, especially in her hometown.
You know, you won't hear me say this very often, but I agree with Barbra Streisand.
It is totally rude to continuously heckle someone when they are trying to do their job. Sure, the odd too-loud negative comment or even a direct cat-call or insult might be acceptable. But to keep it going, to constantly harangue and interrupt and try to disrupt and throw a person off stride in hopes of making them look bad -- is just wrong.
So I agree with Barbra Streisand. President Bush is just trying to do his job and all of the poor sport, liberal losers should just sit down and "shut the fuck up!"
And that goes double for Barbra Streisand.
3 comments:
Perhaps Babs failed at amusing her crowd for several minutes. But Bush has failed to amuse or impress us for 6 years now. I think he deserves the endless jeers! I hate Babs, too, by the way.
What part of Bab's advice didn't you understand?
OK, John. I'll shut the fuck up immediately upon finishing this last comment. I know how you republicans get your underwear all in a bunch when people disagree with you. Geez...I'd hate to think of what a nudist republican gets in a bunch, what with no underwear to speak of. I'm going to try to get that image out of my head while I follow Babs's advice.
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