Babs Angers Another Fan

[Shawn]

I just wish Babs Streisand would just shut the f*** up already.

She should go back into retirement for another 12 years until her ego needs another boost.

I am so bummed that the drink didn't hit her!

http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?ne...99&GT1=7702

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Barbra Streisand

Concertgoer Throws Drink at Streisand

Oct 31, 6:56 PM EST

The Associated Press

SUNRISE, Fla. -- The funny girl wasn't laughing. Barbra Streisand had a drink lobbed at her Monday after a mid-concert skit poking fun at President Bush.

Streisand's publicist, Dick Guttman, said a paper cup filled with some sort of liquid was thrown on stage but apparently did not hit Streisand during her second performance in this Fort Lauderdale suburb.

Streisand's manager, Martin Erlichman, said she shrugged off the incident and responded to the angry audience member by saying: "It's a free country and they're entitled to express their opinion."

It's at least the third time the skit, which includes a George W. Bush impersonator, has angered Streisand's audience. A heckler targeted her at the Philadelphia opening of her 20-city comeback tour, Guttman said, and Streisand made headlines with her response to a jeerer at Madison Square Garden last month.

Erlichman said Streisand believed the skit was in good fun and noted impersonator Steve Bridges, who wrote it, is a Republican.

"This skit has been so massively covered by media, it's impossible that it still could come as a surprise to any of the Bush admirers who bought tickets," Erlichman said.

Despite the controversy, Erlichman said the skit would remain a part of the tour.

"It stays in the show except for the few performances where Steve has a conflicting commitment," Erlichman said.

Streisand, an outspoken liberal, is touring the country after a 12-year absence from the stage, offering fans a repertoire of her four decades of hits.

[King]

Good for her! I love spunky new Babs.

[Toadstool]

Good for Babs!

[JER Soaps Fan]

God, this is just pathetic. And what, is she defending the guy throwing a drink at her? Um, sorry, Babs, but you are so ignorant that you don't know that is NOT protected speech? In some cities, it may even be a form of assault! Gosh, I can't stand this broad.

[Kwing42]

It is sad when you suck as a singer so you have to dive into politics...but yet, do NOTHING to help change the course of the nation rather than collect your money from idiots who come to see you only to hear you blah blah blah about something you are doing nothing about!

Rather retarded on the long nosed Beeotches part I think?

[Drew]

chatting here on a message board is not exactly doing something about it either.

[Kwing42]

I am a political science major, and I teach it as well as hold a seat on the city council....so ya, I am actually taking part.

Small steps now, bigger steps to come.

Luckily I do not let the left/right wing news sway me, nor do I let celebrities speak for me.

Those with no knowledge DO let those influence them.

You need to be engaged, see both sides and understand them to really know what is going on.

If you are only left or right, you are missing the boat BIG TIME!