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2008-10-02 Home Front: Culture Wars

Bernhard upset with cut from women's shelter benefit

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Posted by tu3031 2008-10-02 12:45|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 She is an ugly bag of nasty vagina envy. I'd love to see these west-side new yorker Candace Bushnell wannabe's have a little one on one with Palin. I don't mean some kind of policy debate or a bunch of silly-ass gotcha like Couric pulled. No, I mean in round one its knives, in round 2 its guns and in round 3 you have to fight mano y mano. Its easy to run your mouth especially if you have nothing to say.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2008-10-02 13:25|| 2008-10-02 13:25|| Front Page Top

#2 "Senator Obama, Rantburger News here.

'Comedian' Sandra Bernhard recently said that if Sarah Palin were to visit New York, she would be 'gang-raped by my big black brothers.'

So tell us, Senator, as a half-black man, what do you think of Ms. Bernhard's announced belief that all black men are rapists?"

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-02 13:46|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-10-02 13:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Rex to Bernhard: tough shiite!

Posted by Rex Mundi 2008-10-02 15:11|| 2008-10-02 15:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Some background from the Globe. I guess the local newswomen don't read the blogs...

Rosie's Place has dumped Sandra Bernhard from its annual fund-raiser in the wake of the comedian's caustic comments about vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin. Last month, Bernhard said during her show in Washington, D.C., that Palin would be "gang-raped by her big black brothers" if she came to Manhattan. The comment caused a furor, but didn't reach event organizers at the Boston women's shelter and social service agency until Tuesday.

"I got an e-mail [Tuesday] from a viewer," event emcee and Channel 5 anchor Susan Wornick told us yesterday. "She was appalled that Rosie's Place and I would be associated with Sandra Bernhard after she said these things. I couldn't believe she said it. It was racist and sexist and wrong." Wornick immediately rang up Rosie's Place executive director Sue Marsh, who was already on the case. "We were horrified," Marsh said. "It's not a good match given the comment she made and the work that we do."

Bernhard was observing Rosh Hashana yesterday and was unavailable for comment, according to her manager's office. But, on her website, Bernhard wrote: "[T]hat comment is part of a much larger, nuanced, and yes, provocative (that's what I do) piece from my show about racism, freedom, women's rights, and the extreme views of Governor Sarah Palin - a woman who doesn't believe that other women should have the right to choose, even in cases of rape or 1ncest."

Marsh said the Oct. 16 luncheon, "Funny Women, Serious Business," at the Hynes Convention Center will go on, featuring local newscasters Lisa Hughes, Kate Merrill, Frances Rivera, Emily Rooney, Maria Stephanos, and Karen Swensen. Wornick said she and Marsh are lining up replacement talent, and local comedian Patty Ross has already signed on.

Rooney also expressed relief that Rosie's Place moved quickly to ax Bernhard. "I'm a free-speech advocate," Rooney said. "But for me it was the political angle. I felt uncomfortable with my position in the news world standing side-by-side with someone who's so partisan. And just the vile nature of it. A lot of the women in Rosie's Place are victims of everything she describes."

Rooney is Andy Rooney's daughter.

Posted by tu3031 2008-10-02 15:22|| 2008-10-02 15:22|| Front Page Top

#5 The big mystery here is why Rosie's Place would invite this would-be comedienne to something called "Funny women...." in the first place.

Posted by GK 2008-10-02 16:18|| 2008-10-02 16:18|| Front Page Top

#6 I felt uncomfortable with my position in the news world standing side-by-side with someone who's so partisan.

Now that's the kettle calling the pot ~~black~~ dirty! YJCMTSU

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-10-02 17:47|| 2008-10-02 17:47|| Front Page Top

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