Midler is suffering from MMTB Syndrome -- an affliction that is common among liberals, particularly Hollywood liberals.
MMTB Syndrome = More Money Than Brains.
She has what the EDiots call USI: Unwarranted Self-Importance.
[NOTE: I very deliberately did NOT link to Encyclopedia Dramatica. If you know what ED is, you know why. If you don’t, you don’t want to know.]