Posted on 09/26/2009 4:11:38 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Audience gasps as Irish rock star tells Mary Coughlan she has great gams
Controversial rock star Bob Geldof infuriated female delegates at the Global Irish Forum in Dublin Saturday when he told deputy Prime Minister Mary Coughlan that she had lovely legs.
Coughlan visibly blushed when Geldof made his announcement and there was an audible gasp from members of the audience.
Geldof "went way over the line," said one female delegate who asked not to be named.
"That was a blatantly sexist remark about a woman who is doing a professional job at the very highest level."
Another woman said she wasn't surprised at the sexist remark given that only 10 percent of the delegates were women. "We've still got a long way to go," she said.
CNN anchor Fionnula Sweeney, who led the panel discussion, looked nonplussed by the remark and asked for another comment even though Geldof was supposed to be the last speaker.
In fairness to Geldof, Coughlan was 20th in a "Lovely Legs List" compiled by the Irish Social and Personal magazine last year.
However, Geldof took the furor in stride.
It's nothing new for Geldof to be upsetting people. Some of the people at the Forum still haven't forgiven him for calling Ireland a "banana republic" in the 1980s.
Speaking to the Irish Independent on Saturday, he said: "I got in yesterday and my sister was waiting for me, and we were sitting at a café at the airport, and there was this guy at the table and he said 'Is it still a banana republic, Bob?' and I said, 'Jaysus, more than ever."
He could have said “I like your cankles”
yeah. jealous.
"I hate men who talk to my breasts. Why don't men talk to my breasts?"
I fail to see the offense. These are people who WANT to be offended. Being offended is a NOBLE thing to them.
What’s sexist? People make comments like that about Obama all the time.
Well, it looks like he’s right.
Why?
Were her legs fat and cellulite like?
Gotta admit it, those are some nice stems.
Trifecta!
This wasn't the anonymous source...was it? :o)
Can we trade her for our Sec. of State? Mary's much easier on the eyes.
I recall a group of young college women who published a manifesto encouraging friendly relations between the sexes. The NOW genderfemmies were especially enraged by this declaration:
“I both permit and allow eye-to-bust contact.”
"Oh Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary, legs, Mary, Mary."
Ahem.
NOT GUILTY!
Nice legs.
If she didn’t want men to observe her legs, and presumably consider them attractive, why was she wearing a miniskirt?
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