Posted on 05/11/2009 1:19:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Oh, boy, Wanda Sykes is in trouble. That's what you get when you make fun of Rush Limbaugh.
But while conservatives were screaming Monday, let's face it: Sykes said something mean but also funny about the right-leaning Limbaugh at the White House Correspondents Association dinner Saturday night.
Boy, Rush Limbaugh said he hopes this administration fails so you said you hope America fails ....To me, that's treason. He's not saying anything differently than what Osama bin Laden is saying. You know, you might want to look into this, sir, 'cause I think maybe Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker, but he was just so strung out on Oxycontin he missed his flight.
These dinners are supposed to feature sharp-elbowed humor, and Sykes delivered.
In fact, she also poked plenty of fun at President Barack Obama and others in his administration, a required part of the program.
But by Monday afternoon, her comments on Limbaugh were drawing ridicule from the right -- and a bit of admonition from the White House.
Spokesman Robert Gibbs said he hadn't talked to the president, but added:
"I think there are a lot of topics that are better left for serious reflection rather than comedy. I think there's no doubt 9/11 is part of that."
Then again, Sykes wasn't joking about people being murdered by terrorists. She was comparing Limbaugh to a terrorist for his comments about the Obama administration.
Over the top? Probably. Funny? To some, yes. As Sykes even said after her comparison of Limbaugh to a terrorist:
"Too much? But you're laughing inside."
Yes, plenty of Limbaugh critics were doing just that on Monday, even as they awaited the usual apology from the White House and others who attack the radio talk-show host.
(Excerpt) Read more at voices.kansascity.com ...
Get back to me when a white Republican is able to get away with saying things like that about a black Democrat and the people at the Kansas City Star say “The white Republican was funny. Get over it.”
Well... even Bob Beckle didn’t think she was funny and he was angry at all the people who laughed.
She's also a regular on The New Adventures of Old Christine on CBS, supporting Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
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No, she wasn't. And I'm talking about all her jokes, up to and including the Limbaugh crack.
No wonder I never heard of her.
“Hello Wanda? This is FOX. About that show you were going to get on Saturday nights.”
My brother recently started Dialysis, 3 hrs, 3 times a week. Believe me it is not something to wish on anyone. She is a fool.
She was as funny as a truckload of dead babies on Mothers Day
You are going to make Planned Parenthood feel bad.
Gibbs never knows ANYTHING about ANYTHING. What on earth does the man DO all day long!!! Like the German guy on Hogan’s Heroes: I know NUTTING!
One of my biggest pet peeves in life is watching cowardly, peer-pressured people cave to a Coliseum-type mobbing of the innocent. Their unison howling, sans any boo’s that I could hear, makes me physically ill. There must not have been one ounce of decency in the room. I would have shouted out SOMETHING in retort, even if it meant I lost my job as a “reporter.”
Seems I remember reading that quote, but don’t recall her or her name.
She needn’t have worried that they would “find an excuse”... iow - shift responsibility. “The Man” came into office talking about “inheriting” problems.
I love what Rick Santelli said, “He didn’t inherit anything.” “He ran for office, it was his choice.”
"Too much? But you're laughing inside."
I wonder how many blacks were laughing inside after hearing Don Imus' "nappy-headed hos" comment.
I make fun of him every day.
Or rather the weak minds that worship him.
I've never mentioned his kidneys, though.
Then these idiots who work for the newspapers wonder why the plants are closing
Let me say it, I hope Obama fails miserably in the next 3+ years and every RINO, Liberal and Maggot is voted out...
I hate everything about the Left, their lack of morals, anti-capitalistic stance and their hypocritical actions.
I hate ‘em.
More like very stupid...not exactly funny to wish harm on others, and make up a bunch of stupid crap...
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