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White House Keeps Distance From Joke
Associated Press ^ | May 11, 2009 | Associated Press

Posted on 05/11/2009 4:51:47 PM PDT by Baladas

WASHINGTON (May 11) -- The White House is keeping its distance from an entertainer's joke comparing commentator Rush Limbaugh to a terrorist.

Presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs on Monday was asked for President Barack Obama's reaction to the joke by comic actress Wanda Sykes at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Obama took part in the event.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bhi; bho44; bho44whcad; liberals; rush; rushlimbaugh; sykes; wandasykes
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To: Baladas
Obama's Lie of the Day is that he strongly disapproves of Sykes humor and is keeping his distance.


21 posted on 05/11/2009 5:41:06 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember (Chains you can believe in.)
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To: Baladas

These vicious people still think that 99% of the population voted for Obama. They forget that it was only 99% of the AAs which is still only 13.5% of the US population. Do they realize that 48% of the people voted against Obama?


22 posted on 05/11/2009 5:56:03 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: kromike

Remember, remember the 5th of November...

Is that the 1812 Overture I hear?


23 posted on 05/11/2009 5:58:17 PM PDT by OpeEdMunkey (We seem to have reached a critical mass of stupid people.)
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To: Baladas
This dinner is NOT put on by the White House. It is the White House CORRESPONDENTS Dinner, It's just a custom for the sitting President to attend, and usually to poke fun at himself, and sometimes the press itself. One of the funniest was Nancy Reagan doing a skit to the song, "Second Hand Rose", which was poking fun at the press's fixation on her designer clothes wardrobe.

Of course, there have been times that the President has gotten nasty with folks in the press; witness X42 and his attack on Rush Limbaugh, when Janet Reno was Attorney General. I don't remember any of the recent Republican presidents going after any of the liberal press in a negative or mean way.

Of course the main speaker, usually a comedian or someone like that, has comments that will poke fun at the President, but not usually in a really mean way. Wanda Sykes did have a couple of funny lines toward Obama and Michelle. I don't remember them going after former candidates like Wanda Sykes did. It was tasteless and tacky, but she looked pretty pleased with herself.

24 posted on 05/11/2009 6:10:44 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: OpeEdMunkey

Where did she get the title of commedienne? Never heard of her and she sure ain’t funny.


25 posted on 05/11/2009 6:12:45 PM PDT by Newfy
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To: Baladas

I’m still not laughing.


26 posted on 05/11/2009 6:17:16 PM PDT by LiberConservative
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To: FormerACLUmember

My goodness that lady is rot awful ugly.

Anyway, the truth may never be known but I have my theory;

These so called jokes about Rush and other conservatives was not a creation of this so called comedian. She got a little help from someone in the White House as far as content & punchline.


27 posted on 05/11/2009 6:48:14 PM PDT by eaglestar
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To: Newfy

Where did she get the title of commedienne? Never heard of her and she sure ain’t funny.


Is it too cliche to say it’s amateur hour? You don’t need real comedians when the punchlines are scripted for you by Rahm,,,BTW any teleprompter sightings?


28 posted on 05/11/2009 6:58:54 PM PDT by eaglestar
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To: eaglestar

“Is it too cliche to say it’s amateur hour?”

No I refer to it as the White House junior high comedy club. The hits just keep on comin’!

What a bunch of juvenile twits.


29 posted on 05/11/2009 7:23:41 PM PDT by The FIGHTIN Illini (How long until we vote again?)
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To: Baladas

By the end of the week, it will be generally understood in the MSM that Obama disn’t laugh.


30 posted on 05/11/2009 7:40:13 PM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Global Warming Theory is extremely robust with respect to data. All observations confirm it)
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To: OpeEdMunkey
BIG fan of the graphic novel, moderate fan of the Movie.

Heh. Maybe instead of tea bags, we should start mailing Guy Fawkes masks to the White Hut.

31 posted on 05/11/2009 9:58:49 PM PDT by kromike
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