Wanda Sykes’ Gutless Performance
by Ben ShapiroHollywood’s favorite phrase is “speaking truth to power.” It charts just above “She/he is the love of my life,” “Though we’re not together anymore, we’ll remain good friends,” and “Hey, where did I leave my underwear?”
Hollywood slings around the phrase “speaking truth to power” as if it were cocaine at a Sean Penn movie premiere party. And they particularly love slinging it around at the time of the White House Correspondents Dinner.
A couple years ago, Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central was the beneficiary of the “speaking truth to power” Hollywood press machine. He headlined the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner, and laid ‘em in the aisles with brilliant lines like, “Over the last five years, you people were so good-over tax cuts, WMD intelligence, the effect of global warming. We Americans didn’t want to know, and you had the courtesy not to try to find out. … And then you write, Oh, they’re just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. First of all, that is a terrible metaphor. This administration is not sinking. This administration is soaring. If anything, they are rearranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg!”
Yes, when you’re a leftist, spouting leftist Hallmark cards cribbed from Democratic Underground counts as humor.
But at least Colbert said all this to Bush’s face. It took a peculiar kind of guts, but it took guts. It wasn’t truly “speaking truth to power” – after all, Bush wasn’t going to send Colbert to the gulag or force him into re-education camp. But by the watered-down definition of the media, it counted.
Wanda Sykes, by contrast, is the most gutless and feckless performer ever to grace the White House Correspondents Dinner.
Sykes, for those who haven’t seen her stellar work in gems like CondomNation, Brother Bear 2, and Over the Hedge, is a militant lesbian with a grating voice and an obnoxious strut. She recently proclaimed during the California Prop. 8 debate that “Everybody that knows me personally, they know I’m gay … Now, I gotta get in their face. I’m proud to be a woman. I’m proud to be a black woman, and I’m proud to be gay.”
Well, apparently she’s not so proud to be gay. Because when given the opportunity to make jokes about the nation’s leading proponent of opposite-sex marriage, President Barack Obama, she said precisely nothing. Instead, she chose to gently stroke his ego with jokes about his pecs, his dog, and his basketball skills.
Meanwhile, she saved her real ire for non-federal or non-active politicians and non-governmental figures like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. To Obama’s hysterical laughter, she said that she hoped Limbaugh would suffer kidney failure and accused him of being the 20th hijacker. She said she wanted Sean Hannity waterboarded by Keith Olbermann. She attacked Dick Cheney, stating that if her child had a choice between getting in a car with Dick Cheney and a car with a stranger, she would tell her child to choose the stranger.
Courageous, to be sure.
But she saved her most despicable gibe for Sarah Palin, who was not attending. Apparently, Sykes isn’t only a shrinking violet when it comes to her lesbianism – she’s a shrinking violet when it comes to her sex. Noting Sarah’s absence at the dinner (her husband, Todd, attended), Sykes said that Palin had pulled out at the last minute. “Somebody should tell her that’s not really how you practice abstinence,” she chided.
This is sexism of the highest order. Sarah Palin didn’t get knocked up before her marriage – her daughter did. Why didn’t Sykes blame Todd, who was sitting right there? Or why didn’t she blame Levi, who knocked up Bristol? Or why didn’t she blame Bristol? By focusing on Sarah, she perpetuated the stereotype that the woman is utterly and totally responsible for each and every individual act of the child – a stereotype Sykes would surely reject were she not so blindly hateful of Palin.
The bottom line: both feminism and homosexuality matter less to Sykes than kissing Barack Obama’s butt. She didn’t utter a single joke about Obama’s out of control spending. Not one joke about his teleprompter. Not one joke about his visit with Chavez, his messages to Iran, his Cinco De Mayo screwup, his mastery of the Austrian language, his “world without nuclear weapons,” his spreading the wealth around, his ownership of the car companies, his tax-cheat employees.
And most of all, not a single joke about Dan Choi, the first gay Arabic linguist fired by Barack Obama under the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Not a single joke about Obama’s interracially married parents and his refusal to stump for homosexual marriage. Sykes pledged to “get in their face” about gay marriage, but refused to get in the face of the most powerful man on earth about it. Instead, she chose to go after Rush Limbaugh and oxycontin – a choice for which she will surely be praised by the leftist media.
In certain times, such posturing buffoonery would have been ripped as “Uncle Tomming.” Imagine Richard Pryor speaking at a White House Correspondents Dinner for JFK and failing to mention the civil rights movement, instead choosing to focus on Jackie Kennedy’s hairdo and JFK’s winning smile.
Nobody has the obligation to “speak truth to power” when given the opportunity. Sometimes it’s okay just to be funny. But if one is given the opportunity to speak truth to power, sees him/herself as a champion of “speaking truth to power,” and instead chooses to spend the time excoriating the power’s opposition, that would be sycophantic stupidity of the worst kind.
That would be Wanda Sykes.
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From now on, this sad sort of sucking up will be known as the Obama Wanda Butt Kiss.
The bad news is this insignificant twit is getting a lot of press. The good news is you can’t beat’um if you can’t see’um. Stay out of Applebee’s don’t purchase anything associated with her name.
What do you expect? These people, despite their self-image as "free spirits," are lockstep members of The Hive. Now that one of their own, The World's Greatest Community Organizer, is Head of State, the Satirist becomes the Court Jester,
Why isn't she mad at Obama for his stand on gay marriage?
The previous Messiah didn't require a warm up act at HIS supper…and Wanda was apparently available for that one as well.
Nice to see you're BACK in rare FORM, Joe. And punctuating THINGS with CAPITAL LETTERS makes those THINGS seem more IMPORTANT, particularly when your RANT has NO POINT.
(And for the record, I do have a SENSE OF HUMOR, because the BANALITY and CHILDISHNESS of this post made me "LOLZ.")
I don't understand the lefties obsession with the fact that rush became addicted to perscription medication, and is no longer addicted to them? obama did cocaine – he admitted it in his book right? (I have not read it) – no doctor ever told him to start . . . lets make jokes about that forever now
@Joe Apparently you missed the point too. You said yourself, it serves as a Political Roast. Then why didn't she roast any active politicians? Why didn't she roast the president as is usually done at this event, as Colbert did the year before?
The reason we "complain about the pressures" is because there is a blatant double-standard that goes ignored, as illustrated here.
I know you don't care: you're a troll. I only post this so other people don't have the chance to look at your comment and say "hm, good point" because it's not. You contradicted yourself. Not a surprise; liberals do it all the time. Another example of the double-standard.
You, obviously do not see the irony in your statement. Roast? yes, but not for private citizens, drugs? yes but, how about crack and marijuana used by the Prez. PC, yes but we do not preach it, we live it. Get over it sparky.
If Rush Limbaugh "deserves far worse" than Sykes' jokes, you would think that a relevant, cutting edge comedian could do better than a stale, six year old joke. Or reaching so far as to tie him into the 9-11 plot?!?! And a man is sitting next to her whose personal airplane had buzzed NYC , setting off mass panic…and no joke crosses her mind?
Sykes had an opportunity to play buttkiss to Obama and a bully to those that she disagrees with politically. And she played it to the hilt. Those kinds of people are punks. Her maturity has not advanced beyond a 10 year old's.
Ben embittered? You must have missed the subject of his post. Now THAT is embittered.
Liberals hate, they don't debate.
I've noticed that the trolls have tendencies come out when the commentor has a "b" in their name – ben, burt, breitbart; they act as if they have a nest of b's in their crotch. Sad… and that wasn't a political roast, that was a conservative only scorching – a keynote address at the annual hack's convention.
Wanda is destined to become spokesperson for mighty putty, chia barry and GE.
You’re right. Sykes is annoying. As a foreigner, I think it is funny how liberal Americans think we like liberal Americans. Trust me many of us can’t stand them. They are vulgar Cretans. Rush Limbaugh has more class in one finger than that Obama-appeasing broad.
Not to excuse Sykes, but she appears psychologically disturbed. Was she angry at Bush, or getting back at her daddy? Did she excuse Obama because she sees him as an effeminate mother figure? Disturbing questions I know, but important nonetheless.
Classic liberal: "I hate being old and bitter! What I wouldn't give to be young… and bitter."
So if Wanda Sykes' jokes are fair game, then I will make one of them myself.
I hope Wanda Sykes dies of uterus failure!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA…….
Let these people be themselves. And the more the clips from this White House dinner are played on TV, the better. That's more of a turnoff to most people than anything else.
http://the100mostannoyingthings.blogspot.com/
This reminds me of the post about Mel Gibson's divorce. For some reason the left thinks that failing to meet your own high moral standards is worse than succeeding in having no moral standards at all. Especially if you base your morals off of that evil institution know as Christianity, which requires you to treat other people as you would like to be treated and espouses other horrible values like forgiveness.
Complain to the White House Press Corp http://www.whca.net/contact.htm
The new COMEDY?
We have a terrorist in the White House. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Talk about missing the mark . Evidently the content of Sykes' schtick and it's reliance on violent imagery was lost on you. The more violent, the meaner. Forcing Obama to laugh at the former administration is a peek into the future, wait until it's his turn. His performance so far is the real comedy, unfortunately it is a tragic comedy.
Among other things, it has people like you defending this sick excuse for funny just because it took place in honor of your messiah. Guess what ? It's not a good idea to put the blinders on when you're driving, they're for the horse. Ass
Just another mind-numbing example of the completely fake "courage" of the Ameican Left. As Mr. Shapiro pointed out, Stephen Colbert could get in President Bush's face with absolutely no worry about potential consequences. Indeed Colbert's performance only enhanced his stature in the entertainment community and increased his clout and employability. If Ms. Sykes had "roasted" President Obama concerning his opposition to same-sex marriage there would most certainly have been consequences to her and her career. The Sun King and his courtiers look like the types with rather a low tolerance for anyone "speaking truth to power" to them and self-deprecation doesn't seem like a quality they cultivate. Wanda could have been looking at spending the remainder of her days doing the eleven o'clock show at the Laff Barrel in Modesto. Well at least she could then test-drive new material about what a bitch Carrie Prejean is.
Wanda must have missed getting on the People magazine list, and this was her shot at next year ! She could be thenew Tina Fey ! Even somebody with a pugface and smirk like Rahm can get in ,then maybe there's a chance for her leering mug.
I've noticed that the WS commercials for Applebee's have been replaced by John Corbett voice-overs. I hated the WS voice-overs as they're irritating and creepy.
Wanda wanna cracker? Obama's pet parrot deserves one, I suppose.
When did lame talking points humorless lame comedy ? Somebody is going to get tossed under the bus for this gag.
Your editorial on Sykes performance are all valid points. As I a left leaning person, I feel I have to acknowledge your apt criticism. Personally, I loved her performance. But her decision to leave out poking Obama on issues she certainly cares about, was hypocritical to be sure.
I thought the point of the White House Correspondent's dinner was to raise consciousness of Homelessness (the three thousand attendee's raised nearly $100,000 – or about $30/plate – why hasn't anyone mentioned that?)?
Oh, I remember, a (militant) black lesbian made fun of (faithful) white heterosexuals – that's the story.
And as for change, that's easy – it used to be the speakers poked good-hearted fun at the President, and the President returned the favor, all for a good cause (and for fun). Now it is part of some bizzare extended victory lap that started with the imagined "Office of the President Elect" and continues to this day, with his reminders to "remember who won the election"…
Actually Sarah Palin did get knocked up before she was married.
"I think it's hilarious that you BUFFOONS complain constantly about the "pressures" of having to be politically correct, but the second someone on the left is not, then let the attacks begin."
Let's get this straight: pointing out when the left don't live up to *their* own standards makes *us* the hypocrites? How the heck does that work?
"I think it's hilarious that you BUFFOONS complain constantly about the "pressures" of having to be politically correct, but the second someone on the left is not, then let the attacks begin."
Way to go missing the point. Wanda was PC and you know it that's what makes her a coward you little bootlicker you.
"The craziest thing about this post is that Shapiro professes to tell Wanda how she should have told jokes at a correspondents dinner that traditionally serves as a POLITICAL ROAST"
Yeah it's crazy that she forgot that it was supposed to be a POLITICAL ROAST and not a TOAST or a ass kissing session. lol
"Enjoy the graveyard, Repukes"
We've heard you losers say this pathetic drivel before… then Reagan was elected. lol
Wanda Sykes set back the cause of dialysis 50 years.
Watched FNC & CNN at the gym this morning on the big screens. Fox covered the insults in the context of the golf commenter's joke about Pelosi, CNN just played clips of Obama being charming and Wanda kissing his ass, no mention of the insults. So millions of people who heard from CNN the lie about the person shouting at the Palin campaign rally won't hear a peep about this. Sweet.
CNN has to keep the "New Tone" myth alive, they have to feed the false dichotomy of Obama and all who went before.
A comedian is not nearly as devisive as you folks that just spew misguided, misdirected anger at anything Fox News or your saviour Rush Limbaugh deems to be the devil of the day. It's very sad and pathetic to read these message boards full of men (and their women with Stockholm Syndrome) with small, insignificant genitalia who get their tiny rocks off by pouncing on everything deemed "liberal" whatever that means. Your precious Republican party is falling to pieces, and all you can muster up are old, unoriginal taunts toward the president and a comedian. What are you guys at, 21% of people in this country acknowledge being a Republican right now? Good luck with your empty rhetoric and misguided anger. See how far it gets you.
If they are played on TV. Watched CNN this morning, didn't see a word about it.
When Republicans controlled the House, Senate, and White House, the WHCP dinner was a Republican roast.
When Republicans controlled the Senate and White House, the WHCP dinner was a Republican roast.
When Republicans controlled the White House, the WHCP dinner was a Republican roast, and…
Now Democrats control the House, Senate, and White House, and the WHCP dinner is a Republican roast.
Perfectly consistent, what's the problem?
And worst of all is pretending to have moral standards that you want to enforce on other people while you have no intention of follwing them yourself. You may believe that Rush is a deeply moral man who just happened to blackmail his servant into obtaining illegal drugs for him while insisting that poor drug addicts be sent to prison, just as you may believe that deeply moral married Republican senators who insist that gays can't marry to "protect the institution" just happen to protect the institution by accidentally putting on a diaper and paying for the services of a prostitute. Personally I think you judge people by their actions, not by the platitudes they repeat to the morons while they're off doing whatever they feel like.
Jay's apparently a lockstep member of the Hive himself–that is, a devotee of the Cult of the State (from which the Sub-Cult of "Il Dufe" is a spin-off or franchise), and yet talking of non-members of those cults as suffering from "Stockholm Syndrome." That's ironic. I've always felt that people enamored of the State must have the Stockholm Syndrome, given what the State does to its subjects. I've always felt it takes a strong dose of sadomasochism to love tDer Staat as much as "liberals" do. Jay probably has wet dreams of getting flogged Michelle Obama dressed in a leather She-Wolf of the IRS costume.
Liberal Meditation:
Blaming everything on Republicans, associating everyone with a non-liberal point of view with Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, and generally ignoring anything truthful in the world.
Why do they do this? Because "Ignorance is bliss."
(That and cocaine, ain't that right B.O.?)
Thanks for your objective response to this article. As you can see from the comments section, your response is a bit unique from those who claim a left affiliation.
I recognize that I was by no means the target audience for Sykes' "humor", but I think the larger point is that this gathering used to be a roast of the current administration and Congress, not a greatest hits (think Mafia) list of cracks against the opposition. There are plenty of screw ups by those currently in power that could have been used in a good-natured roast. I've felt since before the election that Obama lacks an ability to laugh at himself, a trait that all other presidents in recent memory (in both parties) seemed to possess.
See response to Brian above.
The ability to completely miss the point is an innate ability that you clearly possess.
no one cares who you like. and no one , and i mean no one, would turn to a conservative australian for etiquette advice. you're disturbed, i know, but insignificant.
Luckily FNC has the most viewership of any news network. Its like caring about what gets written in the NYT. Nobody reads it anyway.
Hey Joe, it's called CLASS!!! Got to one to learn some, sweety!!! xoxoxo
Ah Fox News and the saviour Rush Limbaugh. Gotta love those old chestnuts. Its a good thing you, like any good liberal, don't bother doing any research, including watching Fox News or listening to Rush Limbaugh, or the truth would crush your comedic material.
Ahem, here's some truth for you. Conservatives (and Libertarians) HATE the Republican party. Why? Because its made up of spineless liberals like McCain and Specter. So keep doing a jig over the 21% number. I maintain, "Ignorance is bliss" and you're chock full of ignorance, my friend.
Joe…Dude…..
Your post is full of HATE speech….
You will be arrested in California and taken to a re-education camp somewhere in the outback of Arkansas.
You will learn that it is now against the law to speak your mind.
You will learn to respect the WHINE of the WEAK
You will learn to be a good Amerikan
Resistance is futile……..your HATE will be assimilated !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Didn't Senator Jim Bunning (R – KY) have to apologize for saying something about Justice Ginsburg and probably going to die because of the cancer she has. A true statement, but not pc. Then we have Wanda. Nice try JOE "not the Plumber" Liberal. :p
Republicans finally getting someone attacking them the way they have gleefully attacked democrats for years. as if you don't deserve it. after taking control of the country and driving it into the ditch. Limbaugh makes a living out of making attacks like this every single day. He has that little button to turn down the sound anytime someone actually begins to say something. I think he at least will see the humor in it. Besides Rush's main objective in life is his own singular personal success , and this just feeds him more attention.
"Little ribbing," Joe? If disgustingly wishing someone dead is your type of humor, then I truly feel sorry for you, Joe. It is amazing how the far-lefties will go to the ends of the earth to save a convicted murder sitting on death row from being lawfully executed. Yet, they don't hesitate to wish death on someone simply because they have opposing viewpoints. Astounding, simply astounding!
You miss my point. I recognize that mistakes have been made and most likely mistakes will be made again, but the difference is that I won't make excuses and I won't try to justify the behavior. Just because people fail at maintaining a standard, doesn't mean that the standard is no good. Furthermore, when conservative politicians get caught in a scandal, they have a tendancy not to get re-elected.
Ralph, 'knocked up' is a juvenile expression and so what? Here's a shock they are still married! Gee how awful is that? And had more children and admirable they chose not to abort the 'imperfect' one before he could take his first breath…
Speaks volumes to me.
Thanks for this weblink, Peach. Going there now to share my thoughts with them!
And while we're at it, may I also recommend we pass along our thoughts directly to President Obama via his White House 'contact us' website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
JJ, intelligent adults don't think or speak like this. Time to grow up kid.
I have a family member on dialysis, who will likely pass before a donor organ can be found, this is not funny.
BUT then your side is making pedophilia legal and a protected species, are you as happy with that as well?
Since you are using all caps, you sir, are worse than Hitler.
And he was really really bad. but maybe not a war ciminal. I have to check with Jon Stewart on that one.
I thought Colbert's performance was brilliant–he managed to insult *everybody* and was still funny (except for the godawful pre-filmed part that ran on for too long).
Sykes, on the other hand, I find to always be acerbic and grating. And yeah, most of her routine tends to be what I consider in bad taste, so she delivered as expected. A shame, because there are many more talented comedians and satirists out there.
But two points–L'il Ben conveniently fails to mention Rich Little's failed, anachronistic performance the year after Colbert's, which could have been in some part because he was *forbidden* to talk about certain subjects (like Iraq and WMDs). Conservatives didn't complain then that he was too easy on the President.
L'il Ben also misunderstood the Palin joke–it didn't have anything to do with whether or not she got pregnant before she was married–the joke was about promoting abstinence (which Sarah Palin does) and canceling her attendance of the dinner at the last minute (which Sarah, not Todd or Bristol, did) vs. a pun on "pulling out early" which some teens (mostly guys) will insist is a form of abstinence, or at least a way to avoid getting pregnant. Still not a great joke, but hardly as offensive or as sexist as L'il Ben makes it out to be.
Besides Rush's main objective in life is his own singular personal success (george)
Ummm … shouldn't personal success be everyone's main objective? Sounds much better than nanny-state control to me.
BPT-
The libs don't count Australia when they think of foreigners they want to be liked by. You guys are too independent and self-reliant, kind of like this nation used to be.
Welcome aboard mate, the libs are out to get you guys too!
And yes, this was a roast of THIS POTUS, not the last one. The libs don't seen to realize that they won the last election and they are in charge.
Gee, that was so insightful. What are you in 3rd grade or what?
You are right. She should get breast cancer and die.
Wait a minute, that is not funny is it?
I have no future as a comic.
Are you sure she's a lesbian, because it certainly seemed like she was doing the full Lewinsky on Obama.
HaHaHaHaHaHaHa! Now THAT's what I call comedy!
(Oh, Joe's not a Republican? Oops, we didn't mean it.)
Ralph never had sex before marriage, right Ralph?
Having just come out of the closet recently, the modestly talented Ms Sykes felt compelled to seal the deal with her gratuitous, unfunny and untrue attacks. One suspects Carrie Prejean would be on her radar as well- for a myriad of reasons besides her gay marriage stance. Ultimately folks, what did one expect from this assortment of losers, loons, and leftists?
Not much- and that's what you got…
Oh a genitalia joke.
Wow, you are on your game.
Colbert's 2006 performance is the Holy Grail of political comedy. He told the president and the press off while looking them right in the eye, and while everyone else in the country knew what he was doing, it went over the SUBJECTS of his comedy's heads.
A milestone, the Mount Rushmore, the Great Pyramid of political comedy. Sykes did not have the advantage of making fun of a guy everyone already hated and a press that had enabled his war, so there is no way for her to match Colbert's effort.
Oh, I didn't realize Rush Limbaugh could have you arrested, raise your taxes, take your house, or start a war against you. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you have the freedom to NOT LISTEN to Rush Limbaugh. Once again, correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't have the freedom to stop Big O from trashing my country's economy!
Oh, I didn't realize Rush Limbaugh could have you arrested, raise your taxes, take your house, or start a war against you. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you have the freedom to NOT LISTEN to Rush Limbaugh. Once again, correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't have the freedom to stop Big O from trashing my country's economy!
Breats cancer is not funny…
However Wanda Sykes getting run over by a bus is!
Better yet – Wanda Sykes getting run over by a Boston trolley while the driver was text messaging his girlfriend!
I didn't watch that, but my mom did. There's nothing she said about it that I could possibly slip past the moderators here. My mom is eighty years old. LOL!
"Sarah Palin didn’t get knocked up before her marriage…"
This is not the truth. Sarah was pregnant with Track before her marriage to Todd. That is common knowledge. All one has to do is check the certificate dates.
However, the joke was still off-color and inappropriate.
So this is what the white house press corp calls a dinner?? What a bunch of classless jackasses. They suck.
Now that's comedy
Ugly woman, outside and inside.
Well, you could have a future as a liberal comic. Just wish a horrific death on anyone on the right, especially Palin or Rush and they'll love you.
Who is Wanda Sykes?
Thanks for this link, Peach. I just finished sending my thoughts to the WHCA.
And while was at it, I also sent my thoughts to President Obama as well via The White House 'contact us' site: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Sorry Ms.Wanda but you ain't:
Black enough,
Funny enough,
Lesbian enough,
Oppressed enough…
…To excuse your foolish, wretched & debased preformance, that now has drawn-in Obama as collateral damage.
BTW Wanda, I guess you are STUPID enough, but sadly, that's no excuse for your bad behavior.
Let's not all get our panties in a wad over Wanda.
Rush and Shawn Hannity dish it out fairly well and should be able to take it too.
Beside they have the air time to respond, which I am sure they will.
As far as the rest of the event ,what a bunch of media suck ups and whores.
opps my appologies to whores.
SYKES: More Proof that Lesbian Comics aren't very funny. Notice how she and Barry were the only ones laughing at most of her jokes- who else cringed when she confronted the audience's silence with her sad come-back "Yall must really be laughing on the inside fo'sho!"???
ON A SIDE NOTE: Looking at Wanda makes me realize that we've found the escaped zoo Wallaroo being sought by the New York state Police- have a look: http://www.syracuse.com/east/index.ssf/2009/05/up...
Wanda Sykes is perfectly representative of the drooling retards who hang on Obama's every twitch.In this respect her appearance at this function was logical and she must be on the speaker's list for the next three as well.
Wanda Sykes is not funny for the same reason that Barrack Obama is not competent: They are both products of affirmative action. Wanda would not have been there were it not for the color of her skin, and the same can be said of the "president". They say, “Competition improves the breed”. Affirmative action is the antithesis of this maxim.
You get 2 guesses.
Recently David Feherty of CBS Sports made a tasteless comment about Nancy Pelosi, Harry Ried and OBL. He has appologized for the comment.
Will Ms Wanda Sykes do the same or will she hide behind the COMEDY label to diss Limbaugh and Palin.
Jay, you just made my day. You are another example of the stupidity of the liberal democrats! Totally ignorant! Please continue to be so, and the conservative republicans will be back in power and try to fix the mess you intolerable liberal dim wits are doing to this country!
Just asking: was McCain considered a "spineless liberal" prior to the election? And didn't Specter just leave the Republican Party? I guess this means Colin Powell is an Uncle Tom now, too…
Yaaaaawn
Seriously, was there ANY chance that a "performer" that wasn't BLACK was going to headline this crap? No, zero chance…Bernie Mac is gone, Cosby is unreliable, Murphy is "C" list and dropping, Chappel might say something that makes sense, Rock is way to profane and might drop the MF, N or MFN bomb near the "Messiah", Sinbad is working at a 7/11 in Fresno…who did I miss?
Shut up before I marry your nephew.
Wow, you mean Hitler used all caps and that led to the rise of the Third Reich? Well I should sit down and listen to your interpretations of history more often.
So can you tell me where you were and how much posting you did to Internet message boards when Limbaugh publicly said he hopes the president fails.
Doesn't sound like your feelings were hurt then.
Viewpoint these!
If somebody leaves CNN on and the family dog is in the room by himself, he paws the remote until he finds the Animal Channel. How can a cable news channel survive with viewership that sometimes falls below one million people at a time? Government bailout, here they come!
I think it's because Wanda Sykes carries with her a very stinging wit that allows her to attack people who certainly leave themselves open for it (she got her start on the Chris Rock Show for goodness sake). Limbaugh has been overdue for more than a few shots for years.
From the whining I'm seeing from the right looks like ol' Rush can dish it out, but like a schoolyard whimp he needs his little playmates to defend him.
Who cares if Palin was pregnant before she got married. She did not get that way while president, and lie through her teeth that she DID NOT HAVE SEX WITH THAT MAN! The Democrats once again showing thier double standard.There is also the Kennedy clan that have been the moral back bone of the Democrats.
I want to puke every time I hear any of them open their mouths. Look who voted for this nit wit…. I am surprised that a good share of them can even read, or get off their welfare asses and register to vote in the first place. GOOOOOOD job ACORN! You wanted him, now we all have to watch our country go to hell! Wanda Skyles…now that is someone we all should look up to. A black lesbian woman, telling us all how it should be. She is cluelees as well as classless!
Joe, Joe, Joe… tsk, tsk, tsk… If you're going to state something, please state it correctly and in full and proper context. What Rush Limbaugh stated was that if President Obama's policies were going to be socialist policies, then yes he hopes the President's policies fails (a statement I fully agree with!). Limbaugh never stated he wanted President Obama to fail, just his socialist policies. And you better believe I was posting on the internet stating just this when this was news… not that I owe you any justification of when, how and why I post on the Internet, thank you very much!
Hoping someone's agenda fails isn't exactly implying someone is a part of one of the worst acts of war in American history.
Perspective that.
*MissQuinn*
You want to talk proper syntax, Joe? Honestly? You wrote a "sentence" that reads,
"Ok, and if you have a kid."
Come on.
That's the main thing. If I were up there. . .He'd hear about his gutlessness on Proposition 8 and Dan Choi. Based on this, can you understand why many of us think that many comedians are pussing out on the Comedy Gold Obama has provided?
*MissQuinn*
Wow – Troll at Work! This is the sort of guy (or gal) who used to hold his car together with "Question Authority" and "He's Not My President" bumper stickers. Now he's probably angling for a job as neighborhood Party Captain so that he can keep an official ear out for "disloyal" (or "hateful') speech. 21% you say? Well – You have to start someplace!
She is a prize is she not? Angry, unhappy, and immature. Just look at the above picture of her. She has the feral eyes of someone mentally unstable. Is she funny? Well if spreading mayonaisse on Obama in full on flattery is funny then she is a chef. But if spewing hatefilled venon like a blown up water main or backed up sewer is funny….nah…….she isn't funny. She is sad and Obama laughing just shows he is no better than she is.
I am a gay Democrat and I was saddened and embarrassed by Sykes and this event. This is the Obama presidency? Pathetic jokes, kissing the rings of foreign potentates, buzzing New York a la 9/11, bankrupting the country? I would have hoped for a little more class and a lot less masturbation from this administration.
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