Wanda Sykes' Speech 2009 White House Correspondents' Dinner
#2
Posted: 5/10/09 at 2:30am
That's a damn hard gig, but she absolutely KILLED! Big time. What a genius. I could watch it a million times . The best WHCD comdeian EVeR, IMHO.
#3
Posted: 5/10/09 at 2:55am
She's hysterical! I've always loved her.
#4
Posted: 5/10/09 at 7:56am
It's a tough gig and she did well. I also watched the clip of Obama, and I thought he did well, too. Loved when he acknowledged Michael Steele with a big "Wassssup!".
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#5
Posted: 5/10/09 at 9:48am
There is already talk from the right how she went over the line. Just you wait, Rush will devote a good part of his show tomorrow attacking Wanda. So will Hanity, O'Reilly , and Glen Beck. She made fun of Obama and Joe Biden,but they will ONLY focus on her roasting the Republicans. Further proof, these right wing blow hard's can dish it out but become little cowards when they start picking on them!
'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently'
-Robert Evans-
#6
Posted: 5/10/09 at 11:04am
I loved her the bit about Michelle patting the Queen on the back like she just slid into home.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
#7
Posted: 5/10/09 at 3:11pm
good to know that accusations of treason and hoping for someone's death are still comedic gold.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
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#8
Posted: 5/10/09 at 3:19pm
hoping for someone's death
Hoping for someone's death humorously? Where have I heard that before... Damn, Wanda must be the Carlos Mencia to your Joe Rogan.
Hoping for someone's death humorously? Where have I heard that before... Damn, Wanda must be the Carlos Mencia to your Joe Rogan.
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#9
Posted: 5/10/09 at 3:32pm
go die.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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#10
Posted: 5/10/09 at 3:37pm
Hasn't Ann Coulter made a career of those things; Accusations of Treason and hoping for someone's death?
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#11
Posted: 5/10/09 at 3:50pm
Can someone broadcast this on HBO so she can win an Emmy Award?
That was brilliant!
That was brilliant!
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#12
Posted: 5/10/09 at 3:55pm
and who here thinks ann coulter is funny or talented? anybody? anybody? so i guess if you want to make a case that wanda sykes = ann coulter i won't argue with you.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#13
Posted: 5/10/09 at 4:12pm
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Updated On: 5/10/09 at 04:12 PM
#14
Posted: 5/10/09 at 4:30pm
The Dixie Chicks received actual death threats and Rush's response was they did not have a sense of humor.Right wingers can dish it out but damn, they just can not take it. Wanda made fun of Joe Biden as well and it was HILARIOUS! SNL poked fun at Keith Olberman when Ben Afleck hosted and Keith was flattered. What is it with Republicans who can dish out the dirt and bitch and whine yet become little yellow cowards when you push back?
http://www.politico.com/blogs/dinnerdish/0509/Obama_laughs_at_Rush_Oxycontin_jab.html
Typical Republican double standards.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/dinnerdish/0509/Obama_laughs_at_Rush_Oxycontin_jab.html
Typical Republican double standards.
'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently'
-Robert Evans-
#15
Posted: 5/10/09 at 4:34pm
rom, i hope your kidneys fail. y'know, so you die. painfully and slowly, you treasonous america-hating traitor. because you want america to lose.
wow, it is funny.
wow, it is funny.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#16
Posted: 5/10/09 at 4:44pm
OMG Wanda Sykes is hilarious!
#17
Posted: 5/10/09 at 4:44pm
*sigh* There you go again Papa. So, were you offend by that one joke? Never heard you once speak out against anything Rush has said. Wanda may have taken offense to the magic negro racial slur of Rush's.
http://newsone.blackplanet.com/obama/top-10-racist-limbaugh-quotes/
Are you and your party really this sensitive? Really? You can dish out all this crap on Obama and the Democrats but a comedian can not make a joke just as outrageous? Tell how this is not being hypocritical? You want it both ways. You want to be able to say what you want and not have anyone challenge you and make a joke and laugh at your sorry ass.
I thought the 20th hijacker and oxycontin joke was funnier though.
http://newsone.blackplanet.com/obama/top-10-racist-limbaugh-quotes/
Are you and your party really this sensitive? Really? You can dish out all this crap on Obama and the Democrats but a comedian can not make a joke just as outrageous? Tell how this is not being hypocritical? You want it both ways. You want to be able to say what you want and not have anyone challenge you and make a joke and laugh at your sorry ass.
I thought the 20th hijacker and oxycontin joke was funnier though.
'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently'
-Robert Evans-
Updated On: 5/10/09 at 04:44 PM
#18
Posted: 5/10/09 at 4:51pm
waterboarding is a good subject for humor too, rom. before your kidneys fail and you die slowly and painfully like the traitor that you are and will always be, i hope you are waterboarded.
oh wow, it's just too funny!!!!
oh wow, it's just too funny!!!!
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#19
Posted: 5/10/09 at 5:03pm
Yeah, but you are AOK with water boarding Papa so who cares what I think? She was responding to Hanity saying that he would be water boarded. Did you actually watch the clip? SOunds like you are picking parts of her jokes and as usual, getting it all wrong.
Rush abused drugs and lost his hearing and has probably done some damage to his kidneys as well.He was a junkie and had to go to rehab because of his drug addiction and he has done harm to himself(and probably killed a lot of brain cells) Can you defend any of those Rush Limabugh's slurs I provided you or are you going to ignore that like always and pretend you are actually being fair and credible in your pathetic rant?
How am I a traitor? My guess is you had no problem with her Joe Biden jokes. I will keep asking you to defend what Rush said in the link I posted unless you are too big of a coward to respond.What exactly did she say that offended you Papa?I think everyone would like to know.Never knew you off all people were so sensitive.
Rush abused drugs and lost his hearing and has probably done some damage to his kidneys as well.He was a junkie and had to go to rehab because of his drug addiction and he has done harm to himself(and probably killed a lot of brain cells) Can you defend any of those Rush Limabugh's slurs I provided you or are you going to ignore that like always and pretend you are actually being fair and credible in your pathetic rant?
How am I a traitor? My guess is you had no problem with her Joe Biden jokes. I will keep asking you to defend what Rush said in the link I posted unless you are too big of a coward to respond.What exactly did she say that offended you Papa?I think everyone would like to know.Never knew you off all people were so sensitive.
'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently'
-Robert Evans-
Updated On: 5/10/09 at 05:03 PM
#20
Posted: 5/10/09 at 5:49pm
I'm sooooo telling that Sarah Palin joke.
#21
Posted: 5/10/09 at 7:42pm
double post
rom is clearly a traitor whose kidneys should fail.
rom is clearly a traitor whose kidneys should fail.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
Updated On: 5/10/09 at 07:42 PM
#22
Posted: 5/10/09 at 7:57pm
To be fair, papa, Hanity is the one who first diminished the seriousness of waterboarding by insincerely offering to undergo--and he did it with no humorous intent. His intent was to make his audience think waterboarding is something less than torture.
And Sykes's line about Rush's kidneys failing was a punchline to a specific set-up. There is a difference between the declarative sentence "I hope Rush Limbaugh's kidneys fail" and the classic comedic setup-and-punchline construction: "He hopes the country fails? I hope his KIDNEYS fail!"
The comedic construction contains an unspoken ellipsis that the listener fills in, along the lines of: ...It's a terrible thing to wish that the country fails. Why, it's almost as bad as saying...
And Sykes's line about Rush's kidneys failing was a punchline to a specific set-up. There is a difference between the declarative sentence "I hope Rush Limbaugh's kidneys fail" and the classic comedic setup-and-punchline construction: "He hopes the country fails? I hope his KIDNEYS fail!"
The comedic construction contains an unspoken ellipsis that the listener fills in, along the lines of: ...It's a terrible thing to wish that the country fails. Why, it's almost as bad as saying...
#23
Posted: 5/10/09 at 8:03pm
Well Papa, at least I can make my argument. You can not answer me what part besides Wanda's joke about Rush offended you so much. According to you, Rush should be allowed to make racial slurs but Wanda is not allowed to make jokes about him in return.
PalJoey,Papa is like Fox News. He is editing the parts out to make his paper thin argument.Like the GOP, it's all he's got.
PalJoey,Papa is like Fox News. He is editing the parts out to make his paper thin argument.Like the GOP, it's all he's got.
'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently'
-Robert Evans-
#24
Posted: 5/10/09 at 8:03pm
All that trouble just so papa can ignore your valid point and change the subject.
Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08
#25
Posted: 5/10/09 at 8:12pm
editing? it was a two hour later double post - lost internet connection and rather than fix it, i went to the park - and you're the last person on bww that needs to talk about editing posts, rom.
my initial post covered what i found offensive. it was not that long ago that i remember people on the left wailing like scalded dogs whenever anyone dared to question their patriotism. of course, now we know that they had already signed off on the torture that they would later blame on the gop.
pg2, what are you doing here? i told you to go die.
my initial post covered what i found offensive. it was not that long ago that i remember people on the left wailing like scalded dogs whenever anyone dared to question their patriotism. of course, now we know that they had already signed off on the torture that they would later blame on the gop.
pg2, what are you doing here? i told you to go die.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
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