Wanda Sykes Offends Delicate DC Ears
May 11th, 2009, 2:54 PM EDT
We go through this almost every year. The bring in Don Imus and get all upset when he does material that some people find offensive. They hire Stephen Colbert and are shocked when he does his act skewering the high and mighty. Now they’re up in arms about Wanda Sykes, particularly her jokes about Rush Limbaugh being the 20th hijacker.
The White House is not pleased.
Conservatives whine that she didn’t knock the president as much as Colbert did when he was up and Bush was in power, so they’re not pleased either. But let’s not forget that conservatives didn’t seem to have a problem when Bush43 did jokes about WMDs at a previous dinner; you know, the rationale we had to go to war against a country that wasn’t a threat?
Wanda was funny!!
average james Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Agreed Budda,
I think we could all use a good healthy dose of ;
Lighten the hell up !!
Laugh hard and more frequently !!
placefield Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Amen!!!
atomaino Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:11 am
Agreed… Sykes is a professional entertainer; just like “Rush”…. The only difference is that Sykes job isn’t under attack from an (un)fairness doctrine.
While I think Sykes comments were not funny, I understand why some would think they were. I think Will Ferrell’s Bush family tribute was the funniest thing I every saw… (DAMN IT W. Where did you pick up a Texas Accent!).
Sykes is an entertainer. If you don’t like what she says, don’t listen. Just like Rush is an entertainer, if you don’t like what he has to say, don’t listen.
May 11th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Wacky right wing talking heads will complain about most anything.
If it concerns Obama, Liberals, or Democrats, so much the better.
JaredfromTexas Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
BOOGIE,
ooh…good point…but flip it and reverse it. Dems to republicans, conservatives, Bush.
steve Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Bush had me laughing as well till Alan placed the inserts in. Overall,we need to lighten up. The left,the right and the middle are taking jabs at 1 another daily. Only in America,with a grown up tone. Mommie he stole my ball. Sally called me a idiot daddy. Charlie called me the N-word daddy. Billy stole my candy bar and so on.
America needs to grow up and myself as well for calling fellow Americans buffoons for being conservative,but i happen to enjoy my rants towards the right and the freedom of speach is 1 of the greatest rights we have.
Alan with his inserts on Bush and WMD,s. That lady on Rush and Rush blasting the left daily. That,s the main reason we are the worlds leader.
EricG Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
That’s not true, Jared. Many of us liberals have many good things to say about Bush in terms of his last three months in office and certain things her has said in terms of sentiment.
It’s true we live in two different Americas where nothing aligns at all, anywhere. But liberals that I know are fair-minded people who give Bush credit when he did good and are very critical of where he did wrong.
The difference is that Obama hasn’t done enough in office to form any true opinion yet but a million hateful, no-good Neo-Cons are already declaring him unamerican and socialist and all this other racist drivel.
No side is innocent. Don’t ever waste anyone’s time with trying to claim somebody out there or some group out there is innocent. But liberals are willing to cross that aisle and be complimentary of conservatives where and when we can.
Whereas the conservative version of all this is based on fear and hate for the other side and if your not ‘challenging’ a liberal fro their ‘unpatriotic’ beliefs then you are not doing your job as a good conservative. Thus we get a partisan nation of liberals sick of trying to get along with jerks and (I assume) good natured conservatives who believe that partisan rancor is the only way to express their politics as unique.
Imyourhuckleberry Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Eric.. I have disagreed with you before on several things.. but you are the MAN when it comes to this. I agree with your statement even tho I am a “middle-or-the-road” guy.
I like both sides to make light of the other. Some of the stuff that Bush himself set up for himself was a roar! Obamy’s record is still unclear albeit expensive! We’ll just see if it’s too expensive?
May 11th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
I ran the Sykes tape and the Colbert tape through my Laugh-O-Metric Judge-O-Meter and determined with absolute scientific precision that Sykes and Colbert criticized Obama and Bush exactly equally to the Nth degree.
Also, I asked God about it and God said, “Yo! Fugettaboutit!”
May 11th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Sykes made a joke about Rush Limbaugh’s kidney problem. She joked about Rush dying with Obama really yukking it up over her joke about someone dying.
Maybe Rush ought to do a joke about Obama dying. How would that go over? But I know Rush would never do that. He will criticize Obama over policy matters but would never joke about someone dying.
TDro319 Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Boy, how touchy the repubs are when the jokes are on them.
Bush joked about the WMD’s not being under his desk – while our soldiers were in Iraq dying because of his war for oil. THAT was extremely tacky (and disrespectful).
And besides, I thought Limbaugh’s joke about Michael J. Fox was pretty trashy.
Daddio Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
If Rush is sick and possibly at risk of dying, then any joke about his condition and wishing him to die is lower than low. If you condone that TDro then you are right down there as low as it gets. You don’t have to like the guy.
TDro319 Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Give me a break, Daddio. Cheney/Halliburton have been poisoning and electrocuting our troops and you have no problem with it (great way to support the troops). Not only that, you admire Cheney for it. Disgusting!
And yet you say I’m as low as it gets???? Wow. Project your hatred much?
And no, I don’t like Rush. He’s a hate-filled person and he’s getting paid to spew his vile.
Sarah Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
You know why there’s a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.
– Rush Limbaugh
I’m quite sure, in all the dreck Limburger has spewed over the past 15 or whatever years or so, he’s probably made a tasteless joke about someone’s death or disease. Michael J. Fox springs to mind.
Anyway, maybe he doesn’t wish we were dead, WE just wish we were dead after we listen to him for 10 minutes.
flap Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Rush is a hate-filled person because…TDro disagrees with him and therefore hates him because he espouses different beliefs?
TDro319 Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Flap:
No, Rush is a hate-filled person because of how he speaks of his fellow human beings. I’ve said before, I know people have different opinions and I respect that, but unfortunately that must’ve gone way over your head.
Of course, being a hate-filled person yourself (hatred against gays, abortionists, anti-war activists, etc), you agree with Limbaugh’s vitriol.
steve Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
TDro319
M J Fox is fine example of his nasty vile upon a human being. Saying the man faked his illness and so on.
Plenty of people love kissing his rear as well. That,s nasty,no1 has any guts on the right for being clones and robots. Yes master,bash dems today,say off the wall remarks and make myself look like a buffoon and your rear has great taste.
JaredfromTexas Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
TDRO,
No, Rush is a hate-filled person because of how he speaks of his fellow human beings.
I wonder…would you go on record and say ERICG and ROCKY = the same? Or is it only conservatives who are worthy of such a title?
TDro319 Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
” wonder…would you go on record and say ERICG and ROCKY = the same? Or is it only conservatives who are worthy of such a title?”
Gee, I don’t know. Are EricG and Rocky getting paid millions of dollars a year to spew crap and influence people??
If not, you have no case.
JaredfromTexas Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
TDRO,
So, you’re only eligible for the the title if you make money off of “spewing crap and influencing people”? Hey…doesn’t that include every politician EVERYWHERE?
TDro319 Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
“So, you’re only eligible for the the title if you make money off of “spewing crap and influencing people”? Hey…doesn’t that include every politician EVERYWHERE?”
Basically yeah, you’re only eligible for the title when spewing crap to a brain dead audience. I’d like to know how many people Eric and Rocky convince. Did they convince you to change your opinion on liberals from pure hatred to at least tolerance?
And I’ve never trusted politicians (even Obama). I like to hold my judgement of politicians until I see proof that I’m being screwed.
flap Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
I do hate abortion, TDro. And you hate conservatives, obviously.
At least my hatred is restricted to a procedure versus a group of individuals and my hatred is based on facts, science, and reality.
JaredfromTexas Reply:
May 14th, 2009 at 4:22 am
TDRO,
Did they convince you to change your opinion on liberals from pure hatred to at least tolerance?
Heehee…this is funny. I don’t hate liberals…I hate some things you guys stand for…but I don’t hate you as a person.
Example: I hate that you advocate killing unborn babies (this is where you insert your conservatives advocate “murdering” innocent people in Iraq soundbite…do I have you pegged or what?!)
Daddio Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Where is all that oil TDro? They said the first Gulf war was all for the oil. Wher is all that oil? Tell me TDro, where is all that oil? Give me hard evidence of your claim.
TDro319 Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Daddio:
How many times do I have to site my sources before you finally read them? You do this all the time – you ask me to list my sources, I list my sources, you ignore them and ask me to relist the same sources again later. Now, If you can’t read, or choose NOT to read my sources, that’s not my problem.
Sarah Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
James Baker once said the only reason to war with the Middle East was for oil. Said it on a History Channel documentary about the presidents.
OldLefty Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
“Rush is a hate-filled person because…TDro disagrees with him and therefore hates him because he espouses different beliefs?
Rush is a hate-filled person because he says things like:
Limbaugh on kidnapping of peace activists in Iraq: “I’m telling you, folks, there’s a part of me that likes this”
“I tell people don’t kill all the liberals. Leave enough so we can have two on every campus — living fossils — so we will never forget what these people stood for.”
“The Clintons have a cat, but their nanny has a dog.”
“…If you want to know what America used to be — and a lot of people wish it still were — then you listen to Strom Thurmond.”
Called Iraq war vet, Paul Hackett a “ just a staff puke”, because he had the temerity to run as a Democrat.
OldLefty Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
I think the kidney joke was in poor taste, but
I don’t think that Limbaugh actually HAS a kidney problem…it’s on par with Bush’s “No, no wmd here”,
although, I think the kidney joke was over the line, the 20th highjacker was appropriate.
JaredfromTexas Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
OLD LEFTY,
the 20th highjacker was appropriate.
Are you serious? Making light of a national tragedy is appropriate? Insinuating that an American had anything to do with 9/11 is appropriate? That’s just plain ol’ disgusting…and you swallowed it hard core…and only because it’s Limbaugh. Admit it…if that comment were directed at a Dem…there’d be hell to pay…and I very much doubt you would say it “was appropriate.”
TDro319 Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
“Are you serious? Making light of a national tragedy is appropriate?”
And Bush joking about the WMD’s while our soldiers are dying is appropriate????
That’s just plain ol’ disgusting…and you swallowed it hard core…and only because it’s the Dick Cheney.
JaredfromTexas Reply:
May 14th, 2009 at 4:19 am
TDRO,
Hmmm…I thought we were talking about Sykes here…is this your new debate tactic? Deflection?
It’s not doing any good.
EricG Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
So touchy. Your such a prude, Daddio.
Your just being stupid.
I hope Cheney falls ill to H1N1, today.
Look! The sky just cracked in half! OMG! Telling jokes does destroy the world! I always worried…
May 11th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
I will be watching O’Reilly and Hannity tonight. They will show Sykes sick joke. I am sure the MSM will ignore it and Obama’s seemingly joyous laughter over it.
steve Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
COMEON DADDIO
You know those 2 are going to overblow those remarks despite Rush spewing on someone weekly. I am going to watch myself,but i am going to check out The Ed Show,Countdown and Rachel as well on MSNBC. Only in America.
Daddio Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Fair enough Steve. But Rush never wishes death on anyone. But let’s watch and see for ourselves.
TDro319 Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Oh you can bet Fox “News” will run it over and over ad nauseum. And you may be right, MSNBC will probably not mention it. After all, it’s a JOKE.
You know, like the joke from David Feherty about our soldier’s being political assassins:
“Despite how the conflict has been portrayed by our glorious media, if you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it, and he found himself in an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Osama bin Laden, there’s a good chance that Nancy Pelosi would get shot twice, and Harry Reid and bin Laden would be strangled to death.”
steve Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
MSNBC jump all over David Feherty and Keith Olbermann said CBS should fire him. If FOX defends those 2,MSNBC will fire back. I wonder who will be the worst person in the…… world….. !
TDro319 Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Actually Steve, on “Fox and Friends” this morning, the three stooges were defending Feherty for his nasty comments while at the same time trashing Wanda Sykes for her Limbaugh comments.
RDM Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
I don’t care who you are…now that’s funny!
JaredfromTexas Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
TDRO,
How misinformed you seem to be…
The comment by Ferhety was blasted all over the news…and Ferhety was forced to apologize for it. Where’s the same expectation for Sykes?
TDro319 Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
“Where’s the same expectation for Sykes?”
Maybe we don’t care if Wanda Sykes apologizes. You’re the only one who seems to care anyway. Hey! I have an idea! Go to Limbaugh’s site and whine about it! Maybe he’ll listen (of course only if you have cash to get on his site).
flap Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
So as long as a liberal says it, you don’t care if there’s double standard?
May 11th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
I know,i watch the program a little. 1 of them will end up worse,worser or worst person on Countdown. Those 2 networks are going to heat this up and on Harball Chris is bashing Cheney at this very momment.
EricG Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Good for Chris.
May 11th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
You know, now that this has turned into a challenge of, “Oh yeah! Rush would never wish death on YOU!” it’s got me to thinking….
I imagine, if Rush died, I’d probably have the same feeling I had when Falwell died. My only regret would be, that I didn’t regret the death more.
That’s a pretty damning epitaph for someone’s life. That the only sadness is, one can’t cough up more sadness over the passing.
steve Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Rush spewing vile about Michal J Fox and mocking the man. If Rush can,t stand the heat in the kitchen,he needs to get out.
Daddio Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Steve, Rush is a big boy. I didn’t listen to him much today but what I did hear he didn’t say anything about Sykes so-called joke.
And Sarah, you sound like you would be be on cloud nine if Rush were to die. How sad one American citizen could feel that way about another American citizen. I hope I am wrong about that. If I am right then I really feel sorry for you. Not to mention losing much respect for you.
Sarah Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Wow, Daddio. You’re castigating me because I’m admitting it would be hard to cough up any more emotion than a faint lamentation for Rush, if he died?
Frankly, in that case, I’d take your lack of “respect” as one of the highest compliments. I’ll reserve my compassion for those Rush targets on a continual basis, like blacks, gays and women.
Blacks, gays and women. Hmmmm. I’m revising my judgment on Sykes’s monologue.
Tasteless, yes. Better left unsaid, yes. I little understandable in Sykes’s view? Kinda.
EricG Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
daddio-
Are you saying you don’t wish for the death of Pelosi, Biden, Obama, Reid?
Really? Not even just a little?
Well your a bigger man than I.
I want to crack Limbaugh in half like a slim jim.
So sue me.
flap Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Get off your high horse, Sarah.
Sarah Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 10:03 am
To what end, Flap? So I can wallow in the mud with neocons?
EricG Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
No, she is right. Rush Limbaugh is a anti-society element that spreads hate for minorities for the sake of ratings. But then again … hate sells.
May 11th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Alan, correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t Sykes also wish Rush dead? Just between you and me, Alan, ya know one American to another that isn’t very American or is that what we’ve turned into?
Diversity? The left can talk the talk but can’t walk the walk.
Daddio Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Bernie, we seem to be turning into a nation of polar opposites who cannot stand opposing views and some go as far as wishing others to die.
Really sad.
Sarah Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 10:28 am
“So he’s [Obama has] moved on to health care. This is highly visible, it’s news leading, gets a great focus, plus it has the great liberal lion Teddy Kennedy pushing it. Before it’s all over it will be called the Ted Kennedy Memorial Health Care Bill.” — Rush Limbaugh (March 09)
“We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren’t punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That’s war. And this is war.” — Ann Coulter
“But I do know that it’s true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could — if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down.”– Bill Bennett (Sept. 2005)
OldLefty Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
When did she wish him dead?
Didn’t he say:
Limbaugh on kidnapping of peace activists in Iraq: “I’m telling you, folks, there’s a part of me that likes this”
“I tell people don’t kill all the liberals. Leave enough so we can have two on every campus — living fossils — so we will never forget what these people stood for.”
Actually, I’ll bet Limbaugh loves the attention more than anyone.
Lily Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
I can’t swear to it, but I do think Limbaugh insinuated an Obama death wish during that flak over that cartoon of the escaped monkey being shot.
EricG Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Your a moron if you think a comedian represents the entire left. Get real. It was a joke and you neo-cons are so paranoid that you can’t perceive reality before you.
May 11th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Boy the loons are out tonight
Daddio Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Welcome fellow loon.
goliath43 Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
I know I don’t know why I come to this site other than the entertainment values. It truely amazes me how the left can jump on a news story(not that this is) and push it to the outer limits of sanity.
Was she funny probably. Did she hurt anyone by her remarks no. Who cares. I didn’t listen or watch because her I don’t want to listen to her dribble, but I defend her right to free speech.
steve Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
What ! What in darn blazes does Rush the Mouth does ? The right is pushing this to the outer limits of sanity.
Infact,Savage,Hannity,Bachmann,Palin,Steele,Beck,Keys,Cheney,Rush and a host of neocons have been on the outer limits for months.
EricG Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
goliath-
It truly amazes me that the right can deny so much hatred and racism in their own party and then stand in judgment of the other party.
The limits of sanity are tested by trying to apply facts to FOX News and Rush Limabaugh or just about any GOP agenda.
May 11th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Was she being mean spirited? I think the kidney and waterboarding remarks were hilarious. The 20th hijacker and Oxycontin…I dunno. Seemed more like a personal attack couched in a comedic shell.
steve Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
FLAP
You did not pick up on the punch line and joke. Or your famous conservative vile is in overdrive. The man said he wanted the president to fail. He is on Oxycontns and since he enjoys the thought of this failing ,he was the even man out to make it a odd number.
steve Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Fellow American conservatives can kiss MR RUSH on his rear 24/7 and vile he spews. He needs some1 to fire back at him. Conservatives will not,they love to taste his rear.
flap Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
“Famous conservative vile?” Are ya drunk? Vileness? Bile?
How many libs said they wanted Bush to fail, by the way?
OldLefty Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
“How many libs said they wanted Bush to fail, by the way?”
How many? I never heard any… They said they tought his plans, would not work but once implimented them, you had to hope it would turn out OK.
steve Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
I never want my country to fail. Bush had unity till he fumble the ball by going into Iraq. He had this nation togather after 9/11. He had me.
The Ville will be back. However ,the loons are running the GOP with vile,rants and insanity like Hannity.
steve Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Nope ! on drinking else some1 put something in my water. Do you enjoy the taste off Rush ?
average james Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
I don’t remember any liberals wanting Bush to fail.
JaredfromTexas Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
OLD LEFTY,
results from an opinion poll:
Regardless of how you voted in the presidential election, would you say you want President Bush to succeed or not?
SCALE: 1. Yes, want him to succeed 2. No, do not want him to succeed
3. (Don’t know)
Yes No (Don’t know)
63% 32 5
Democrats 40% 51 9
Republicans 90% 7 2
Independents 63% 34 3
It would seem to me…based upon this poll that most Democrats wanted Bush to fail.
patterico.com/2009/03/08/democrats-have-no-right-to-be-snooty-about-rush-not-wanting-the-president-to-succeed/
Lily Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
My 2 cents: I’ve never seen what I would call “vile” in any of Flap’s posts.
OldLefty Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 7:48 am
JaredfromTexas,
That poll was done in 2006 after Bush had been in office for 5 years, and had extremely low approval ratings.
Just before his party lost the Congress, and Bush had to finally give in, fire Rumsfeld, and take the advise of Gen Shinseki and add more troops.
Limbaugh’s comment was made on Jan 16, BEFORE Obama even took office.
JaredfromTexas Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 7:55 am
OLD LEFTY,
You asked what dem said they wanted Bush to fail…well, according to the poll, 51% of dems wanted Bush to fail.
Whether Limbaugh’s comments were before or after Obama took office doesn’t matter. We’d all seen/heard ad nauseum his policies prior to Jan 20th. In fact…after only spending 144 days in the senate, Obama spent the next two years campaigning…so, we effectively got to digest his policies well before he took his office.
OldLefty Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:04 am
JaredfromTexas,
Sorry, but I think it makes ALL the difference in the world, that in the 51% poll you mention, Bush’s policies were ALREADY failing, and he was stubbornly clinging to them…ie “The Decider”.
JaredfromTexas Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:16 am
OLD LEFTY,
Once again…you asked what dem ever said they wanted Bush to fail…I provide you with proof and you dismiss it. Interesting debate tactic.
OldLefty Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:28 am
JaredfromTexas,
Once again, I give you a point if I meant to ask, ‘did ANY Democrat, EVER want Bush to fail?’, then I stand corrected…
The whole argument started over a “pundit” with a national microphone statment, in a crisis, BEFORE the guy takes office, as opposed to Bush coming into office when things were pretty good.
Now you are comparing that to the opinion of rank and file votersafter five years of failed policies….but again, I stand corrected.
EricG Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Flap – ““Famous conservative vile?” Are ya drunk? Vileness? Bile? How many libs said they wanted Bush to fail, by the way?”
Not nearly as many as those who want Obama to fail. Not even close.
You must be drunk when you listen to Limbaugh if you don’t hear the hate and vile comments (that you probably laugh at) against liberals and freedom-loving Americans. Neo-cons always want to defend Rush but don’t want to have a discussion about the fact that Sykes and Limbaugh are just entertainers and anyone who takes Rush HALF as seriously as ALL right wingers do is doing a disservice to American Politics and also your screwing up your head with misinformation and slanted facts.
goliath43 Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
He never said he wanted the president to fail just some of the bad policy decisions he is making and how that will effect the future of the country.
average james Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Wrong Goliath,
I heard him say ” I want Obama to fail”. Sorry, he said it. He said it more than once.
Daddio Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Actually Rush Limbaugh said he wanted Obama’s policies to fail. He said, and I agree, that Obama’s policies are leading us towards socialism and he wants that to fail. And if that is Obama’s goal then yes he wants Obama to fail.
Those are not his exact words but that is the jist of what he said. And why he said it.
Daddio Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:07 am
Rush doesn’t want Obama to fail because he is a Democrat. I think you are getting confused on why he said that.
EricG Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
goliath – I was actually listening to the show. Your wrong. He said he wanted Obama to fail and didn’t play word games with his ‘policies should fail’ or anything close.
The man is without integrity.
EricG Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Oh please, Daddio. BS!
Rush said he wanted the Democratic Party to fail and Obama to fail with them so that the morons who gave us the recession could return to power before 4 years is even over.
You guys all listen to Limbaugh but don’t even know what he said. Proves my point that he is not a source of education but rather a source of political hate.
May 11th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Are we really getting upset..either defending her, or offending her LOL…??? She’s a comedian…she’s of no more consequence to the actions in DC then the idiot she is telling jokes about. Lord Limbaugh is offensive every day on his show and slurs spew from him on almost every other sentence. Wanda Sykes also is a bomb thrower from the other side of the aisle, but this isn’t news eiether… She’s been like that for years. Last year she spouted off during the election. But, then again, it is alll inconsequential.
Lord Limbaugh tosses a bomb then ignores the comments and Wanda blasts back and it all adds up to a big fat zero.
Are Conservatives nasty? Only when they open their mouths. Are liberals nasty? To each other, sometimes, but rarely do they have the same vile history of attack as the other side of the aisle. Neither side has totally clean hands…and the whole thing means nothing in the national political scene.
steve Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Great insight and honesty.
May 11th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
[...] Alan analyzes the predictable outrage over the controversial comedy of Wanda [...]
May 11th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
“Maybe Rush ought to do a joke about Obama dying. How would that go over? But I know Rush would never do that.”
Ya, what he does is bring in someone to guest his show and the guest host reads a radical rightwinger’s column which just dreams a little dream about a psychotic war veteran gunning down Nancy Pelosi and various other ranking officials of our government.
But obviously Limbaugh would never do a joke about it. He’s much too serious in his subversive wanderings for any mere joke.
May 11th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
averagejames
Wrong again Rush never said it and he has explained himself many times on this..Because you say you heard on a liberal blog do not make it true.
average james Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Sorry again Goliath,
I heard it with my very own ears. I was with my conservative boss and it lead to some heated discussion.
He even came back from a commercial break and said it again.
goliath43 Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
I guess saying you were in your bosses office makes it true nice try.. Every left wing media outlet has beat this to death but noone can come up with the Audio where Rush Said “I hope Obama fails”
Back it up give me a date and I will go thru the transcipts again.
I know backing up a statement with fact is very foreign to some of you liberals but give it a shot.
OldLefty Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
From his website:
Just google, Limbaugh: I Hope Obama Fails I can never get links to go through.
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Limbaugh: I Hope Obama Fails
January 16, 2009
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average james Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Thanks Lefty,
I was gonna guess early february, I did’t remember the exact date.
You gotta pay him, so I refuse.
OldLefty Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
average james,
Just googled Limbaugh: I Hope Obama Fails .
it takes you to that page on his site, and the transcript.
Making you pay is a great way to avoid dissent.
average james Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Yes it is,
Gotta run. Maybe check back in later. Thanx again.
EricG Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
“Because you say you heard on a liberal blog do not make it true.”
Exactly. But remember just because you heard it on FOX Cable News or on the EIB Network also doesn’t mean it’s true.
Your wrong about Rush. He said it, and he never backed off it.
You should read my blog just to see the real deal. I have a post on that issue and just about everything that every other blogger (Alan included) is too cowardly to post.
Neo-cons want to believe the radio and liberals want to believe the internet. Both sides are wrong. Check your sources and recheck your information no matter the source.
May 11th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
So I’m thinking of replying to the guy, “Okay, I’ll send you a response, but I don’t need 400 words, I need four: I hope he fails.” (interruption) What are you laughing at? See, here’s the point. Everybody thinks it’s outrageous to say. Look, even my staff, “Oh, you can’t do that.” Why not? Why is it any different, what’s new, what is unfair about my saying I hope liberalism fails? Liberalism is our problem. Liberalism is what’s gotten us dangerously close to the precipice here.
He wants liberalism to fail. He wants liberal policies to fail. Less goverment less social programs taxpayers actually keeping more of their own money no redistribution of wealth, Strong National Security not weaken borders.
Thats the point of what he is saying not for the President to fail because if he does everyone fails.
Does that make sense to you?
May 11th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Goliath43,
Here’s how it does not make sense:
We (the left and left leaning), that supply side has failed. That the mess we find ourselves in now is the result of 25 years of chipping away at the regulations that lead to the corruption on Wall Street which lead to the “too big to fail “ crisis we have now.
It has lead to more corporate welfare, more outsourcing of American jobs, a situation where American workers compete with Chinese workers, but where monopolies are protected from competition by the government, and so on.
It failed, but we would rather have been proven wrong, than for so many to suffer for the benefit of so few.
steve Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Lefty,i like your sermon and you are a fine pastor as well on the evils of hardcore conservative failures.
What Rush fails to realize,that our nation is in the center and his failure to realize moderates. Independents put Obama over the top and sent him to the White House.
1 rant by Rush was disclaiming moderates today. That everything that is not conservative is liberal as if he is the brainchild on lawmakers views and voters as well.
Rush the Lip wants a perfect world of conservative rule and he fails badly that America is a land of thinkers that free their minds for due process. His thoughts are program robots that obey fat bottom with kissies.
OldLefty Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Steve, you are very kind.
I think Rush Limbaugh is a carnival barker is all.
I’m sure he’s thrilled at the attention.
Have a good night, it’s bedtime for Bonzo.
RDM Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Lefty,
Not that I disagree, but over 25 years would include Democrats, Republicans, Leftwing & Rightwing. If you are saying that our government and politicians are too blame I would agree. If you are blaming one party for this…it’s not so.
JaredfromTexas Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
RDM,
Good luck trying to get liberals to look inward and see they were very much a part of the downward spiral.
OldLefty Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 7:45 am
RDM,
Re:
“Not that I disagree, but over 25 years would include Democrats, Republicans, Leftwing & Rightwing. If you are saying that our government and politicians are too blame I would agree. If you are blaming one party for this…it’s not so.”
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There may have been Democrats AND Republicans but they have mostly been Republican policies….
That’s why Alan Greenspan called Clinton, the best Republican president we’ve had in a while”
And to JaredfromTexas,
“Good luck trying to get liberals to look inward and see they were very much a part of the downward spiral.”
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Implies that conservatives DO look inward……BEFORE it’s too late???
Even now, they maintain, that it was timing, (the economy collapsed right before the election), they gave up their principles, (instead of the possibility that their “principles” were the cause or that they never REALLY had any”, it was the media…
One only has to look at Krugman, David Sirota, Tom Hartman, Cenk Uygur, complaining bitterly that Obama is deferring to Wall Street and the banks and ignoring the Prompt Corrective Action Act, etc, while Maddow and Olberman express doubt over the escalation in Afganistan, and “moving on” torture.
Go back to 1999 and 2000 and you can find Molly Ivins and Dorgan, Boxer, and Finegold, all predicting that the reappeal of Glass Steagall would lead to a ‘Too big to fail crisis’.
They are criticizing the policies BEFORE the approval ratings drop.
JaredfromTexas Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:00 am
OLD LEFTY,
Implies that conservatives DO look inward……BEFORE it’s too late???
Not at all…but there’s an awful lot of finger pointing from your side of the aisle…isn’t there? As a matter of fact, I have yet to hear one damn Democrat stand up and take any kind of responsibility for where this country is at present. Have you?
Didn’t think so.
Glass-Steagall? OH!…you mean the regulatory bill that CLINTON repealed? That one?
JaredfromTexas Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:04 am
OLD LEFTY,
There may have been Democrats AND Republicans but they have mostly been Republican policies…. that democrats voted for
I noticed you forgot to add that at the end there, so I did it for you.
weak response, by the way.
OldLefty Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:18 am
When Republicans had the Whitehouse for 12 years, the congress for 13 years,(with the Whitehouse for 8 MORE of those years), What “damn Democrat” do you want to stand and take any kind of responsibility for where this country is at present”??
Unless you think it should be Bill Clinton for going along with the Republican legislation like The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, (the Enron loophole)?
What Republican should they use as an example?
Which Republican stood up BEFORE they were in trouble??
Daddio Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:30 am
How about Barney Frank and Chris Dodd, to name two Lefty. They set there and watched as the banks failed. McCain warned them in 2004 that this was coming, when Republicans were in control and nothing was done.
In 2007 the Dems regained Congress and for two years they did nothing. In July of last year, 2008, Barney Frank said at a hearing on the banking industry that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were solvent, were in no trouble then.
May 11th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
There is something no one has brought up. Wanda Sykes is a comedian. Rush is not. So, really, to compare their statements is ridiculous.
Rush hosts a radio show, a show that has millions of listeners. Most of them, I presume, hang on his every word. And most of his words are garbage. He doesn’t do this radio show to get reactions, because I fully believe he actually means what he says. He’s not joking. He’s dead serious. That’s what is scary.
Wanda Sykes does it, as all comedians do, for a reaction. Whether it’s a laugh or a ‘did she just say that!’.
Honestly, does anyone here believe she actually meant what she said about Rush?
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 3:10 am
I think she meant to disparage Rush…and it was hilarious.
There was a comedian on Alan’s show a couple weeks back…not remembering his name at the moment, I’ve heard him on the show before though.
He made a great quip/observation during one of his intros…he said, I’m a comedian so I can get away with saying stuff that you can’t say(or something to that effect)
There is definitely a different expectation and level of standard for someone like Wanda Sykes versus Rush Limbaugh who is the self-proclaimed voice of a block of people.
Daddio Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:22 am
Rush never even brought up Sykes on his program yesterday. Good for him. But for Wands Sykes to say “…I hope his kidneys fail” is beyond the pale.
Daddio Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:23 am
And for Obama to sit there and laugh at that is even worse.
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:41 am
c’mon Daddio…it was a funny joke.
It’s interesting that her biggest laugh came from the “what? too far?” line.
May 12th, 2009 at 3:04 am
Agreed… Sykes is a professional entertainer; just like “Rush”…. The only difference is that Sykes job isn’t under attack from an (un)fairness doctrine.
While I think Sykes comments were not funny, I understand why some would think they were. I think Will Ferrell’s Bush family tribute was the funniest thing I every saw… (DAMN IT W. Where did you pick up a Texas Accent!).
Sykes is an entertainer. If you don’t like what she says, don’t listen. Just like Rush is an entertainer, if you don’t like what he has to say, don’t listen.
steve Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Good greif with some sugar on it. What about Rush attacking Michial J Fox to the point the man was faking ?
2nd,thei is a major difference between Sykes and Rush. 1 is a pure entertainer,the other 1 is a big fat buffoon spewing vile 24/7 daily. I found her to be funny. Rush is not funny. He is a pundit with a strong voice of pure 100% vile. He hates moderates,liberals,dems and neocons love kissing his big fat funking ass as well.
I agree with you and Daddio,but Rush spews more hate from ill will upon a person to boderline race baiting. His failure to understand that this is a center nation.
The man is sitting around at the mic running his big fat mouth boasting on the money he made,saying we are not in a recession and 12% of people are laid off at the company he works for.
Rush could give a crap about the little man spewing an agenda for CEO,s with offshore accounts to run our nation to the ground. The man is FU%L OF SH*T !
May 12th, 2009 at 8:12 am
P.S. A white comedian making those comments about B.O. would have been viewed was racist.
Sykes is a RACIST! :) How does it feel to be race baited/
Daddio Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:24 am
I agree Atomaino. I think Sykes is a racist.
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:39 am
I’ve seen a lot of her work, and like a lot of other black comics she does explore the white/black race dynamic, but I would stop short of calling her a racist…her job is to come up with new outlooks on life, and shocking is part of that culture. She’s pretty tame compared to some of the others out there.
Daddio Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:47 am
So Don Imus should have never been fired. I think what is good for the goose is good for the gander.
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
May 13th, 2009 at 2:54 am
if you are asking me…no he never should have been fired.
Sarah Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Wah! Poor white guys! Such a persecuted lot. Waaaaaaah!
May 12th, 2009 at 8:14 am
Daddio,
While Democrats share more blame for Fannie and Freddie, it is probably about 25 -39 % of the problem.
The current high-risk mortgage mess is not so much a new crisis as the result of decades of government deregulation of the financial industry.
Mortgage backed securities seemed like the perfect solution to the great demand of assets. After all, in the beginning they were wonderful, safe investments – built out of mortgages with big down payments, proven steady income and money in the bank.
And investors loved them – and not only US investors but investors from all over the world.
The demand for those great, safe mortgage backed securities was really high. In fact, so high, that there was a point somewhere in 2003 when everyone who qualified for a mortgage got one, and still the global pool of money wanted more.
Thus, things needed to change. And they did. The mortgage qualification guidelines did.
At first, the stated income, verified assets (SIVA) loans came out. People didn’t have to prove their income any more. They just needed to “state” it and show that they had money in the bank.
Then, the no income, verified assets (NIVA) loans came out. The lender was no longer interested in what you do for a living. People just needed to show some money in their bank accounts.
This wasn’t enough to satisfy the huge appetite of global investors. The qualification guidelines kept going looser in order to produce more mortgages, more securities.
This leads us to NINA. Have you heard of NINA?
NINA is an abbreviation of No Income No Assets. Basically, NINA loans are official loan products and let you borrow money without having to prove or even state anything. All you needed to have in order to get a mortgage was a credit score.
McCain warned about it, but so did Obama in his 2007 speech at Nasdaq
Daddio Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Democrat/Republican/Independent. Who do you blame?
ALL THE ABOVE!!!!
Career Politicians are our biggest threat to freedom in this country and our biggest threat to the economy. No politician needs to serve more than two terms as a Senator or four terms as a Representative. Why should they have a lifetime career in Federal government when we limit the President?
Congress has done more to harm our country, our freedom and our economy than any president.
TDro319 Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
I agree. Nothing’s gonna change if these politicians don’t stop taking handouts from corporations for favors.
Realistically, it’s not “by the people, of the people, for the people”.
It’s “By the corporations, of the corporations, for the corporations.
Daddio Reply:
May 12th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Don’t forget all the special interest groups:
The DailyKos, Move-on.org, labor unions, Hollywood, foreign interest (yes they still contribute), environmental groups, and so on.
May 12th, 2009 at 8:59 am
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May 12th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Daddio said,
Don’t forget all the special interest groups:
The DailyKos, Move-on.org, labor unions, Hollywood, foreign interest (yes they still contribute), environmental groups, and so on.
……………………………..
How is that any different than Town Hall, Heritage Foundation, Concerned Women for America, Club for Growth, Wall street, Pharma, the NRA,. foreign interest, …
May 12th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
How could anyone in DC be offended by what she said? Washington DC is a snake pit. Look, when we can tolerate a vice president telling a senator to “F… Off” on the floor of the senate….we certainly can tolerate a woman telling Rush to buy a ticket for a box in the cemetary.
May 13th, 2009 at 3:03 am