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I heard the few clips of Wanda Sykes at the Correspontents' dinner.
I was very shocked and surprised.
What surprised me was that she was actually funny. I had front row seats to see her in Vegas about 8 months ago, and she bombed. The guy that opened for her was hysterical. And my girlfriend made the great observation that sitting in the first row for comedians isn't good. You either have them attack you to be funny. Or if they aren't funny, you sit there with a fake smile on your face so they don't think you're rude or that you didn't get their jokes.
So...Sykes had the line about how she was sick of seeing the Presidents nipples.
And she had the controversial line about Rush Limbaugh, saying she hoped his liver failed.
I have absolutely no problem with this joke. In fact, I feel the same way. And the funny thing is, I bet Rush doesn't have a problem with it, either.
It always amazing me when people come out to defend Rush. They first did it when Al Franken wrote the book "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot" (I'm sure anti will correct me on the title if I got a word wrong in there).
Yet, those same Republicans that were upset with the book title, had no problem with Rush previously calling a 13-year-old Chelsea Clinton the "White House dog."
And I believe it was Rush that made fun of Michael J. Fox and his movements caused by Parkinsons.
It was Rush that said we should lock up drug dealers (or users) and throw away the key. And he got addicted to pain killers, even having his maid pick up drugs illegally for him.
Now, I made a joke to my friend Judy when she told me about the new dog Obama got. I said, "Yeah...I wonder if Rush Limbaughs dog wants that dog to fail." Obviously, a joke like that wouldn't have offended anyone.
But why should a "joke" she made about his liver failing offend anyone? After all, Rush has said time and time again, that he hopes Obama fails. Well, if Obama fails, doesn't that also mean the auto industry, banks, health care, housing...those things would fail, too. Which would hurt a lot of people.
I've heard people like Bill O'Reily try to defend Rush's comments, saying that if you don't like the administration and what they're doing, you want them to fail so they don't stay in office. And if you think they take more taxes from you, or don't protect us enough from terrorists, you should want them to fail.
But that's not really looking at the big picture. I'd like to think as an American, you'd prefer that things go well in the country no matter who is in office.
Or who is on the radio.
If you don't like Rush, don't listen to him.
If you love him, listen to him.
And send him some Vicodin.
I heard the few clips of Wanda Sykes at the Correspontents' dinner.
I was very shocked and surprised.
What surprised me was that she was actually funny. I had front row seats to see her in Vegas about 8 months ago, and she bombed. The guy that opened for her was hysterical. And my girlfriend made the great observation that sitting in the first row for comedians isn't good. You either have them attack you to be funny. Or if they aren't funny, you sit there with a fake smile on your face so they don't think you're rude or that you didn't get their jokes.
So...Sykes had the line about how she was sick of seeing the Presidents nipples.
And she had the controversial line about Rush Limbaugh, saying she hoped his liver failed.
I have absolutely no problem with this joke. In fact, I feel the same way. And the funny thing is, I bet Rush doesn't have a problem with it, either.
It always amazing me when people come out to defend Rush. They first did it when Al Franken wrote the book "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot" (I'm sure anti will correct me on the title if I got a word wrong in there).
Yet, those same Republicans that were upset with the book title, had no problem with Rush previously calling a 13-year-old Chelsea Clinton the "White House dog."
And I believe it was Rush that made fun of Michael J. Fox and his movements caused by Parkinsons.
It was Rush that said we should lock up drug dealers (or users) and throw away the key. And he got addicted to pain killers, even having his maid pick up drugs illegally for him.
Now, I made a joke to my friend Judy when she told me about the new dog Obama got. I said, "Yeah...I wonder if Rush Limbaughs dog wants that dog to fail." Obviously, a joke like that wouldn't have offended anyone.
But why should a "joke" she made about his liver failing offend anyone? After all, Rush has said time and time again, that he hopes Obama fails. Well, if Obama fails, doesn't that also mean the auto industry, banks, health care, housing...those things would fail, too. Which would hurt a lot of people.
I've heard people like Bill O'Reily try to defend Rush's comments, saying that if you don't like the administration and what they're doing, you want them to fail so they don't stay in office. And if you think they take more taxes from you, or don't protect us enough from terrorists, you should want them to fail.
But that's not really looking at the big picture. I'd like to think as an American, you'd prefer that things go well in the country no matter who is in office.
Or who is on the radio.
If you don't like Rush, don't listen to him.
If you love him, listen to him.
And send him some Vicodin.