CNN: Sykes' Joke about Limbaugh (who trashes the U.S. President everyday) was over the Line!

[FrenchieCat]

John King was just on CNN, and was at the "Affair" last night. He said he doesn't normally give his personal opinion (sure!), but said that many people cringed last night at the Rush Limbaugh joke, and so did he. He said that this joke was over the line.

I'm just trying to figure out why a joke told by a "comedian" about an "entertainer" who trash talks the President every damn day to millions of listeners over the radio goes over the line.

In otherwords, why can Rush Limbaugh call the President a terrorist and a Socialist, but can't be called a terrorist who was addicted to Oxicotin (especially since it is true).

Didn't John King hear anything that President Obama said in the part of his speech about journalists; that they are at their best when they tell the truth, or an approximation thereof?

I say, :wtf:

FUCK YOU John King! That's what I say.

Let's make sure that the Video of Brenda Sykes telling the Rush Joke goes viral! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpCBpiKLRWs

[Voice for Peace]

1. I appreciated it when she said

y'all will be laughing about it tomorrow

[FrenchieCat]

2. I'm sure many were laughing "inside".....

something else she said.

John King must like listening to Rush trash talk the President everyday....
cause defending that fat asshole is what is over the line!

[Thrill]

3. Its John King, Thats expected, He appears to have received his GOP talking points

[Submariner]

4. Keep in mind that King and his ilk are beltway boys and girls

Their life is TV politics. They have had little if any life experiences outside school that have exposed them to the everyday street life elements normal people grew up under, or live in today.

[graywarrior]

5. Wanda's joke about Limbaugh can just as well be applied to him

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. John King........? Yeah he's a hard hitting reporter who supported Cheney on torture

In that hard hitting interview he did with him. He also disregards Plame's story conveniently.

He's part of the right wing AIPAC stealth crowd.

[Clio the Leo]

7. Fox said that "the President has some talented speech writers!"

I'm not naive enough to think he wrote the whole thing himself ..... but I'm also not so disingenuous that I cant conceed that he didn't have a hand in some of that. ;)

[FrenchieCat]

9. That's why Fox's table was made into the butt of the joke last night.....

because their butt is a joke!

[Clio the Leo]

12. What *I* want to know is ..... (pic fixed!)

.... what is the President doing to protect us from Glen Beck's poisoned genitals?



.... surely the man needs to be locked up somewhere. I dont think a simple warning lable is insure the safety of the American people!

[liberalmuse]

21. Are those his wives? n/t

[Clio the Leo]

36. I think one of them may be one of the Fox spokesmodels.

She looks familiar.

[slay]

42. Ha yeah the skull and bones crotch piece cumerbund whatever

bwhahah :evilgrin:

[renate]

50. OMG... is he like 14 or what?

That's the kind of faux rebelliousness that would make a middle-schooler look silly. On a grown man it's beyond pathetic.

[AllentownJake]

8. Republicans are typically bullies

They push people around all day, say the nastiest things in the world, and than when someone fights back they scream, "No Fair!"

Rush is so popular because he's the biggest of the Bullies. He says the nastiest most hateful things all day and than plays the victim whenever anyone calls him out on his bullshit.

They idolize Rush because he's the biggest embodiment of what they are as a collective.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Limpballs is "over the line" every damn day.

Since he dishes it out on a regular basis he should be ready to take it. And I'm sure that was the point Sykes was trying to make. I think she specifically intended to go over the line to show him what over the line feels like.

[baldguy]

11. Showing Limbaugh as he is in reality is out of line

But depicting Obama as a monkey - like the Republicans have been doing for a year or more - isn't?

[AspenRose]

16. I suppose Obama on a pancake mix box, and referring to Michelle as "baby mama"

or singing "Barack the magic negro," or saying he pals around with terrorists, or circulating emails with watermelons on the White House lawn, or selling pins saying things akin to "it's called the White House for a reason" isn't out of line for those assholes, either. :eyes:

They can dish it out but they can't take it. And they need to be reminded of that on a regular basis.

[liberalmuse]

23. And it wasn't over the line when he mocked Michael J. Fox.

Not at all. As far as I'm concerned, that drug addled POS may have very well been the 20th hijacker. He's a hatemonger who has done a lot of harm to this country by spreading toxic ignorance to the willing masses.

[Political Tiger]

13. Everything about Boss Limpballs is a joke

And I thought Wanda Sykes was spot on about everything she said! If she pissed of the Reich then that's just icing on the cake!

[polmaven]

14. I agree with you about MOST of it..

I just wish she had stopped before wishing out loud that his kidneys would fail.

Except for tha one line, though, she was GREAT!

Oh, except ....I, for one, had absolutely NO problem with the beach photos of (then) Senator Obama....Pesonally, his nipples were NOT where I was looking!

[izquierdista]

28. That was her BEST line

How many people will die if Obama fails? Many more than will die if both of Rush's kidneys fail.

[Overseas]

30. And it was reinforcing the perhaps forgotten detail for dittoheads

that their beloved gasbag was convicted for abusing prescription meds. That wreaks havoc on your kidneys.

[polmaven]

33. Except

it does no one any good to wish ill health on those with whom we disagree. That type of thing lowers us to Limbaugh's level. We should be above that.

[izquierdista]

35. It's Don Rickles humor

And a lot of people don't like it. But enough do that he made a good career at it. Me? I can :rofl:

[bettyellen]

45. but it;s going to open uo the discussion about how they GLEEFULLY talk about KILLING liberals

worse that hoping one nasty man's drug addiction might be the death of him.

[TankLV]

47. I agree...

with WANDA!

I hope the anyl cycst burst at the exact time the kidneys fail...

and his will is contested so all his millions are forfeited to the GOVERNMENT!

now that would be REALLY sweet!!!

[90-percent]

15. here's an appropriate cliche

FUCK 'EM IF THEY CAN'T TAKE A JOKE!

Time to make HATE RADIO small enough to drown in a bathtub!

-90% Jimmy

I'll see your kidney failure and raise you one kidney spontaneous combustion.

[City Lights]

17. Boss Limbaugh is criticized by a comedienne and the media whores circle the wagons.

Absolutely disgusting. :puke:

I second your FUCK YOU, john king!

[depakid]

49. They surely do

[JohnnyLib2]

18. I thought WS was great and hope the barbs are magnified by

Limbaugh's reaction this week.

I have an image of Michael J. Fox cracking up and pumping his fist somewhere last night.....

[polichick]

19. King is one of the biggest ass-kissers of all...

Here's Rush:



Thanks to madamesilverspurs, who posted this on Friday.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5621092&mesg_id=5621092

[rasputin1952]

24. Yikes! Off to bleach my eyes!...

[Politicub]

20. He was upset that the leader of his party was being criticized

Republicans are very thin skinned.

[firedupdem]

22. Too f'ng bad John King! I hope she lampoons your ass next!

Fuck racist rush! I wish she had slammed him and faux even more!

[Overseas]

25. I liked Wanda's jokes. And she let us know it was her opinion.

She started that Rush series by being puzzled by Rush's wanting President Obama to fail. He wants our country to fail. In a time like this, with people losing their jobs, losing their houses, when the country is at war, he wants America to fail. To me, that's treason, she said.

And to a lot of us who have listened to clips of Rush's comments and watched the GOP kiss up to him in spite of his hateful words, he has needed a slap in the face for a long time.

The Republicans and their friends like John King are probably mad at Wanda for reminding people that Rush was abusing prescription drugs.

And she started her routine by teasing the president, first lady and several Democrats, so she wasn't just hitting one side.

I just hope the TV media critiques continue to demonstrate to the public how very conservative they have become, conglomerated into too few corporate hands. There is a sprinkling of liberal voices to pretend they are still balanced, but they continue demonstrating how conservative they are by giving so much air time to criticism of President Obama. They pretend that's fair because they pretend they were critical of Bush when they weren't-- we remember their backing his war of choice with splashy branding, and covering his war crimes but not calling for his impeachment.

[Doctor_J]

26. King is the guy who gave Cheney a blowjob on primetime TV

What did he think about slimy sub-human drunk David Feherty's comment? I guess he wouldn't offer his personal opinion on that one.

You should turn off ConNN

[Phx_Dem]

27. She was over-the-top hilarious! So was the President.

I'm still laughing at the "Boehner man of color" joke along with all the rest. The Rush, Hannity jokes were priceless.

John King is an ass so it's no surprise he wasn't amused.

[Vinca]

29. It was the best joke of the night. John's probably a dittohead.

[SteveM]

31. Why does the pill-popper get away with it? He's a bully and MSM is afraid (nt)

[ErinBerin84]

32. oh man

What did he think of Bush's wmd joke? I sure hope that he took his precious time to "share his opinion" with that one too.

[symbolman]

34. they admire Limbaugh mostly because he's rich

Be they want to be too.. Notice john King isn't talking about Boner being Orange because King is The Same Color, only he wears a Sperm Bib..

[Catherine Vincent]

51. LOL!

You guys are cracking me up!

[Cha]

37. That's really sweet that john king

is sticking up for his buddy, rush limpbaughs but if they can't take a joke then fuck 'em.

[onetwo]

38. Frenchie, that video doesn't have the whole Rush joke in it...

...we need to find that one because the set-up and joke was awe-inspiring :)

Here's one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKYHiQqEK3o

[formercia]

39. The longer version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qouOj957SBE&NR=1

[Joey Liberal]

40. CNN is dead to me nt

[slay]

41. If by over the line he means HILARIOUS - then he's right

Otherwise, he's just too damn uptight. I thought it was great! :rofl:

[Raster]

43. We can expect more comments like this from the presstitutes.

[immoderate]

44. So what? Rush can afford dialysis.

:shrug:

--imm

[Celebration]

46. Oxycontin part was GREAT

But the 20th hijacker thing, uh uh. Just gives more fodder. She should have worked in the Oxycontin another way.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

48. That asshole made fun of Michael J. Fox's illness. Where was John King then?

[FlyByNight]

52. John King is an obsequious hack

He's overly deferential to the Beltway set so he can get "interviews" like the one with Cheney a couple weeks past.

He should be ashamed of himself for being such a whore but that would require a soul and professional standards.

[avaistheone1]

53. Just remember that Limpbutt is the President of the GOP

who of course think they still run the country, and they are sole authority on everything.

Therefore Wanda was over the line.

:sarcasm: