Keith Olbermann Thinks Wanda Sykes Crossed The Line

[jefferson_dem]

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[Turbineguy]

1. Well maybe she did

and then again, maybe she had listened to GWB's WMD shtick while people were getting killed.

As for outdoing El Rushbo, she going to have to get a lot more offensive than she was to start competing with him.

[tularetom]

2. Well WTF is he supposed to say?

By tsk tsking about it he was able to play it again thus keeping it in front of viewers for another day.

At the same time he's able to stay above it, much like the WH did. Which kinda takes all the steam out of the RW whining about it.

I don't think any of this bothers Wanda however. She played her part. And did it well. Now KO and others are playing theirs.

I think it's working well.

[Cha]

15. +1

So exactly.

[stlsaxman]

3. Kick and rec and KO is free to feel as he wants... and i think i agree.

[billyoc]

4. She did. That was her task. Anybody remember Colbert? He made Sykes look like Rich Little.

[Bette Noir]

20. Yes. Colbert was great at the dinner two years ago.

[Mika]

5. 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911

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:crazy:

[ecstatic]

6. This is how dems & repubs treated Cynthia McKinney when she spoke out in '01

as well. I know McKinney has gone a little crazy since that time, but back then, she was dead on in questioning Bush's involvement in and/or knowledge of the attacks. It appears that if you are a black woman you are not allowed to challenge "powerful" white men.


SHAME ON YOU, KO, and Gibbs! I'm disgusted.

[Bette Noir]

21. I'm not disgusted with Keithie and Gibbs.

They just missed the point.

[emilyg]

7. She did.

[thunder rising]

8. And now KO has distanced himself from it ... Thunder Rising LOVED IT!! WOOT!

[Joe Bacon]

9. Wanda didn't go far enough!

Considering all the trash Rush spits out, she should have gone to the next level and taken a shot of Rush's Viagra use in the Dominican Republic!

[bdamomma]

35. I think she could pushed the envelope further if she wanted too.

she is a comedian not a political figure.

[bc3000]

10. ok... i guess....

I wasn't looking at it from the 9/11 angle. I can see how she be criticized for that.

BUT the oxycontin jokes, including the kidney failure thing, were right on.

[Newkophile]

33. Time heals all wounds

9/11, like all other tragic events, will be considered material for comedy at some time, it's a question of how much time has passed since the tragic event. Evidently when it comes to 9/11, nearly 8 years is not considered long enough by many of the media. In any event, she was only using the event to make a point about what she regards as Rush's treasonous behavior. Bravo for her!

[Cleita]

11. Many today think so. I think twenty years from now she will be in some comic

Hall of Fame alongside Lenny Bruce for speaking the truth about subjects that made the mainstream uncomfortable. Yes, Wanda took fatso fascist, oinker Rush down a few pegs and she used an allegory that made everyone uncomfortable, 911. Rush, on the other hand, has no problem promoting racism, lies, ad hominem attacks on his show and no one feels he goes too far. Hurrah for Wanda. She will prevail.

[Demoiselle]

13. I thought Wanda did a damn good job. (nt)

[Quantess]

12. Those two can analyze all they want.

I thought her jokes were hilarious, and well deserved.

[howmad1]

14. "Those WMDs gotta be somewhere around here"

And the idiot press laughed their collective asses off. So how come Shit for brains Bush got away with that hilariously funny remark? Wanda, you were much too kind to that fat, slobbering idiot. And another thing, that fat, brain dead prick makes us cigar smokers look like fools as well.

[bjobotts]

25. "No, not under here"...not under Wanda either.Pearl Harbor-suprise attack. no reflection on tragedy

[applegrove]

16. I don't think 9/11 should be off base. The GOP used it to no end to push their

neocon policies through. Why can't a comedienne?

[MessiahRp]

39. Keith was very critical of the GOP using 9/11 as well...

Remember he lost personal friends in that attack. It's a very personal subject to him and he doesn't want it used in any context that demeans it's value whether it be for propaganda purposes or as in a joke setting.

Personally I thought Wanda was right to make all of the comments she did in the context of how treasonous Rush is but I understand Keith's heartfelt disagreement to cheapening the memory of 9/11.

Rp

[applegrove]

44. Maybe I wasn't as affected by 9/11 because I am Canadian. But I have seen it

be used by the GOP so often that I am immune to be sensitive to it.

[aikanae]

17. Rush is comedy

All she did was say the truth (and added 9/11). Rush is better comedy than comedians can write.

[JonathanMeador]

41. I agree

His every action is a comedic event. (By "comedic" I mean "horrifically sad")

[rhett o rick]

18. Shame on KO. I love Wanda. Rush deserves every bit. He wishes that the country fails.

He is wishing that there will be another 911, how can anything said about this horrible man be inappropriate?
Go Wanda

[Liberal_Christian]

19. Easy Keith, for the first time ever, you've lost some points here.

It's Wanda Sykes and what she said was funny and had elements of truth. Come on now.

[Bette Noir]

22. Yeah, first time I can remember disagreeing with Keith.

I still love him, though.

[bjobotts]

26. Yeah, me too.Apparently he dosesn't listen to Rush much.Daily smears as humor

[bjobotts]

27. Rush mouth is the one who set himself up to be knocked on his ass

[bjobotts]

28. For making $400 million a year the stupid poor thinks he's one of them

[Liberal_Christian]

46. Me too :-)

[Necon-Be-Gone]

23. Nope, don't agree with KO

There is no defense for Rush. He is too repulsive.

[MessiahRp]

24. Keith is very touchy about 9/11....

He had some friends die in it and doesn't take jokes about it lightly... just some context here...

Rp

[The Wizard]

31. The joke wasn't about 911

it was about Limbaugh being Anti American, pro bin Laden and high on dope.
For all the verbal vomit spewed by Limbaugh, this was a mild retort.

[MessiahRp]

38. I don't disagree about the joke's intent...

and I actually found everything Wanda said to be hilarious and Rush was more than deserving of what wrath he wrought but for Keith it was still a joke that talked about the 9/11 hijackers and that touches a personal nerve with him because of the loss of personal friends.

I was just saying I understand why Keith was upset and am willing to give him a pass on this considering the context of his agitation.

Rp

[mtf80123]

29. No Keith...

This time you are WRONG.

Those sycophant plebeians deserve to be called out.

[MrModerate]

30. Oh piffle. Limbaugh is so odious that no joke about him . . .

Could be too cruel.

And especially since 'Licans kowtow to him in such craven fashion (puffing up his already overinflated ego), it's good for him and the 'Licans to realize that the rest of the world thinks of him as something particularly repulsive to be scraped off the bottom of your shoe.

[rocktivity]

36. I'll see your "piffle" and raise you a "Toro turd"

Limbaugh has said far, far worse--and he WASN'T joking. Rethugs are always dishing it out and complaining about taking it. They're nothing but bullies--the only thing they fear are being bullied back.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[Buzz Clik]

32. Olbermann's first comment to Richard Wolffe was his classic "leading question"

It's one of Keith's most annoying traits -- he gives HIS answer in the statement of the question and strongly suggests that the guest agree with him. It was fun when he was the lone voice on television raging about Bush. It's not so fun when he joins Fox News in piling on Wanda Sykes.

I'm sticking with Wanda.

[JDPriestly]

34. We're Americans. We joke about everything. That's part of our

national character. After all, everybody's heard that old joke about Lincoln's assassination, and Lincoln's assassination was no more funny than 9/11. Come on. Wanda Sykes was brilliant.

The nation is sick and tired of Rush Limbaugh. The Republicans are upset about that because they know that Limbaugh is all they've got.

[bdamomma]

37. Limbaugh is all they got is correct.

[JonathanMeador]

40. Pleeeeeeze

She's too funny for those stuffy media types. Look at how they regarded Colbert (who was also hilarious).... they've nary a funny bone in their bodies.

[Mari333]

42. I agree. why lower yourself to their behaviour. nt

[jgraz]

43. Aw, Ketih's not really pissed until he breaks out the "how DARE you, sir"

Or madam, as the case may be...

[mzmolly]

45. I will K and R this even though I disagree with KO. I think Wanda Sykes enabled an important

discussion about right wing hypocrisy. We're all aware that Limbaugh and his ilk want the President/America to fail as does Al Qaida. Wanda rightfully pointed this out. She did so in a biting manner that enabled such a discussion.

Also, we are once again noting Limbaugh's drug use (the epitome of hypocrisy) considering it was he who said that drug users should be locked up for good. Lastly, why is it that Cheney feels a loathsome creature like Rush Limbaugh is a better representative of the Republican party than a decorated general like Colin Powell?

I know Keith lost friends on 911, so I can understand and respect his thoughts on not using that day in the context of any joke.