Wanda Sykes is a HERO

[Joey Liberal]

Wow! She just totally TRASHED Limbaugh, Hannity and Cheney.

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. She just told the truth!

[Joey Liberal]

4. It was wonderful nt

[Number23]

83. She represented for every sista

And every American fed with up with Rush and his fellow Republican Reptiles. I LOVE Wanda! I'm so proud of her.

[liberalmuse]

2. Longtime fan.

And she done us proud tonight. I adore that woman!

[Joey Liberal]

7. She darn sure did! nt

[mzmolly]

102. As am I.

She's a riot.

[rurallib]

3. She took on the head of the Repugnants - Mr. Oxycontin hisself

Jesus is Steele ever going to have to kiss Rush's ass for even being there.

[ohheckyeah]

5. I just got home

is there somewhere I can watch the whole thing?

[MadMaddie]

11. probably on CSPAN

http://www.c-span.org/

[ohheckyeah]

18. thanks.

[rurallib]

32. Replay on CSPAN at 11PM EDT, 10 PM CDT

[ohheckyeah]

51. Thanks very much

I've got it on right now.

[madokie]

88. Thanks

I just watched it using your link. It is so nice to have a person of President Obama's character making decisions for us, all of us.
have a great mothers day

[hellbound-liberal]

6. I haven't been a big fan of hers but after tonight, I like her a lot!

She cut those right wing tools down to size! Especially, Phlegmball!

[MadMaddie]

8. She hit it out of the ballpark!

She just threw down on Rush...lets see what he has to say on Monday!:popcorn:

[Joey Liberal]

10. She's the GOP Public Enemy #1 now

I'm telling ya, she's a hero.

[Gabi Hayes]

17. anybody been to shantytown yet to see the reactions from the trogs?

they've got their hellhounds out already, searching for personal info to destroy her life

you think they went after Julia Hiatt Steele, or that waitress who talked about one of the Bush girls' drinking?

just wait.....

[goclark]

36. Wanda happily tells all her business about her relationships

[Gabi Hayes]

55. I'm talking about SS number, phone number, credit cards, address, etc.

that's what they do to people they really want to get.....literally make their lives a living hell

hope she's aware of things like that

[Joey Liberal]

38. Oh, the GOP Hellhounds are out for blood now! nt

[tridim]

9. Limbaugh is not going to be happy

:woohoo:

[graywarrior]

12. I hope his kidneys fail...lol!

[Joey Liberal]

14. Oh, that was a great line:)................. nt

[graywarrior]

22. Didn't you feel like she and Obama were sharing their inside jokes with the rest of us who get it?

[MzShellG]

62. Absolutely!

That's the impression I got as well....lol

[malaise]

20. Freaking perfect

He wants the country to fail.

[Sheltiemama]

124. I think his heart is more likely to fail.

Every time I see him, I think, He's just a heart attack waiting to happen.

[Joey Liberal]

13. Limbaugh will go nuts over this! hahahaaaa! nt

[JerseygirlCT]

16. Naaa... I think he's loving it.

Easy topic for his next rant. Stir up the troops; they've offended dear leader.

He's the ultimate example of "there's no such thing as bad PR". Any attention is good attention as far he's concerned - because he's not really concerned with issues or politics - only with them as far as they'll take his checkbook.

[Skittles]

80. pass the popcorn

[Raine]

15. LOVED her!

She was just TERRIFIC, so funny! :bounce: :thumbsup:

[cherish44]

19. The ensuing right wing shit storm after this is going to be fun to watch

:rofl:

[Joey Liberal]

21. Yes, they will be on the war path LOL! nt

[goclark]

40. The good part is they will have to mention the pill popping

in order for people to figure out what she was talking about ~
:bounce:

[malaise]

49. DIng ding

We have a winner.

[SpiralHawk]

85. They should mention the Limbaugh draft dodging, too

Because practically the entire leadership of the so-called Republicon Party is a pack of chickenhawks like Limbaugh.

Pathetic Pharisees -- no wonder they get no respect.

[bob4460]

23. She knocked them out of the park!!!

[Joey Liberal]

25. Faux News will be at full battle stations! LOL. nt

[rurallib]

24. Move over Stephen Colbert!

[Joey Liberal]

29. Yes, give Wanda her own show! nt

[JVS]

26. What did she say?

[roody]

104. Hannity waterboarded?

She could break him by giving him a middle seat in coach.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

108. She started on Rush and talked about how he said he wanted Obama to fail, which

would mean the country failing and that he was a traitor. She said move over Bin Laden and maybe Rush was the 20th hijacker but was so high on Oxy that he missed the flight!

She also said that Palin was supposed to be there but she pulled out, and that really isn't practicing abstinence!

She talked about Obama and Biden going for hamburgers. She said who thought of sending those 2 out together? Nancy Pelosi?

The video is probably up at DU political videos and although I didn't laugh at a couple of jokes, some of them had me doubled over!

[malaise]

27. Tell that GEM$NBC bimbo that I didn't shake my

head one during Wanda. I was rolling of the freaking ground laughing my ass off.

[Lerkfish]

28. on MSNBC Buchanan was swallowing his own tongue in a rush to trash her

rather pathetically obvious he was carrying the water for the big fat water carrier.

but yeah, Wanda ROCKED

[Catshrink]

30. Will cspan rerun it?

I missed part of Wanda because of a phone call. (Had to take it -- from my nephew in pre-deployment training.)

[jillan]

31. Yes - they just said they would.

[Catshrink]

34. It's now... I just flipped over. Thanks.

[lib2DaBone]

33. I love Wanda...C-Span saying Wanda went over the line....

C-Span saying "Sykes insulted Limbaugh".. OMFG.. Schdenfreunde... Poor poor Rush Limbaugh...

Someone needs to call C-Span on this opinionated right-wing crap... enough already....

[xiamiam]

35. some imaginary line ..lol...thats funny...nt

[Joey Liberal]

37. GOP Hate Radio will now target Wanda Sykes

She is now the Anti-Christ to the republicans. To me, she spoke the truth and it was refreshing!

[malaise]

43. Who cares

She already has her following.

I too hope Rush's kidneys fail.

[proud patriot]

39. I love Wanda

:loveya:

[nolabear]

41. Speak truth to power...and idiots!

She was hysterical! I don't have enough TiVo power to see what Hannity, Limbaugh, et al have to say. It's about time we had some honesty in this country.

[pettypace]

42. "I hope his kidneys fail"

Yeah, she's all class.

[malaise]

45. He hopes the entire country fails

What are two oxy-laden kidneys in comparison.

[Joey Liberal]

46. Fuck Limbaugh - I hope his kindeys fail too nt

[ecstatic]

107. exactly! He deserves it nt

[Gabi Hayes]

56. who the fuck are YOU?

guess you just love the right wing radio maniacs like Michael Savage, or CBS golf experts, who fantasize over the death of Nancy Pelosi

get fricking OVER it, Lion loser

oh....forgot to say I mean that in the nicest way

[otohara]

67. When Speaking Truth To Power

and you're a comedian...what did you expect?

Come on, you're really not upset she said this about that POS, are you?

[foo_bar]

84. the truth is often déclassé

Sykes was saying out loud what many people (perhaps subconsciously) feel, which made it a clever roast of Rushbeau since his whole schtick is giving voice to the reptilian brain without benefit of tact or thought.

[konnichi wa]

93. Yep. If, say, Dennis Miller had said that about Obama, people would be banging out

hysterical reports to the Secret Service, the FBI and gawd knows who else. There are some real losers on our side, too.

[JonLP24]

95. Dennis Miller isn't as funny

I've been a fan of Sykes since the Chris Rock show. Though she didn't say anything about Obama that shouldn't outrage anyone. Not hard fouling Obama? No nipple portrait of Lincoln? Her style is even more blunt when she doesn't have to worry about using foul language.

I guess some here don't have any sense of humor either. Every thing she said was a joke and shouldn't be taken seriously especially the Kidney fails part.

[konnichi wa]

99. I don't think he's funny either but that isn't the point, is it?

The double standard is.

[immoderate]

113. It's not like he can't afford dialysis. What's the big deal?

--imm

[riverdeep]

114. Rush Limbaugh doesn't have secret service.

So where Dennis would be making a direct threat against a President, Sykes saying something about a radio personality isn't equivalent.

[ZombieHorde]

123. A fairer comparision would be if Miller had said that about Olbermann or another entertainer.

[BuelahWitch]

125. President Obama is not a traitor to his country

Rush Limbaugh is a TRAITOR, and he wsa even before his infamous blathering about wanting our new president to fail. He is more responsible for the division in the country than anyone. People like Hannity, Coulter and Beck came later. Limbaugh led the way. He is a traitor, and it's about damn time someone called him on it.
And little Wanda Sykes could kick the fat man's ass with one hand tied behind her back. Go Wanda!

[crikkett]

138. Sweetheart, Rush Limbaugh isn't the President. He's a hatemonger.

There isn't a double standard in play.

[rvablue]

120. Your username suits you! n/t

[walkaway]

44. Doesn't she have a new show on FOX? n/t

[nolabear]

47. Sister Wanda, call those m*****f*****s out!

Say Limbaugh's guilty of treason! Say Hannity couldn't stand the middle seat in coach, let alone waterboarding! Say it, girl!

The court jester is the most important position in any government, and she done it proud.

[Joey Liberal]

48. Hell Yeah! nt

[Lydia Leftcoast]

50. Could someone summarize what she said for us non-cable types?

:shrug:

[Joey Liberal]

52. Here's what she said about Rush Slimebaugh

"You've had your fair share of critics. ... Rush Limbaugh said he hopes this administration fails. ... He just wants the country to fail. To me that's treason. He's not saying anything different than what Osama Bin Laden is saying. You might want to look into this, sir, because I think Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker but he was just so strung out on Oxycontin he missed his flight. ... Rush Limbaugh, I hope the country fails, I hope his kidneys fail, how about that? He needs a good waterboarding, that's what he needs."

[Gabi Hayes]

59. you should go to CSPAN.org and watch the rerun. by tomorrow the whole thing

will be rerun, if it's not happening there already

[malaise]

63. CSPan 1 is rerunning right now n/t

[Gabi Hayes]

65. she doesn't have the cable

[JohnnyRingo]

53. Don't let anyone tell you Limbaugh was victimized

We'll hear it all day tomorrow, that "poor Rushbo" was attacked by the Hollywood elte.

He's handed so much inside heat over the plate for the last several years, he can get hit by a pitch now and then and be alright. Limbaugh is in the major league, and he can take it.

I bet Monday though, he'll go for a reverse discrimination angle, saying "if he said that about Sikes, he'd called a racist". Of course he is a racist, but he uses strawman all the time. I expect Dittoheads calling in all day, tears streaming, giving condolence to the boss.

Tough shit Rush, shake it off and stay back from the plate if you can't handle it.

[Joey Liberal]

54. Ditto Heads will be out of their minds

Which is pretty normal for them:)..................

[DemReadingDU]

58. What time does the replay start?

[malaise]

66. ON now on CSpan1 n/t

[Gabi Hayes]

57. heh...if he moved off the plate, his fat ass'd be out of the batters box....

as in, he's so fat....

[spanone]

60. 'rush limbaugh was the 20th hijacker but he was so strung out on oxycotin, missed his flight'

[Joey Liberal]

61. Great line! nt

[XOKCowboy]

64. I could break Sean Hannity by getting him a middle seat in economy!

:rofl:

[HughMoran]

68. She's on now!

I'm looking forward to this.

[Bozita]

69. She's up again now on the C-SPAN replay

[Bluebear]

70. "An Ipod? Obama shoulda given the Queen something American! Give her Texas!"

:)

[Joey Liberal]

71. Another great line! LOL

[EFerrari]

72. She is great.

I want to see this five times. :rofl:

[donheld]

73. Wanda Rocked hard!

[TheKentuckian]

74. What a smackdown

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[Joey Liberal]

82. A much deserved smackdown! nt

[ohheckyeah]

75. I just watched the re-run on

CSPAN and Wanda was funny as hell.

[HughMoran]

76. Obama was funny too.

I get a chuckle out of his jokes. Wanda was quite pointed in her remarks on the three you mentioned.

Was a good watch. :)

[valerief]

77. She sure did. Beck must feel so left out. nt

[Gregorian]

78. It seems that it takes a comedian to tell the honest truth.

She was brave. And it's just this kind of bare naked truth that opens new doors. Now everyone heard the truth. FOX can't undo what everyone heard.

She's a hothead. I love her.

[Joey Liberal]

81. And its about time! nt

[Skittles]

79. wonderful gal

:thumbsup:

[Bluenorthwest]

86. Wanda Sykes is one of the world's funniest people!!!

O! She is funny. She was, by the way, raised in DC and worked for the NSA early on...yes. Years back she had a sit-com on Fox called 'Wanda At Large' which was excellent, should have lived longer, about a 'Crossfire' type political discussion show. She was also on and a writer of the old Chris Rock Show, which was golden while it lasted....

[Joey Liberal]

90. I agree!

[Hissyspit]

97. I loved her bit on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.'

[Wednesdays]

87. K&R

:kick:

[pleah]

89. K&R I thought she was great. n/t

[Cid_B]

91. She's something...

but a hero? Nope.

The word is used a bit too casually for my taste.

[konnichi wa]

92. A hero????

good grief

[Joey Liberal]

96. Damn Right!

I don't see you or anypne else taking shots like that at Boss Limbaugh.

[nc4bo]

98. The GOP are the godfathers of Borg-type assimilation techniques.

Just plug into Faux News or Limpballs, and go.

So boring.

I'll take the Dems "herd of cats" over Borg any day, any time.

[konnichi wa]

100. People using the word wrongly rob it of any real meaning.

I object to the dumbing down of English regardless of who does it.

[roody]

106. It is heroic to speak the truth. It does not happen enough.

[konnichi wa]

109. No it is not. It might be unusual, commendable or even brave but it is not heroic.

Let's quit bastardizing perfectly good words in the name of expediency or fawning political correctness. Speaking the truth (which is hardly a proper description of a standup comedy performance) ought to be expected, not exalted or praised with hyperbolic nonsense.

[Joey Liberal]

111. Bull

She's a hero for standing up to the right-wingers. Deal with it.

[konnichi wa]

127. Deal with someone fucking up a perfectly good word just to heap praise on

a comedian for saying something that's against DU rules? Surely you are shitting me.
Look, I despise Limbaugh as much as the next person but wishing for him to suffer a life-threatening condition is something I'd expect from someone LIKE him...not a decent Democrat. What the hell is wrong with you?

[crikkett]

140. heroic, adj. like or characteristic of a hero or their deeds; strong, brave, noble, powerful etc.

"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell

Insofar as she spoke the truth to a room full of sellouts, on national TV, she acted heroically. It did take bravery and strength to address the WH Press Corps the way she did. Mocking evil is the last step in defeating it.

If you have anything more to say about this, tell me why your definition of 'heroic' is different than Webster's New World Dictionary, Third College Edition, c.1988.

[konnichi wa]

141. If your dictionary thinks strong and powerful are synomyms for heroic

it's full of shit.

[crikkett]

142. learn to read n/t

[Paladin]

115. You Got Any Heroes Besides Wayne LaPierre? (n/t)

[konnichi wa]

126. LaPierre is an asshole. He has cousins in every venue.

...

[nichomachus]

119. You're absolutely wrong

Eartha Kitt -- God rest her soul -- stood up and spoke truth to power during the Vietnam War. The word went out from the corporatocracy and her career went into the toilet for decades. She had a couple of years worth of engagements canceled overnight.

Don't think there aren't knives being sharpened right now for Wanda. I'm sure she can survive them, but they will try to ruin her.

[konnichi wa]

128. I'm fine with her comments. I am not fine with idiots who think they represent the actions of

a hero.

You want to use the word incorrectly, be my guest...I will stick with proper English.

[Zhade]

137. I'm not fine with arrogant assholes who think other people's opinion of Sykes makes them idiots.

No one's using it incorrectly - they're just using it a way you don't like.

You're not the arbiter of heroism, ace.

[konnichi wa]

139. Okay, give us the correct definition of "hero". I'll do all I can to get it into the OED.

With proper attribution, obviously.
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[Paladin]

144. No, You Started This Little Shit Storm.

Produce a list of your personal heroes for review, or just shut the fuck up.

[Binka]

147. No one's using it incorrectly - they're just using it a way you don't like.

BINGO!!!!

'Nuff said. :thumbsup:

[H2O Man]

150. Well said.

The word "hero" is indeed being used correctly. People can certainly disagree with other people's choices of heroes, and think that those whom others select as heroes are unworthy of that level of admiration. But that is distinct from the mis-use of the word.

I always thought that Lennon's song "Working Class Heroes" was one of his very best.

[dem629]

110. That word means nothing anymore.

People call sports figures "heroes" because they score game-winning points. Sigh.

[nichomachus]

118. Some people are called heroes

Just because they die of a disease they couldn't stop. Really.

[konnichi wa]

130. Yes, they are called heroes by illiterate idiots. I certainly agree with that.

...

[konnichi wa]

129. If challenging the status quo is HEROIC then Cheney is a HERO

according to some of the morons around here.

[Name removed]

116. Deleted message

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[konnichi wa]

132. Oh dear, I have been threatened by a

wannabe moderator.

[nc4bo]

94. Just saw a Wanda clip and I most heartily agree! She went "there"

over and over again. I love her!

[onehandle]

101. Not a fan of hers, but she did a good job. Sliced and diced. nt

[steven johnson]

103. I think she may have dished some payback to Fox hyperpartisans

The negative reviews of Wanda Sykes came from the predictable Right Wing Echo Chamber. The response to her humor was a litmus test for one's politics.

The Right Wingnuts can dish it out but can't take it.

[ecstatic]

105. I watched again today. Some of the jokes

that I didn't get yesterday I got today. Especially the one about if it was Pelosi's idea for Obama and Biden to be out together. :rofl: She was brilliant.

[butterfly77]

112. KICK! and recommended!

[riverdeep]

117. Just finished watching this, brillaint!

She was making everyone uncomfortable almost the whole time. The line about Hannity doing waterboarding for charity, "I could break Hannity by giving him the middle seat in coach...ooohh, I need legroom!", had me screaming. And the joke about Palin, wow.

If you haven't seen it, watch here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x310177

[BluePatriot21]

121. 3 Stooges, Cheney, InsHannity, Limpballz

Good for Wanda, those jokes were awesome. And if those lairs and sickos cant take a bit of the truth after all the filth and lies they've spewed, then fuck em.

Go F*** Yourselves you 3 stooges, I say as I quote Darth Cheney.

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

122. This is offensive

I'm sure Real Heroes would agree.



Wanda Sykes may have been bold but that does not make her a hero.

[dem629]

131. There's another overused word. Everybody's always "offended" by something.

Can't there just be disagreements without people claiming they've been insulted or harmed? Good grief.

[konnichi wa]

134. There's a small but vocal minority who collectively believe it's the function of government

to insure that they will never, ever be offended by the written or spoken words of any human on the planet. Interestingly enough, they are the first to be highly offensive when they perceive something whine-worthy.

[Name removed]

148. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

145. Good Grief Indeed.

[Liberal_in_LA]

133. what did she say?

[Zhade]

135. Anyone who tells the truth fearlessly like that is, indeed.

NT!

[SalviaBlue]

136. k&r

[The Wizard]

143. If two limousines pull up

in front of the house and one has a stranger and the other has Dick Cheney, I'd tell my kids to get in the one with the stranger.

[InfiniteThoughts]

146. wherez the confetti & the downtown parade?

Wanda totally deserves one for the dinner performance ...

[Norrin Radd]

149. She's always been no-holds barred.

Her bit was the first must see performance for me, in a long time. I knew she was going to be brutal, and we were richly rewardly. The Pres was funny, too.