Did Wanda Sykes' performance at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner go too far?

[liberal N proud]

Poll on MSNBC about Saturdays performance at the White House Correspondents Dinner.

http://www.newsvine.com/_question/2009/05/11/2803157-did-wanda-sykes-performance-at-the-white-house-correspondents-association-dinner-go-too-far

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. Good thing they didn't have me on. I thought she held back...... big time.

:evilgrin:

[MadMaddie]

16. She did....she only said hell 2 or 3 times

I am pretty sure she had some other juicy things to say!!

She was fantastic!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

19. I know I was surprised..... but not disappointed. nt

[movonne]

35. look

O8)

[movonne]

36. Look

this is what I see
:sarcasm:

[opihimoimoi]

2. Fuck NO....she was perfect.....awesome....pulled no punches...

Made zit butt look like boiled chicken

[TahitiNut]

3. The GOP pearl-clutchers have nothing else? Sad.

:shrug:

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

4. Yeah, I can imagine them sipping on their mint julep then fainting in their big ass 1940s couches..

"Why I never".

[TahitiNut]

14. I'm old enough to recall those days. The words "uppity negress" would be used.

The tempest in racist's teakettle ... life on a veranda. :puke:

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

18. Good ol' boys can joke about whatever the hell they want including 9/11 and WMDs just ask

the previous occupant of the White House.

[opihimoimoi]

10. The GOP is STYMIED beyond Rehab...big guns but no ammo...LOL

[OHDEM]

5. Voted no. nt

[SKKY]

6. If you were one of her targets, I'm sure you would think so...

...but I thought she was f'ing hilarious!

[Rex]

7. Well I don't know...is what she did worse than allowing 9/11 and

attacking Iraq without any good reason?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. Worse much worse. "Won't somebody think of the children?". nt

[Old and In the Way]

8. When George Bush can joke about not finding WMD that

led directly to the deaths of 100's of thousands of Iraqi's, the bar for good taste has been removed. I can't get outraged by a comedienne calling Limbaugh a terrorist.

[jaysunb]

21. Amen

:thumbsup:

[MercutioATC]

11. Acually, I thought Obama went a little too far...

...with the Boehner "person of color" comment and the Cheney "How to shoot friends" comment.

Sykes is an edgy comedienne. I expected comments like this from her.

[Cha]

26. And yet, both things were

true. Imagine, pointing that out. Tsk Tsk.

[imdjh]

12. The "20th hijacker" thing was probably over the top and not particularly funny

As a sacred cow, it might never be OK to joke about 911, but I don't have a lot of sacred cows, I just didn't think that one thing was all that funny. Other than that, she did really well. I must say, I am probably a little juvenile because without the dirty words her show loses a little something. It's like Chris Rock without the nword.

[movonne]

13. No....

[TimesSquareCowboy]

15. C'mpn, we all know she said what she said to get headlines today.

and the media is playing right along with her.

[ColbertWatcher]

30. Every comedian who "headlines" at the WHCAD has to live up to ...

[JuniperLea]

17. It's a long standing tradition

And she did not deviate from that.

I agree with the person up-thread who said if Bush can joke about not finding WMD, an action that wasted over 3000 soldiers' lives and untold thousands of Iraqi lives, then no. She didn't go very far at all. She didn't kill anyone, GWB killed thousands.

[Bluenorthwest]

20. Robert Gibbs is joining in the pile on

Says 9-11 should be off limits for comedy and let to serious reflection. Let's remember while Wanda gets fed to the lions that George W Bush joked about 9-11 being one part of a Trifecta he'd won, way back in 2002. So that ship sailed long ago.

[alarimer]

34. I don't understand why 9-11 should be off limits.

That's just ridiculous.

But I guess I think we just need to get over it. But it's the worst thing that ever happened EVER!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

22. Gee, I don't remember a poll asking if Bush crawling on the floor of his office looking for WMDs

was going to far. I recall that the sycophants at that dinner thought it was hilarious...

[madokie]

23. You're shittin me

None of the options are what I could select anyway. She kicked him square in the no balls he has and I wished she'd laid it on a little heavier. She's my newest hero

[Fireweed247]

24. about Limbaugh?- hell no!

That man has advocated killing liberals, he should be arrested not defended. What a bunch of bullshit. And Limbaugh is such a cowardly weenie that he needs the 'liberal' media to defend him like this? :rofl: I wonder how he would explain that to his listeners...

[nc4bo]

25. I don't like the questions. Push/pull anyone?

# Yes. She called Rush Limbaugh the 20th Sept. 11 hijacker. Sykes even joked that she wants his kidneys to fail. Calling someone a terrorist and wishing them dead crosses the line of decency.

# No. It was all in good fun. She knew the audience she was pandering to, and her comedy routine was a big hit with the Democrats in the crowd.

# I don't know. I think she took the Limbaugh jokes a little too far, but she also roasted Democrats too. "The first black president playing basketball -- that's two steps forward, one step back," Sykes said of the president.


Of course my answer would be no....STOP. (actually it's HELL NO) but what kills it for me is the "her comedy routine was a big hit with the Democrats in the crowd." :wtf: Why not just stop at "It was all in good fun"?

MSNBC I call you on your bullshit poll.

[omega minimo]

27. Oh God I hope so.

:yourock: Wanda





ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME SOMEONE BESIDES REPUBLICONS AND CRIMINALS "WENT TOO FAR"? :kick:

[JVS]

28. It didn't go too far enough!

[ColbertWatcher]

29. I don't think so.

Censorship is not welcomed, especially in comedy.

[applegrove]

31. She was tame. GOP and their footsoldiers just want to rain on any democratic success. No way

they were going to let ANYBODY'S routine go without criticism. They just picked Wanda cause she is the most obvious candidate to create outrage against. Really the GOP are just excercising the freepers. They have to keep them busy or a few more may switch sides and start liking Obama and real government.

[Raine]

32. NO way, NO how

absolutely NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[goclark]

33. After 8 long years of bold face lies and Bush looking for

WMD and the Republicans laughing their heads off --- hell NO she didn't go to far.

She told the truth on Slime Rush and I'm delighted that she recalled his Drugs for the entire world to hear about it.

She was masterful - truth to power.

[Echo In Light]

37. No