Comedienne and actress Wanda Sykes brought down the house at the White House Correspondents dinner with a joke about Rush Limbaugh; Sykes said that she hoped Limbaugh’s “kidney’s fail”, in response to the talk show hosts comments that he hopes the Obama administration fails. Read more, see photos and video below.
Wanda Sykes
This is interesting folks, the left wing in this country is calling for CBS golf analyst David Feherty to be fired over his comments from two days ago where he stated that if given the chance U.S. soldiers would shoot Nancy Pelosi over Osama Bin Laden. But at the same time, it is seemingly okay for Wanda Sykes, to say that she “hopes his kidney’s fail”, when talking about Rush Limbaugh.
At the White House Correspondents dinner last night, Wanda Sykes hammered the issue of torture, Sean Hannity and others, but saved her most shrill and hateful comments for Rush Limbaugh, nationally syndicated conservative talk show host.
As you will see in the video below, Sykes takes Limbaugh’s comment’s about Obama out of context like most of his critics do. Limbaugh had said that he hopes Obama fails, once again let me clarify; Limbaugh hopes Obama’s socialist agenda fails, that Ms. Sykes is what he meant. Limbaugh believes, like most conservatives that if Obama is successful with his agenda that the country will fail; the country will cease to exist as we know it.
Wanda Sykes, who I’m sure knows more about what she’s talking about than Janeane Garafalo, but probably still doesn’t have much of a grasp on reality, proceeded to say that Limbaugh hoped the country would fail. He never said anything of the kind. She also said that he could be the 20th hijacker and made fun of Limbaugh’s once public and now past addiction to pain killers; like everybody in that room is clean and sober.
Wanda Sykes, comedienne or not, should have known better than to stoop to such a level at an event that is supposed to be dignified and classy. Well, when it comes to the Obama administration, dignified and classy are two words that only apply to other liberals. Obama’s response to Sykes kidney failure joke; he yucked it up with the rest of the liberals in the room. Real classy Mr. President, real classy.
Humor is great, and needed in today’s world, but you can go too far with what you “think” is humorous.
Wanda Sykes Photos
Wanda Sykes Video
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May 10th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
I was flicking thru the channels last and caught about 1 minute of her and just tirned off the the tube.
She was not funny, her delivery was off, slow, hesitant.
She was horrible.
May 10th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Yeah, jokes about 9/11 hijacking and people dying are hilarious! I hope Wanda (who is gay) gets AIDS and dies. See, I’m hilarious too, wonder if I can get a job on MTV.
May 10th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
well
a.) lesbians don’t get aids much, much less than heterosexuals
b.) it still is not funny
c.) isn’t rush a drug addict? i would think he would be much more likely to get aids than wanda
May 10th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Rush and Wanda are self-described entertainers. Let’s see if Rush can take what he dishes out daily to millions of listeners. Wanda was funny; I LMAO! President Obama was funny too.
May 10th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Oh boo hoo, cry me a river, bitter much?
You did a really poor job on defending Limbaugh’s comment that he hopes Obama’s “socialist” agenda fails. If this so called socialist agenda fails, wouldn’t the country fail? How would the country succeed if Obama’s administration doesn’t succeed, you make no sense.
Her jokes were hilarious, get a sense of humor, stop being such an emotional Republican.
May 10th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
But things like this is ok, so long as they’s only jokes, right? I read that right here on rightpundits.
“I hope he fails” has dark implications. I’m not sure I want to joke about it.
May 10th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
“If this so called socialist agenda fails, wouldn’t the country fail? How would the country succeed if Obama’s administration doesn’t succeed, you make no sense.”
Obviously you have no clue as to what socialism is and how its failed many civilizations previous to ours. And please, before you go off on the Europe model be aware that we are not Europeans and this is not Europe, not that its working that well over there either.
We have always been a capitalistic society whos complete finacial infrastructure and grid is set up to operate on just such a platform.
its corrects itself which is the single most beautiful thing about it that in that process we are still allowed our individual rights to our private property and not subjected to corporate and social welfar as the government sticks its collective wand into every aspect of our lives.
Pick up a book.
Wanda was about as funny as a screen door on a submarine.
Its all about place, time, context and decorum.
All of which she had none.
Honestly, shes good, I’ve seen her do better, she sucked.
May 10th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
I loved Wanda Sykes. I am STILL laughing. I just wished she was not so self restraining! OsiSpeaks[dot]com
May 10th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
You conservatives are so uptight. This was a roast….a comedy act. You are the most paranoid freaks of nature.
God…I would hate to have to live by you worse live with you. You just can’t be happy.
America is so over your cranky attitude.
May 10th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Mark.
You might want to reflect on the fact that after 8 years of peeing yourselves over Bush your party still hasnt stopped b*tching about and blaming him for everything.
You’d think you guys would be happy now that you’ve got someone to show you the way after walking into walls for most of the last 40 years.
What Rush wished for was not an act upon a person but instead a policy whereas Wanda the wicked witch of the weft was wishing for a potential death sentence for Rush.
What confirms the level of hate would be those whithin a given audience that accept such brand of humor.
At home or a quante surrounding is different from a media correspondents dinner where obviously theres a lot of hate seeing the response, from the pres no less.
I’ve said worse about about Obama in my own home and small gatherings but would never ask for the acceptance of such humor in front of millions. And in reality honestly never wished any physical harm to come to Obama.
Please, dont try to glorify what was a predictable line that could take anyone of us about a second to think up while you try to minimize our outrage at the hypocrisy that comes from your party.
I can give you a million examples of where you babyies got just as upset over much the same brand of humor when you were on the other side of things.
It was not a “ROAST” !! It was a correspondents dinner, wise up, learn the difference. A roast is where one person, the guest of honor gets unloaded on. Who was the roastee ? Rush ? Obama ? Bush ? The media ?
May 10th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Liberals don’t have some monopoly over humor, those on the right are often much funnier then liberals who think throwing curse words and references to reproductive organs around in some junior high fashion is high humor.
In a way, what is so ironic about this whole story is that Rush often uses his outrageous comments to make fun of the press or other liberals who take themselves so seriously. I can guarentee that if Rush made a similar joke about some liberal you would all be up in arms. In face, lets take golf announcer David Fehrety. Fehrety makes a similar unhumorous joke about Pelosi and liberals and he is forced to apologize, but when a liberal makes similar “jokes” about conservatives its an uproarious good time. The only thing is, most of you liberals think this is so funny because you actually hope it happens. So spare me your “lighten ups” and “can’t you take a joke” comments, I could care less about her attempt at humor, but I do find your defense of her interesting and telling of your double standard. Tis the liberal way though.
May 10th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
It’s funny you got people defending Rush’s comments about how he hopes Obama’a “agenda” fails, and then those defending Sykes comments (actually poor excuse for a joke). Your both too funny, but I would be more likely to side with a Rep then with a Dem.
Actually your both idiots, waiting with baited breath for the other side to make a mistake. Then jump on it with, foaming at the mouth, and finger pointing. You are all pawns of the mainstream media. They wan’t us to be polarized so then THEY win!
I don’t see what you all get out of it. Ever notice that the amount of people regestrating
as affiliated with a party is in decline? It’s because of people like Rush, Hannity, Sykes, Olbermann. Lets refer to this statement;
“Let’s be very honest about what this is about. This is not about bashing Democrats. It’s not about taxes. They have no idea what the Boston Tea party was about. They don’t know their history at all. It’s about hating a black man in the White House,”
– Janeane Garofalo
So your going to listen to some one who has failed as an actress, comedian, and now pundit.
Were any of you at the tea parties? In Rochester N.Y. one of the speakers was a black minister. KRS One has refers to Obama as, “a black face on the New World Order”. I guess he is a racist too!
Keep it up with all your partisan politics, and sleep while your rights, and tax dollars slip away. Try watching Glenn Beck, and if you don’t like Fox try Lou Dobbs. I wish I knew someone on MSNBC to suggest, but they are so far up Obama’s ass they can tell you what he’s having for dinner before he even swallows it!
Whan all is said and done, it’s not Bush or Obama to blame for all our problems, it’s all of you for not making our ELECTED officals do the job you sent them to do. Keep waiting for ACORN, Focus On the Family, and every other special intrest group left and right to do it for you. What ever happend to the CONSTITUTION, you know they document that all American concept of laws and government were based on. Like I said, ” idiots”.
May 10th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Also, its hard to take Obama laughing at this when he promised a new era of civility and elevated debate in Washington DC; just chalk this up as another broken promise. I don’t really blame Obama, I blame politicians in general, they are all a bunch lying schmucks.
May 10th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
the difference is that wanda sykes said that
SHE hopes rush limbaugh dies
david feherty said that if a soldier was in an elevator with pelosi, the soldier would likely shoot her twice. he did not say he wanted the soldier to shoot her twice.
May 10th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Seriously, you guys can’t take a joke.
May 10th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
we can but it seems that some on the david feherty thread are calling for not only feherty to be fired, but for the person who put up the thread to be fired as well.
May 10th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
WAAAAH! Rush can sure dish out the insults, but make fun of him, and suddenly Wanda’s the wicked witch of the left?
Yes it was over the top – and hilarious. The image of Keith Olberman waterboarding Sean Hannity is worthy of a SNL skit.
May 11th, 2009 at 3:09 am
Wanda Sykes was way out of line, Wanda is a very talented person and really did not need to do this, this was slander not comedy and is just not humor…..
May 11th, 2009 at 3:17 am
*Can’t take hard punches*
*Loses more members of Congress*
*Blames Colin Powell*
May 11th, 2009 at 4:38 am
OK folks, Rush is an entertainer; like him or not, it’s hard to consider Sykes’ actions to be egregious or inappropriate. She’s a comedian joking about a radio personality; let’s all just calm down a little. She’s a funny woman (awesome on Curb Your Enthusiasm); if you don’t think so, or you don’t like her opinions, you don’t need to listen to her. Let’s not worry too much about it though.
Oh, and one more thing: Limbaugh’s addiction to pain killers is not “past”. There is no cure or end for drug addiction; any recovering addict will tell you that. I’m not saying this to harp on Rush, because I don’t think having a problem with addiction is something to laugh about or use as ammunition. Still though, his constant drug warrior rhetoric clashes more than a little with his life struggles; I wonder how he would have liked being thrown in jail for his health problem.
May 11th, 2009 at 4:38 am
i hate the word ‘classy’. its a word only used by people who are far from ‘classy’. it sounds cheap and nasty yet, ironically, its a word that describes the opposite of cheap and nasty.
wanda was hilarious.
limbaugh is an idiot
May 11th, 2009 at 5:18 am
Why was Limpbaugh not jailed for his illegal abuse of prescription drugs and his possession of erectile dysfunction drugs under another man’s name?
His hearing has failed thanks to hillbilly heron, and I am sure his kidneys are on the edge as well. Maybe Oxycontin is also why he can’t get it up when he goes off on sex trips to the Dominican Republic.
Wanda was hilarious and comparing Rush’s narcotic addiction causing his organs to fail (his own actions affecting his own outcome) to accusing our armed service men and women of being cold blooded killers of American citizens is not even a close comparison and you should be deeply ashamed.
Karma can be a b!tch to hateful people like ol’ Limpy and the mean spirited, hateful arm of the far right wing.
May 11th, 2009 at 6:16 am
I think that b!tch Wanda is a terrorist sympathizer and should have her head cut off like Daniel Pearl’s!! Too much?? Tough Sh!t!!!!!
May 11th, 2009 at 7:01 am
More tolerance from the left.
May 11th, 2009 at 7:17 am
Wanda was too funny! I laughed my tail off watching her. Limbaugh says the most outrageous things, and that’s OK… Yet, when Limbaugh is the butt of a joke in a COMEDY ROUTINE, that’s unacceptable. You have knuckleheads here saying that Wanda wishes Limbaugh dead. That’s ridiculous. It was part of the comedy routine. And it was genuinely funny. So get a grip!!