Video: Obama Laughed At 9/11 And Kidney Failure Jokes, Now Officially Says They Weren’t Funny

• May 12, 2009

The White House is claiming that Wanda Sykes’ jokes about Rush Limbaugh being part of the 9/11 conspiracy weren’t funny.
Despite the fact that Obama laughed.

WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House is keeping its distance from an entertainer’s joke comparing commentator Rush Limbaugh to a terrorist.
Presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs on Monday was asked for President Barack Obama’s reaction to the joke by comic actress Wanda Sykes at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Obama took part in the event. …
Gibbs said the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is a topic “better left for serious reflection than comedy.”

Here’s video of Sykes making her “jokes” about Limbaugh being the 20th hijacker and hoping that his kidneys fail.

On a related note, how is it that Limbaugh was the target of weeks out outrageously outraged outrage from the left/media by suggesting that he wants Obama to fail in advancing his liberal agenda, but nobody is outraged when Wanda Sykes says she wants his health to fail?
Update: Video of Gibbs added.

Tags: Asshats, Domestic Issues, Politics

http://Array robert108

Actually, little H, to be funny, something has to have a grain of truth, and Sykes’ hate speech had none at all. It wasn’t funny, it was hateful and mean-spirited; if a Republican had said it, it would have been funny, and he or she would have been demonized for saying it. Double standard.
http://insanereindeer.blogspot.com/ Kenny

It’s over the top, funny, but over the top.

Hoping someone dies is funny.

But Rush mentioning swine flu offhanded is off limits!

Regardless of Hannitized shitty defense of Wanda Sykes…it’s beyond clear Obama didn’t laugh. He has a pretty pained smile, one of those awkward “what do I do to that” smiles that you have in polite company when someone is going over the top like that. Sykes even has to note this when she says “Too much? But you’re laughing inside…I know that.”

It is not a good comparison because Bush was classless and will never have class. Bush’s joke was far worse.

We’ll add class to the words Hannity doesn’t understand.
usa

liar liar pants on fire. Why don’t you act a little more presidential. You are the laziest President we’ve ever had. I guess it’s in your blood!!
erick1740

obama is a piece of garbage and deserves no respect.
e4bannan

If Rush were indeed the 20th hijacker, Obama and Sykes and their ilk would treat him with much more respect.
http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

Obama has no class.

Never had it, never will.
bill-tb

One word you will never associate with Obama is — CHARACTER

It’s Obama who is the stupid one, the the videos show him laughing away.

Has something to do with his propensity to just lie.
erick1740

Naw, we just call moore ” fat fatty fat stinky.”
lastofthepatriots

This is the “Hope” that I want the current Obama administration to inspire….

It give me great hope that others too will see the REAL Obama and his REAL ineptness at being the leader of the FREE (for now…) world.

I say get some popcorn and watch the “Dems show” as they keep taking the rope…

Shows over in 2012…
Bodhi

A politician lying… that’s news…

In reality, it is sad that more people do not take politicians to task for their constant lies.
Hannitized

Was Bush being funny when he joked about where those WMDs were?

What are you babbling about now, H? More attempts at false equivalence?

It is not a good comparison because Bush was classless and will never have class. Bush’s joke was far worse.

Obama did not make the joke, like Bush did, but he (Obama) didn’t think it was appropriate either.

What is your excuse for Bush?
jimmypop

reminds me of clinton at the funeral… good stuff.
andophiroxia

Sykes jabbed at Limbaugh for suggesting that he wants Obama to fail. She said Limbaugh’s view was essentially the same as al-Qaida terrorist leader Osama bin Laden’s. She suggested Obama might want to look into the matter “because I think Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker.”

Gibbs said the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is a topic “better left for serious reflection than comedy.”

I’m sure the people that suffered from 9/11 had a “weak skin” too.
Mickey

Rush is a big boy, he can take it. But as comedy goes it was lame humor. The punch line was dino grey matter level brain stem stupid. Wanda Sykes just isn’t that good of a comedian. But like everything else these days, PC makes you qualified for whatever. Keep in mind that this White House thinks a pack of DVD’s is a “good gift” for dignitaries.

We will just have to accept the shortcoming of this administration and take the humiliation as Americans for a few years.
Hannitized

Was Bush being funny when he joked about where those WMDs were?

NOW THAT, is a presidential embarrassment. Y’all probably didn’t say squat about that.
http://www.toadpond.com/ SuperToad

Potatoheadjob throws a hissy fit because this blog accepts strident liberal opinions.

They sure do. This blog accepts straight liberal talking points.

… and even then they still allow posters like Dino to fly in, shit on everything, toss a few insults around, and then try to trump it all with “Moral Equivalency” card when he gets called on his behavior.
Dino2

You’re not still trying to get anyone to believe Iraq was about liberating the people, are you?
Dino2

Oh BOO-FUCKIN-HOO!

Liberals must bow their heads reverently whenever the words “nine-eleven” are spoken but conservatives can milk that event for every bit of fear-based vote harvesting they can. If it weren’t for American belligerence largely as a consequence of the conservatives’ approach to foreign policy, 911 would never have happened.

Funny to see the people who used Clinton as a punching bag for 8 years whining for their bloated, inflammatory leader Rush.
TomTom

To be a Democrat..you have to be a Liar. Everything in their lives is a Lie. Obama doesn’t care if he’s called a Liar. Nobody can do anything about it.
robert108

Flipper Obama.
andophiroxia

Ahhh Dino, that line’s been repeated to death. Think of something new.

So what you are saying is that those innocent Americans deserved to die because it was “fair” and “payback”.

You don’t care who died, just that someone did. You cons don’t give a rat’s ass about those civilians.

You guys weren’t whining about Saddam killing off the Kurds with his mustard gas attacks, and neither did you give a shit about the rape and torture rooms during his reign. We can also look to the Iraqi Republican Army for using civilians as human shields. Also, you don’t seem to get in your little diseased mind that the terrorists like attacking our soldiers from civilian areas and hiding amongst them: recruiting their women and children.

Keep digging Dino, you will hit rock bottom someday.
SigFan

Blowback really sucks – especially when they have Obama on video laughing at this tripe. He knows that being seen as a petty , hard-hearted dimwit will hurt him, so now he’s going to try to lie his way out of this one. The really funny thing is, the lefties will secretly admire him for it and the press will let him off the hook.
Dino2

Potatoheadjob throws a hissy fit because this blog accepts strident liberal opinions.

Priceless!
andophiroxia

Asshat said:

Liberals must bow their heads reverently whenever the words “nine-eleven”

Yes, because a LOT of Americans were MURDERED you jackass. They were murdered going to their jobs and not bothering anyone. Who gives a shit that they were liberal, conservative, etc. etc. They were innocent people that died due to murderous assholes that follow militant Islam.

A militant faith that tortures and kills gay people. Yet you side with them.
http://dougeefargo.blogspot.com/ dougee

I’ll trust my own eyes too Proof. Didn’t Obama say that he would be everyones president? It’s in bad character for a president to laugh about a fellow American dying. Obama has no class.
Hannitized

That bloated piece of crap Limbaugh deserves absolutely no consideration.

I concur. But still, her remarks were over the line in general, not in regards to Rush. He deserves that, or worse.
tsterious

Again, this just proves that Obama HATES America. (He still may not be a citizen of our great country)

He is a muslim who wants to see The United States of America fail. (went to a muslim school as a kid.)

He is a coward and a liar. (taxes)

He wants to see socialism reign in America. (nationalize healthcare)

He sides with the terrorists and dictators. (Chavez and Bill Ayers.)

He listened to a “pastor” who preaches to: God-damn American not, God bless America.

Do we need anymore proof??
robert108

…when your president presided over the killing of over 150,000 Iraqi civilians.

Wrong again, little dino! That was your buddies in AQ who killed the Iraqi civilians, to keep them from being freed by President Bush.
http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

Hanjob has no class, never had, never will.
http://www.land-of-fruits-and-nuts.blogspot.com/ Curmudgeon

Wanda Sykes ought to be raped by muslim men! Ha ha ha!

What do you mean it’s not funny?
Ken

From a strictly comedic stand point, the part about Rush being the 20th hijacker and a pill-head was dull and unoriginal. The renal failure comment was over the top, but funny.

Obama’s press release was pretty lame, though expected. It’d be nice if someone had the balls to stand by what they do/say.
Hannitized

It’s over the top, funny, but over the top.
Dino2

You got your pound of flesh many times over when your president presided over the killing of over 150,000 Iraqi civilians.

You don’t care who died, just that someone did. You cons don’t give a rat’s ass about those civilians.

So is a 5000 to 1 ratio good enough for you?
http://insanereindeer.blogspot.com/ Kenny

You really think so?

No, I’m mocking you. Not that I’m surprised you “missed it”.

No. Rush blaming someone for the swine flu is over the top. Don’t you agree?
Or do you have double standards?

Except he didn’t. He made a comment that he self derided as being a “creative way to present the info”. Only dishonest fools presented it that way.

You’re the one calling the Rush Limbaugh kidney’s should fail joke funny. Even if you’re right (and you’re not), saying Obama caused swine flue is mild compared to “I hope he dies”.

THAT is a double standard.

In another thread I condemned it as going to far. That doesn’t mean all her jokes about limbaugh weren’t funny. Just the 9/11 thing.

But her lying about what Rush Limbaugh said and wanting his kidneys to fail….now THAT’S humor. Lame. Double-standarded. Apologistic. Bullshit.
Hannitized

People say that sort of thing against Michael Moore all the time.
Hannitized

Hoping someone dies is funny.

You really think so? I disagree.

I think making a joke about someone dying can be funny, unless it’s over the top. If it’s over the top and funny, that is a different thing all together.

But Rush mentioning swine flu offhanded is off limits!

No. Rush blaming someone for the swine flu is over the top. Don’t you agree?

Or do you have double standards?

Regardless of Hannitized shitty defense of Wanda Sykes…it’s beyond clear Obama didn’t laugh.

In another thread I condemned it as going to far. That doesn’t mean all her jokes about limbaugh weren’t funny. Just the 9/11 thing.
http://insanereindeer.blogspot.com/ Kenny

People say that sort of thing against Michael Moore all the time.

Michael Moore should die results:
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu4wTrghK8_gAhLhXNyoA?p=michael+moore+should+die&fr=yfp-t-501&fr2=sb-top&sao=1

Closest thing I could find:

That’s right, Mikey. Not only is your socialist paradise going to stand by and allow fat fucks like you to drop dead of a heart attack,

Hardly Christmas card material. But not a threat. It’s simply pointing out that the solution Moore supports would be used to deny him care because he’s fat.

I hope Michael Moore dies brings up this:

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/29/michael-moore-this-hurricane-is-proof-that-there-is-a-god-in-heaven/comment-page-2/

Someone says it and is rebuked. Hmmmm.

However, Michael Moore finds it hysterical that God is hitting Louisiana with a hurricane when Bush speaks:

http://willrhodesportmanteau.com/2008/08/31/an-open-letter-to-god-michael-moore/

An Open Letter to God: Michael Moore
2008 August 31
tags: George Bush, God, Gustav, Hurricane, John McCain, Katrina, Michael Moore, Prayer, Republican Conventionby Will Rhodes
.Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Dear God,

The other night, the Rev. James Dobson’s ministry asked all believers to pray for a storm on Thursday night so that the Obama acceptance speech outdoors in Denver would have to be cancelled.

I see that You have answered Rev. Dobson’s prayers — except the storm You have sent to earth is not over Denver, but on its way to New Orleans! In fact, You have scheduled it to hit Louisiana at exactly the moment that George W. Bush is to deliver his speech at the Republican National Convention.
Now, heavenly Father, we all know You have a great sense of humor and impeccable timing. To send a hurricane on the third anniversary of the Katrina disaster AND right at the beginning of the Republican Convention was, at first blush, a stroke of divine irony.

More bullshit shot down
Dino2

Does the victimhood whining ever end?

I saw Obama’s speech and that guy is a fucking ROCK STAR! The jokes were delivered beautifully and he was HILARIOUS!

Wanda’s comments about Mr. Asspimple were totally fine, too. We’re not talking about someone making fun of Mother Teresa here. That bloated piece of crap Limbaugh deserves absolutely no consideration.

Grow some skin on yer pudding, ya bunch of weak sisters.
http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

Who are you going to believe? The White House? or your Own Lying Eyes??? Heh.
Stewartized

“Conservatives’ approach to foreign policy or 9-11 wouldn`t have happened.” So who was that conservative in office when the first trade center bombing happened? Or the U.S.S. Cole? Oh, wait, it was Clinton! Dino, do you ever think before you write? But thanks for dis-proving your “theory” for us.
robert108

Was Bush being funny when he joked about where those WMDs were?

What are you babbling about now, H? More attempts at false equivalence?
Haven’t you had enough threadjacking for today? Need more attention? Hanky?
http://suitepotato.blogspot.com/ sayanything-4808

I’ve been online for a long long time now and Dino is a troll. Everything he says is incitement and for the sake of that whether it is the out and out outrageous sick sadistic mean things, or the purposely twisted sophistry followed by claims of winning an argument he wasn’t even involved in.

On Usenet he’d have been on everyone’s kill filters in thirty seconds.

This Wanda Sykes stuff is the kind of cold mean-spirited stuff peddled by the left for eight years against George Bush and the result was the standalone complex that caused Barack Obama to Segway into the White House. Bush is gone now, Rush is not up for election, his listeners will only be invigorated by her remarks and the middle of the road turned off and the left will be the only ones chuckling.

The mechanism of the complex, the spread of childish hatred and nastiness, is becoming more exposed, and those who bought into it are having their guilt pricked. Their consciences inflamed, they will do the human thing and resent those who incited their own childish mob mentality that followed and caused them to select Mr. Not Bush.

The left is just digging their hole deeper and deeper. They should shut the fuck up now before they destroy themselves completely, but given that they’ve QUADRUPLED the debt in LESS THAN FIVE MONTHS of a forty-eight month presidential term and show little sign of stopping their blitzkrieg of opportunism, I have little doubt this sort of thing will only continue.

They have no one to blame but themselves. Cue Billy Joel’s Big Shot.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/sparkiearbuckle sayanything-81

sorry for the double. i hit the ‘resend’ button.
http://suitepotato.blogspot.com/ sayanything-4808

I’m picturing A Christmas Carol and chains around ghosts now… Obama is just digging his hole deeper.
http://suitepotato.blogspot.com/ sayanything-4808

“Potatoheadjob”? Is that the best you can do, troll?

Oh please. I get more creative things in my inbox spam. If you’re not going to try, then at least don’t bore me.

You wouldn’t like me when I’m bored.

Really, need I unfilter you to deconstruct you again and again, laying your pathetic shriveled soul bare until you gnash your teeth and rage at your monitor how I’m utterly failing to play along and stabbing you in your underused and self abused heart?

I’ve been online for a long long time now

On Usenet

You’re out of your league troll.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/sparkiearbuckle sayanything-81

What a pussy and a liar Obama is.

That’s a disappointing RETRACTION.

And it is a retraction.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/sparkiearbuckle sayanything-81

What a pussy and a liar Obama is.

That’s a disappointing RETRACTION.

And it is a retraction.
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