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Title: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: we vs us on May 10, 2009, 07:57:33 AM
Obama at the Correspondents' Dinner:

Part I.



Part II.

Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: waterboy on May 10, 2009, 09:37:08 AM
He shoots....he scores!

Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: USRufnex on May 10, 2009, 10:05:46 AM
^^^Obama spooners.   ;D

Take my wife.... please.

Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: we vs us on May 10, 2009, 10:35:49 AM
Quote from: waterboy on May 10, 2009, 09:37:08 AM
He shoots....he scores!



That's pretty apt, WB.  A lot of that sounded like B-ball smack talk.  Loved it.  Especially the dig about Limbaugh as distressed asset.
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: guido911 on May 11, 2009, 10:15:22 AM
What was really funny was Syke's "I hope his kidneys fail" about Rush that the CiC laughed at. That was a hoot. Oh, and Feherty's comment about Reid and Pelosi, not so much...I predict Olbermann will name Syke's worst person in the world, just like he did with Feherty. :o

Here's a take:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/toby_harnden/blog/2009/05/10/not_funny_barack_obama_laughs_at_wanda_sykes_joke_about_wanting_rush_limbaugh_dead
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: Hoss on May 11, 2009, 10:24:24 AM
Quote from: guido911 on May 11, 2009, 10:15:22 AM
What was really funny was Syke's "I hope his kidneys fail" about Rush that the CiC laughed at. That was a hoot. Oh, and Feherty's comment about Reid and Pelosi, not so much...I predict Olbermann will name Syke's worst person in the world, just like he did with Feherty. :o

Here's a take:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/toby_harnden/blog/2009/05/10/not_funny_barack_obama_laughs_at_wanda_sykes_joke_about_wanting_rush_limbaugh_dead

Gweed, Gweed, Gweed.

While I think the comments were a bit over-the-line, Sykes is recognized as a comedienne.  Feherty?  Not so much.  He needs to stick to golf.
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: FOTD on May 11, 2009, 10:52:14 AM
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: rwarn17588 on May 11, 2009, 11:44:55 AM
Quote from: guido911 on May 11, 2009, 10:15:22 AM
What was really funny was Syke's "I hope his kidneys fail" about Rush that the CiC laughed at.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/toby_harnden/blog/2009/05/10/not_funny_barack_obama_laughs_at_wanda_sykes_joke_about_wanting_rush_limbaugh_dead

How do we know Limbaugh isn't already dead? He's been talking like a zombie for months.
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: Cats Cats Cats on May 11, 2009, 12:22:43 PM
Quote from: guido911 on May 11, 2009, 10:15:22 AM
What was really funny was Syke's "I hope his kidneys fail" about Rush that the CiC laughed at. That was a hoot. Oh, and Feherty's comment about Reid and Pelosi, not so much...I predict Olbermann will name Syke's worst person in the world, just like he did with Feherty. :o

Here's a take:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/toby_harnden/blog/2009/05/10/not_funny_barack_obama_laughs_at_wanda_sykes_joke_about_wanting_rush_limbaugh_dead

Given the choice between The Country failing and Rush Limbaugh's kidneys I vote for Limbaugh's kindeys every time.
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: custosnox on May 11, 2009, 12:55:29 PM
Quote from: Trogdor on May 11, 2009, 12:22:43 PM
Given the choice between The Country failing and Rush Limbaugh's kidneys I vote for Limbaugh's kindeys every time.
the country is already failing (economically).  Can we get an exchange?
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: guido911 on May 11, 2009, 01:06:25 PM
This is now the official "I want to have sex with Obama" thread. I will keep it in mind next time a high profile dem dies and I get ripped for downplaying it. Ted Kennedy, please pick up the white courtesy phone.
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: rwarn17588 on May 11, 2009, 01:13:34 PM
Quote from: guido911 on May 11, 2009, 01:06:25 PM
This is now the official "I want to have sex with Obama" thread. I will keep it in mind next time a high profile dem dies and I get ripped for downplaying it. Ted Kennedy, please pick up the white courtesy phone.

Guido, please go to the TulsaNow Lost and Found Department. Your sense of humor is there.
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: Cats Cats Cats on May 11, 2009, 01:22:57 PM
Quote from: guido911 on May 11, 2009, 01:06:25 PM
This is now the official "I want to have sex with Obama" thread. I will keep it in mind next time a high profile dem dies and I get ripped for downplaying it. Ted Kennedy, please pick up the white courtesy phone.

Wait Rush Limbaugh died of kidney failure?

That joke was totally not funny and way over the line.
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: guido911 on May 11, 2009, 01:25:23 PM
Well apparently Mr. Knee-Slapping President's press secretary is backing away from Sykes:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22369.html

He's right, 9/11 is a freakin hillarious subject.
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: Cats Cats Cats on May 11, 2009, 01:25:28 PM
Quote from: guido911 on May 11, 2009, 01:06:25 PM
This is now the official "I want to have sex with Obama" thread. I will keep it in mind next time a high profile dem dies and I get ripped for downplaying it. Ted Kennedy, please pick up the white courtesy phone.

So everybody on one side is the "I want to have sex with Obama" thread.  That makes you the "I want to have sex with Rush Limbaugh" poster.  
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: RecycleMichael on May 11, 2009, 01:31:33 PM
Quote from: Trogdor on May 11, 2009, 01:25:28 PM
That makes you the "I want to have sex with Rush Limbaugh" poster.  

I just threw up a little in my mouth.
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: guido911 on May 11, 2009, 02:10:46 PM
Quote from: Trogdor on May 11, 2009, 01:25:28 PM
So everybody on one side is the "I want to have sex with Obama" thread.  That makes you the "I want to have sex with Rush Limbaugh" poster.  

Not really, I cannot stomach Rush and don't listen to his show at all.  I'm a Boortz/John Gibson listener.
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: rwarn17588 on May 11, 2009, 02:42:09 PM
Quote from: guido911 on May 11, 2009, 02:10:46 PM
Not really, I cannot stomach Rush and don't listen to his show at all.  I'm a Boortz/John Gibson listener.

Correction. You're in the "I want to have sex with Neal Boortz or John Gibson" crowd.

Whatever floats your boat.
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: Conan71 on May 11, 2009, 03:15:32 PM
Quote from: guido911 on May 11, 2009, 02:10:46 PM
Not really, I cannot stomach Rush and don't listen to his show at all.  I'm a Boortz/John Gibson listener.

Boortz spooner
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: joiei on May 11, 2009, 03:24:22 PM
I was watching Morning Joe today and do agree that Ms Sykes did go over the line.  9/11 is just not something to use as joke material.   But why did the White House have to apologize, the dinner was sponsored by the correspondents organization not the White House.   Even Pat Buchanan agreed that the President did a great job with his speech and that Sykes was over the line on her Limbaugh lines  and I agree.   Sykes is known to be an edgy comic, if they do not want edgy humor then they need to invite Jackie Mason or that comic that is on with Bill O'Reilly a lot.    
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: guido911 on May 11, 2009, 03:34:59 PM
Quote from: Conan71 on May 11, 2009, 03:15:32 PM
Boortz spooner

Because all I do is fawn over Boortz and Gibson every day, providing them cover whenever a mean ol' lib goes after them.   :D

I also listen to Laura Ingraham and Kim Kommando. That's spooning I can believe in.
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: rwarn17588 on May 11, 2009, 03:40:46 PM
Quote from: joiei on May 11, 2009, 03:24:22 PM
I was watching Morning Joe today and do agree that Ms Sykes did go over the line.  9/11 is just not something to use as joke material.    

It all depends on the execution. It's risky, but I think Lenny Bruce and dozens of his successors (Sarah Silverman comes to mind) proved that comedy and satire have no boundaries.
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: FOTD on May 11, 2009, 04:35:24 PM
The Far Right's First 100 Days: Getting More Extreme by the Day

"Their talk is turning ugly, and it's not unthinkable that we could be in for a wave of domestic terrorism unseen since the mid-'90s."

http://www.alternet.org/story/139825/
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: guido911 on May 11, 2009, 05:06:28 PM
Were there any jokes about the cokehead and pothead that sits in the oval office as well?
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: Townsend on May 11, 2009, 05:09:24 PM
Quote from: guido911 on May 11, 2009, 05:06:28 PM
Were there any jokes about the cokehead and pothead that sits in the oval office as well?

Make one.  Let's hear a good funny.
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: FOTD on May 11, 2009, 05:15:18 PM
Quote from: guido911 on May 11, 2009, 05:06:28 PM
Were there any jokes about the cokehead and pothead and drunkered that sits sat in the oval office as well?

Indirect fun was aimed at Dumbya.


Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: guido911 on May 11, 2009, 05:47:20 PM
Quote from: Townsend on May 11, 2009, 05:09:24 PM
Make one.  Let's hear a good funny.
Bill Clinton said, "I didn't inhale."
Barack Obama says, "I didn't inject."

Richard Nixon said "I am not a crook!"
Barack Obama says "I am not on crack!"

Q. What's the difference between Ross Perot and Barack Obama?
A. Ross Perot is crackpot with big ears; Barack Obama is a pothead with big ears.

Q. Why doesn't Barack drink Pepsi?
A. He thinks that things go better with coke.
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: we vs us on May 11, 2009, 08:58:41 PM
Don't quit your day job.
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: Hoss on May 11, 2009, 10:17:55 PM
Quote from: we vs us on May 11, 2009, 08:58:41 PM
Don't quit your day job.

As much as he posts on here I'm surprised he finds time to do any 'counseling'.
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: guido911 on May 12, 2009, 08:18:01 AM
Quote from: we vs us on May 11, 2009, 08:58:41 PM
Don't quit your day job.

I have not yet. But I sure as sh*t cut back to avoid giving more money to the have nots.
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: cannon_fodder on May 12, 2009, 08:46:37 AM
I understand the media has to get hyped up about this event every year (it's a media event by definition), but why are we still talking about this?

"[Joke about Rush using Oxycontin] I hope the country fails?  I hope his kidneys fail!"

Hardy har har.  Dark humor.  Kinda funny.  Moving on . . .
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: Cats Cats Cats on May 12, 2009, 09:12:26 AM
Quote from: guido911 on May 12, 2009, 08:18:01 AM
I have not yet. But I sure as sh*t cut back to avoid giving more money to the have nots.

Progress as promised
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: joiei on May 12, 2009, 10:05:54 AM
Guido, so are you going to change your avatar picture to one of Ms Prejean's full frontal shots, the ones that were taken pre-implants? 
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: guido911 on May 12, 2009, 10:11:46 AM
Quote from: joiei on May 12, 2009, 10:05:54 AM
Guido, so are you going to change your avatar picture to one of Ms Prejean's full frontal shots, the ones that were taken pre-implants? 

Aww, do boobies scare you?
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: Cats Cats Cats on May 12, 2009, 10:13:08 AM
Quote from: guido911 on May 12, 2009, 10:11:46 AM
Aww, do boobies scare you?

You might want to re-read what the comment was.  Because it sounds like he wants the natural version that has her actually showing skin.
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: guido911 on May 12, 2009, 10:24:59 AM
Quote from: Trogdor on May 12, 2009, 10:13:08 AM
You might want to re-read what the comment was.  Because it sounds like he wants the natural version that has her actually showing skin.

Oh that's right, he wasn't making another "Miss Cali's a hypocrite" joke.
Title: Re: A touch of the funny from the CiC
Post by: Cats Cats Cats on May 12, 2009, 10:37:14 AM
Quote from: guido911 on May 12, 2009, 10:24:59 AM
Oh that's right, he wasn't making another "Miss Cali's a hypocrite" joke.

I believe it is a valid question, joke or not.   ;D