Video: Wanda Sykes Joke – A Smug Look By a President
President Obama is definitley laughing and has the smug look.
In fairness to the president, we’d say “pretty hilarious” overstates the case. He does not appear to be laughing uncontrollably, although there is no doubt that he is amused. So are the folks at the left-wing Puffington Host, where the headline proclaims “Wanda Sykes Kills.” (In comedy, kill means “to perform successfully”; the antonym is die or bomb….)
What makes Sykes’s joke funny to a liberal, then, is the sense of danger that accompanies her risky themes, combined with the secure knowledge that since the joke is at the expense of a liberal hate figure, the usual rules do not apply. It’s the same reason people on the left evince particular glee when they attack Clarence Thomas or Michael Steele in expressly racist terms, or when they use antigay innuendo against their political opponents (regardless of the latter’s sexual orientation).In Obama’s wide grin as Sykes was telling her joke, we saw the smug look of a man who enjoys seeing his critics dehumanized. The president of the United States should be better than this.
Now, if a conservative would have dared to ridicule a liberal POL or celebrity in this fashion, the media would be crying “HATE SPEECH.”
The hypocrisy and mean-spiritedness knows no boundaries with this crowd – Obama included.
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6 Comments
Ling
And now, after everyone knows the obvious, the MSM comes crawling out of their holes and nod their heads. Even now, though, they won’t give it the full treatment – something like ‘right wing critics are saying..’ You don’t need to be a right-wing critic to know that this was way outta line and not even remotely funny.
libhomo
Sykes’ Limbaugh jokes were very funny and entirely appropriate. People need to stop kissing Obese bin Limbaugh’s enormous butt.
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Hey Homo
I believe you are the only person in the entire blogosphere that does not think Sykes routine was over the top,
Kay @ Kids in Vegas
I like Wanda Sykes. I find most of her humor very funny. And I am NOT a Rush Limbaugh fan. But I wouldn’t classify myself as being left or right either. But there is a time and a place to push the envelope and she missed it on this one.
Very Short Jokes
Wanda Sykes is a humor officeholder i ever seen.
Underground Hip-Hop
I think people overreacted on this a little – or perhaps a lot. Wanda Sykes is a comedian. She was making jokes. I do agree with the author, however, that recently the media has judged such events in a one-sided fashion.
Americans are way too sensitive these days. It seems like you can’t say anything about anyone – liberal or conservative, black or white – without somebody on the other side calling foul and accusing you of being insensitive, or bipartisan, or racist, or politically incorrect. If Limbaugh criticizes Obama, he’s a bipartisan racist. If Sykes makes fun of Limbaugh and the President laughs, he’s smug. It never ends.
We need to learn to laugh a little, or at least be a little patient with people who do.