It sucks to be Wanda Sykes right now. All that kissing up she did to the Obama’s at that White House Correspondence dinner was all for naught. Critics on the Right are howling over Sykes’ unfunny jokes about conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh during the dinner.
After laughing their butts off at Sykes’ jokes at the dinner, the Obama administration has now gone into full damage control mode, effectively distancing Obama from Sykes.
Thus, Sykes becomes the latest unsuspecting victim to get run over by Obama’s political wheels of No Change. I can’t stop laughingggg!
In his daily briefing Monday, Robert Gibbs distanced the president from comedian Wanda Sykes’ joke comparing Rush Limbaugh to a 9/11 hijacker at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.
“I don’t know how the guests get booked,” Gibbs said, adding that he hadn’t “talked specifically” with [President Barack] Obama about Sykes’ crack. ??”I think there are a lot of topics that are better left for serious reflection rather than comedy. I think there’s no doubt 9/11 is part of that,” Gibbs continued.
At the correspondents’ dinner, which Obama attended Saturday, Sykes blasted Limbaugh for saying he hoped Obama’s administration would fail, joking: “I think Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker, but he was just so strung out on Oxycontin he missed his flight.”
Some of you may recall that Barack Obama also distanced himself from beloved comedian Bernie Mac. So much for Obama having a backbone and standing up for his people.
By the way Wanda, would you like ice to go with your Kool Aid beverage?