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Jay Leno Bombs at White House Dinner: Take This Comic, Please
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyDeath be not proud -- especially when it is on stage in Washington in front of 3,000 reporters, government officials and B-list celebrities. Not since Jay Leno moved to prime time has there been a comic disaster to rival ... well ... Jay Leno's performance Saturday night at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Maybe Leno's problem was his position on the night's lineup as the closing act following Barack Obama, a president whose natural humor is not so much understated as dehydrated. Obama -- whose arsenal clearly includes witty writers as well as predator drones -- proved to be the master ...
The Week in Blog: Celebrity Lookalike Edition
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyCharlie Crist announces Senate run, infuriates conservatives (05:10) Online insurgents vs. party establishmentarians (06:53) Will gay rumors hurt Crist's candidacy? (06:23) Which Dem is blocking Obama's pick for Office of Legal Counsel? (09:07) The pro-lifers' beef with OLC nominee Dawn Johnsen (09:11) Did Wanda Sykes cross the line? (09:55) ...
Where is Right's Outrage Over Hitchens 'Black Dyke' Wanda Sykes Comment?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI was perfectly happy to say that Wanda Sykes told a tasteless, even reprehensible joke at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, and be done with it. She's a stand-up comic known for pushing the boundaries, and she slipped up.But after listening to crap from the right about this all night, acting like this is the worst thing to happen since, well, Election Day, I can't take it anymore. Literary puke Christopher Hitchens leveled a vile, hateful attack against Sykes that wasn't meant to be a joke:"The president should be squirming in his seat. Not smiling," he said. "The black dyke ...
White House Denounces Wanda Sykes' Limbaugh Joke
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAt Saturday night's White House Correspondents Association Dinner, Wanda Sykes got a decidedly mixed reception for this joke about Rush Limbaugh:The White House, today, made no bones about the President's reaction, reports Jake Tapper: ...
"I Don't Need To See Your Nipples"
By Helena Andrews - Politics DailyI too am bored of President Obama's man mammaries. So whatever her designs on Rush Limbaugh's kidneys, comedian Wanda Sykes did something on Saturday's roast of the president that most Washingtonians are simply unfamiliar with -- she killed. ...
Wanda Sykes to Roast President Obama at Correspondents' Dinner
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyStandup comic and actress Wanda Sykes has been tapped to roast President Obama at this year's White House Correspontents' Association Dinner on May 6. The Wall Street Journal's Amy Chozick has a preview of what Sykes might say:In recent appearances, Ms. Sykes has been trying out Obama jokes. "With a black president, we've got to come up with a new excuse," Ms. Sykes told the audience at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, N.J., one recent Friday night. "Can't blame the Man, when you are the Man."..."It's so crazy how everyone is just in love with this man," Ms. Sykes said. She imitated a ...
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