GO, WANDA!
Evidently, the pundits are already characterizing Wanda Sykes' routine at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner as having "gone over the line" or some such shit and playing too much to the "liberal media" and dredging up the last administration. Yeah, and Stephen Colbert's speech in 2006 was terrible. 
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Actually, the last couple of WHCD's have been kinda of refreshing. Come to think of it, they were about the only thing I actually enjoyed seeing Bush do. It's just nice to see politicians without the cloud of bullshit for a couple of hours.
Sykes was funny tonight because she did nothing less than tell the truth about a bunch of blowhards in a clever way. She said aloud what we all think, and that's what the stick-up-their-butt set can't cope with hearing, of course. You know, that 21st Century "reality" stuff. I say "tough shit!" Best thing of all though stemmed from the fact that she was very balanced in having fun with everyone. That stuff about Obama's nipples? Yeah, cause talking about the President's nipples is always safe territory.
On the more risky material, I also think Sykes was right: Rush & Co are a bunch of hypocritical pill-poppers that should really go fuck themselves. "I hope his kidneys fail" was just a nicer and funnier way of saying what I just did. But I'm willing to bet that most people in the absence of microphones just skip the politeness and go straight for the "Fuck you, Rush!" Now if just she'd done the same...
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