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Wanda Sykes' Sarah Palin Joke At WHCA Dinner (video)
youtube.com - 5/11/2009
Wanda Sykes' Sarah Palin Joke At WHCA Dinner (video)
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Comedian Wanda Sykes tells a couple of funnies at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, one of them involving Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.May 9, 200...
Wanda Sykes' Jokes About Rush Limbaugh Prompt Debate
blogs.abcnews.com - 5/11/2009
Wanda Sykes' Jokes About Rush Limbaugh Prompt Debate
— blogs.abcnews.com — There's some chatter in the blogosphere and on cable TV about comedian Wanda Sykes' routine at the... White House Correspondents' Dinner last night, particularly her jokes about conservative talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh. "Rush Limbaugh said he hopes ... (more) Wanda Sykes' Jokes About Rush Limbaugh Prompt Debate

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blogs.telegraph.co.uk - 5/10/2009
Not funny: Barack Obama laughs at Wanda Sykes "joke" about wanting Rush Limbaugh dead :: Toby ...
— blogs.telegraph.co.uk — What was Wanda Sykes thinking? Perhaps more to the point, what was President Barack Obama thinking when... he laughed and smiled as the comedienne wished Rush Limbaugh dead? Although the Left is reporting her White House Correspondents' Dinner speech as ... (more) Not funny: Barack Obama laughs at Wanda Sykes "joke" ...

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The Radio Equalizer: Brian Maloney:  White House Correspondents Dinner Fiasco Aids Opposition

FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog:  Video: The Obligatory Wanda Sykes: Rush Limbaugh is the 20th Hijacker Post

Ace of Spades HQ:  Wanda Sykes is Just Speaking Truth to on Behalf of Power, But This Guy? He Needs to Apologize

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White House Correspondents Dinner Fiasco Aids Opposition
The Radio Equalizer: Brian Maloney — A BITCH CALLED WANDA At Dinner For Establishment Elites, Hatred On Display For her unhinged "comedic" meltdown Saturday evening, Barack Obama's political opponents owe Wanda Sykes an enormous debt of gratitude. Thanks to her hate-filled performance at the annual Washington Correspondents' Dinner, the true nature of this regime has been revealed for all to see. Instead of spending the next two years convincing voters of the ruling left's nasty, vindictive and obsessive behavior, conservatives and other non-believers can now focus on building ...

Video: The Obligatory Wanda Sykes: Rush Limbaugh is the 20th Hijacker Post
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — Wanda Sykes OVER THE TOP comedy routine at last Saturday’s White House Correspondent’s Association Dinner. So, was Wanda Syke’s routine inappropriate? I’ve been to the White ...

Wanda Sykes is Just Speaking Truth to on Behalf of Power, But This Guy? He Needs to Apologize
Ace of Spades HQ — Wanda Sykes is Just Speaking Truth to on Behalf of Power, But This Guy? He Needs to Apologize A popular CBS golf analyst has been forced to apologize for making this observation in a magazine: "From my own experience visiting the troops in the Middle East, I can tell you this though," Feherty wrote toward the end of his column. "Despite how the conflict has been portrayed by our glorious media, if you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it, and he found himself in an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Osama bin Laden, there’s a good chance that Nancy Pelosi would get shot twice, and Harry Reid and bin Laden would be strangled to death." But Sykes? ...

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Drudge posts dubious picture of Obama "laugh" at joke about Limbaugh's kidneys
mediamatters.org 5/12/2009 — Internet gossip Matt Drudge posted a Reuters picture of President Obama at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on May 9 in a context that suggested that Obama had laughed after comedian Wanda Sykes said of Rush Limbaugh: "I hope ...
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