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Tex · 05-11-2009, 11:03 PM

I guess this is what is meant by staying classy.

Notice Obama getting a good chuckle out of it. "Too much? ... But you're laughing inside!"

MikeWaters · 05-11-2009, 11:12 PM

Yeah, I've gotten into trouble laughing at some distasteful, shocking jokes.

It's a personal failing.

Cali Coug · 05-11-2009, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Tex

I guess this is what is meant by staying classy.

Notice Obama getting a good chuckle out of it. "Too much? ... But you're laughing inside!"

People making fun of other people at a roast? And people laughing at the jokes? The horror!

Michael Steele laughed at the Palin pregnancy joke. Are you angry with him too?

MikeWaters · 05-11-2009, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Yeah, I've gotten into trouble laughing at some distasteful, shocking jokes.

It's a personal failing.

I'm not sure how cool it is to make fun of someone's drug addiction/use.

On the other hand, I'm not sure to what degree Rush Limbaugh has owned up to it, and how he may have resolved some of his critical statements of addicts.

But isn't it fair to say that if Obama laughs at that joke, then it is ok to roast Obama about his admitted drug use as a young man?

I'm not sure where that gets us though.

Tex wants a less PC country, but not when his sacred cows are being lanced.

Tex · 05-11-2009, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Cali Coug

People making fun of other people at a roast? And people laughing at the jokes? The horror!

Stay classy.

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I'm not sure how cool it is to make fun of someone's drug addiction/use.

On the other hand, I'm not sure to what degree Rush Limbaugh has owned up to it, and how he may have resolved some of his critical statements of addicts.

But isn't it fair to say that if Obama laughs at that joke, then it is ok to roast Obama about his admitted drug use as a young man?

I'm not sure where that gets us though.

Tex wants a less PC country, but not when his sacred cows are being lanced.

The Oxycontin joke (which is about 6-years-old, BTW--new material?) is the least problem with that clip.

Notice the nervous laughter in the crowd. Even in that sycophantically friendly venue, there are still a few people who recognize poor taste when they see it.

Cali Coug · 05-12-2009, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Tex

Stay classy.

The Oxycontin joke (which is about 6-years-old, BTW--new material?) is the least problem with that clip.

Notice the nervous laughter in the crowd. Even in that sycophantically friendly venue, there are still a few people who recognize poor taste when they see it.

It is basically a roast, Tex. What did you expect when you saw Wanda Sykes would be speaking?

I am sure you are still just fuming about Obama's use of spicy mustard instead of regular mustard and your emotions are overflowing to this topic. Tough day for you. You could use a nap.

il Padrino Ute · 05-12-2009, 12:58 AM

It would seem that Sykes is yet another leftist who isn't bright enough to understand what Limbaugh was saying. No big surprise here.

As far as her nasty comments about Limbaugh,again, it's only wrong if someone on the right says something like that about someone on the left.

Tex · 05-12-2009, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Cali Coug

It is basically a roast, Tex. What did you expect when you saw Wanda Sykes would be speaking?

I expected you'd excuse whatever she said no matter how vile, and I was not disappointed.

Even Gibbs apparently knew when to draw the line. Too bad. I would've loved to see him say to the press corp, "But it was a roast!"

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But Gibbs put the White House down firmly on the side of Sykes' critics, saying some things should be subjects of serious reflection and not comedy and he felt the president would list 9/11 as one of them

Cali Coug · 05-12-2009, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Tex

I expected you'd excuse whatever she said no matter how vile, and I was not disappointed.

Even Gibbs apparently knew when to draw the line. Too bad. I would've loved to see him say to the press corp, "But it was a roast!"

That's lucky, because I don't think I could live another second if I thought I disappointed you.

il Padrino Ute · 05-12-2009, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Tex

I expected you'd excuse whatever she said no matter how vile, and I was not disappointed.

Even Gibbs apparently knew when to draw the line. Too bad. I would've loved to see him say to the press corp, "But it was a roast!"

The problem is that roasts are supposed to be funny. This was just a hateful woman bashing someone who sees Obama for what he really is.

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Tex Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,596	I guess this is what is meant by staying classy. Notice Obama getting a good chuckle out of it. "Too much? ... But you're laughing inside!" __________________ "Have we been commanded not to call a prophet an insular racist? Link?" "And yes, [2010] is a very good year to be a Democrat. Perhaps the best year in decades ..." - Cali Coug "Oh dear, granny, what a long tail our puss has got." - Brigham Young

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il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	It would seem that Sykes is yet another leftist who isn't bright enough to understand what Limbaugh was saying. No big surprise here. As far as her nasty comments about Limbaugh,again, it's only wrong if someone on the right says something like that about someone on the left. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

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MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Yeah, I've gotten into trouble laughing at some distasteful, shocking jokes. It's a personal failing.