Comments on: A couple of random thoughts on Sykes, NerdProm, and double standards http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/ The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:59:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trosp http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2195503 Trosp Mon, 11 May 2009 17:59:31 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2195503 Michelle Obama and Wanda Sykes are the new standards of women's beauty?! Eventually, somebody from the leftard would unashamedly claim it. Michelle Obama and Wanda Sykes are the new standards of women’s beauty?!

Eventually, somebody from the leftard would unashamedly claim it.

]]> By: Needs of the Many http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2195216 Needs of the Many Mon, 11 May 2009 16:15:41 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2195216 <strong>Golf Analyst Appoligizes For Joke About Killing Pelosi & Reid. Will Obama Do The Same?...</strong> David Feherty, CBS golf analyst, cracked a joke in a magazine recently about Pelosi and Reid being killed by US troops in an elevator. He has now been forced to apologize for such a gruesome joke about the deaths of prominent Americans. CBS Sports gol... Golf Analyst Appoligizes For Joke About Killing Pelosi & Reid. Will Obama Do The Same?…

David Feherty, CBS golf analyst, cracked a joke in a magazine recently about Pelosi and Reid being killed by US troops in an elevator. He has now been forced to apologize for such a gruesome joke about the deaths of prominent Americans.
CBS Sports gol…

]]> By: Dee2008 http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2195193 Dee2008 Mon, 11 May 2009 16:05:06 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2195193 <blockquote> The <strike>massively popular</strike> just-elected president, <em>whose ratings are no better than any other president at this point in their tenure</em>, is scared of a talk show host with one-third of his approval rating.</blockquote> FIFY

The massively popular just-elected president, whose ratings are no better than any other president at this point in their tenure, is scared of a talk show host with one-third of his approval rating.

FIFY

]]> By: Kralizec http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2195141 Kralizec Mon, 11 May 2009 15:43:55 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2195141 Perhaps Sykes and Obama are fully excused by the circumstance that I hope Sykes's and Obama's kidneys fail. If I can wish illness for Sykes and Obama, it seems fair to excuse their wishing illness for Limbaugh. Perhaps Sykes and Obama are fully excused by the circumstance that I hope Sykes’s and Obama’s kidneys fail. If I can wish illness for Sykes and Obama, it seems fair to excuse their wishing illness for Limbaugh.

]]> By: Steve Z http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2195112 Steve Z Mon, 11 May 2009 15:33:02 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2195112 <blockquote>The 4 most successful comedians today….”</blockquote> Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi.

The 4 most successful comedians today….”

Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi.

]]> By: orange http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2195101 orange Mon, 11 May 2009 15:28:13 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2195101 <blockquote>...the President who felt so threatened by Rush that he criticized him by name in the first days of his presidency. </blockquote> Haha! Nice try spinning that one. The massively popular just-elected president is scared of a talk show host with one-third of his approval rating. Yeah, that'll fly.

…the President who felt so threatened by Rush that he criticized him by name in the first days of his presidency.

Haha! Nice try spinning that one. The massively popular just-elected president is scared of a talk show host with one-third of his approval rating. Yeah, that’ll fly.

]]> By: lasertex http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2195012 lasertex Mon, 11 May 2009 14:57:40 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2195012 Sykes should stick with the only two things she's good at. Being a black lesbian, and smell like rotten fish. The rest leave to the professionals. Sykes should stick with the only two things she’s good at.
Being a black lesbian, and smell like rotten fish.
The rest leave to the professionals.

]]> By: Dee2008 http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2194922 Dee2008 Mon, 11 May 2009 14:09:53 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2194922 The whole thing made me sick. There's a place for good natured kidding. When it's well meaning and between friends, it's fun for everyone involved. But there was nothing good natured about any of this. Sykes and Obama weren't well meaning and they weren't talking about friends. What they did was hateful and childish. The whole thing made me sick. There’s a place for good natured kidding. When it’s well meaning and between friends, it’s fun for everyone involved. But there was nothing good natured about any of this. Sykes and Obama weren’t well meaning and they weren’t talking about friends. What they did was hateful and childish.

]]> By: humor vs decency « RockStar PeterSon http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2194841 humor vs decency « RockStar PeterSon Mon, 11 May 2009 13:37:57 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2194841 [...] If Rush had called Sykes the “20th terrorist” and wished kidney disease on her, I doubt that Obama would be laughing, and the media would fall all over themselves to rip him to shreds.  But honestly, does the news of a double standard for conservatives really surprise anyone? [...] [...] If Rush had called Sykes the “20th terrorist” and wished kidney disease on her, I doubt that Obama would be laughing, and the media would fall all over themselves to rip him to shreds.  But honestly, does the news of a double standard for conservatives really surprise anyone? [...]

]]> By: ginaswo http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2194801 ginaswo Mon, 11 May 2009 13:21:59 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2194801 and Sykes had to bash Hillary too just because... the Sojourner Truth statue comment was of course ridiculous since it was HILLARY who cowrote the damned legislation that put up that statue and last I checked Hill is pretty white... if wanda or TOTUS has been at SOTBU like Hillary was they would have known that... and of course Pelosi hates Hill and was as anti Hill as humanly possible and Sykes says Pelosi was a Hillary supporter yada yada arrgle... and the comment TOTUS made that Hill is like Arlen Specter also pixxed me off since is she was she would have run as an Indie after the DEMS broke all our rules to give TOTUS the nomination arrgle<em> at least Jennifer Loven of AP finally got to tramp it up for TOTUS, I couldnt even read Trek reviews without hearing how like Spock TOTUS is, its insane</em> and Sykes had to bash Hillary too just because…
the Sojourner Truth statue comment was of course ridiculous since it was HILLARY who cowrote the damned legislation that put up that statue and last I checked Hill is pretty white…
if wanda or TOTUS has been at SOTBU like Hillary was they would have known that…
and of course Pelosi hates Hill and was as anti Hill as humanly possible and Sykes says Pelosi was a Hillary supporter yada yada arrgle…
and the comment TOTUS made that Hill is like Arlen Specter also pixxed me off since is she was she would have run as an Indie after the DEMS broke all our rules to give TOTUS the nomination
arrgle
at least Jennifer Loven of AP finally got to tramp it up for TOTUS,
I couldnt even read Trek reviews without hearing how like Spock TOTUS is, its insane

]]> By: RegularJoe http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2194800 RegularJoe Mon, 11 May 2009 13:21:48 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2194800 Compare the media response to Jackie Mason's "Schwarze" dust-up. He probably shouldn't have said that (I'm not fluent in Yiddish, so I don't really know how derogatory it is intended to be), but was it really worse than the horrible things this woman said? Seriously, to make a joke like that about someone's daughter, WHILE THAT PERSON IS IN THE ROOM?! If Sarah Palin hadn't had 100 times more class and decorum than Sykes, she'd have gotten up then and there and beat the bug-juice out of Sykes. Can you imagine if someone had made a Chelsea-Clinton-is-not-beautiful joke in front of Bill Clinton? Or, for that matter, in front of Bush? Does anyone think he'd have laughed? If he had, would he have gotten a pass (I'm not suggesting he should, in such a case)? I seriously wonder what has become of our country when someone will get up in front of the President of the United States and say such vile and disgusting things. Then I see the President laugh, and I know what's become of us. We've not only lost our religious faith, but our sense of human decency. Compare the media response to Jackie Mason’s “Schwarze” dust-up. He probably shouldn’t have said that (I’m not fluent in Yiddish, so I don’t really know how derogatory it is intended to be), but was it really worse than the horrible things this woman said?

Seriously, to make a joke like that about someone’s daughter, WHILE THAT PERSON IS IN THE ROOM?! If Sarah Palin hadn’t had 100 times more class and decorum than Sykes, she’d have gotten up then and there and beat the bug-juice out of Sykes. Can you imagine if someone had made a Chelsea-Clinton-is-not-beautiful joke in front of Bill Clinton? Or, for that matter, in front of Bush? Does anyone think he’d have laughed? If he had, would he have gotten a pass (I’m not suggesting he should, in such a case)?

I seriously wonder what has become of our country when someone will get up in front of the President of the United States and say such vile and disgusting things. Then I see the President laugh, and I know what’s become of us. We’ve not only lost our religious faith, but our sense of human decency.

]]> By: johnnyU http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2194768 johnnyU Mon, 11 May 2009 12:59:54 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2194768 Foxworthy is a southern ole boy knows how to make a buck. More power to him. Not my favorite since guys like Rodney Dangerfield died. Note none of them use their platform to spew political hate like this woman. Foxworthy is a southern ole boy knows how to make a buck.
More power to him. Not my favorite since guys like Rodney Dangerfield died. Note none of them use their platform to spew political hate like this woman.

]]> By: Kissmygrits http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2194751 Kissmygrits Mon, 11 May 2009 12:53:38 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2194751 We're talking about the wrong joke. Dear Leader's one liner about the kids taking AF1 for a joyride over Manhattan was far worse. Does he think 9-11 is fodder for jokes? Don't think the folks in Manhattan think that way, then or now. As for new Supreme needing empathy, maybe the prez should grab some, too. We’re talking about the wrong joke. Dear Leader’s one liner about the kids taking AF1 for a joyride over Manhattan was far worse. Does he think 9-11 is fodder for jokes? Don’t think the folks in Manhattan think that way, then or now. As for new Supreme needing empathy, maybe the prez should grab some, too.

]]> By: gridlock2 http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2194660 gridlock2 Mon, 11 May 2009 11:46:52 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2194660 The Democrats are making this easy on us. All the Republicans have to do is look serious, sober, and competent. Is that too much to ask? The Democrats are making this easy on us. All the Republicans have to do is look serious, sober, and competent. Is that too much to ask?

]]> By: dogsoldier http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2194650 dogsoldier Mon, 11 May 2009 11:37:10 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2194650 Ed, this isn't as simple as you stated. Its not that this moron said something tasteless. She said something decidedly unamerican and the President of the United States sat there, laughed and applauded. Indicating that he also wishes an American Citizen dead. No amount of spin can make his laughter and the fact that he continued to sit there, mean anything else. If I were President, I would have either stopped her right there and had her leave, or I would have. Any leader with half a brain would do likewise. Ed, this isn’t as simple as you stated. Its not that this moron said something tasteless. She said something decidedly unamerican and the President of the United States sat there, laughed and applauded.

Indicating that he also wishes an American Citizen dead.

No amount of spin can make his laughter and the fact that he continued to sit there, mean anything else.

If I were President, I would have either stopped her right there and had her leave, or I would have. Any leader with half a brain would do likewise.

]]> By: Stella451 http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2194635 Stella451 Mon, 11 May 2009 11:21:53 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2194635 The story isn't what Sykes said. The story is that Obama, who has a very tenuous idea of what it means to be the US President, laughed. The story isn’t what Sykes said. The story is that Obama, who has a very tenuous idea of what it means to be the US President, laughed.

]]> By: loudmouth883 http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2194615 loudmouth883 Mon, 11 May 2009 11:02:25 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2194615 I don't think I have even accidentally laughed at anything Wanda Sykes has said. No wonder she plays a cartoon cow. I don’t think I have even accidentally laughed at anything Wanda Sykes has said.

No wonder she plays a cartoon cow.

]]> By: loudmouth883 http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2194614 loudmouth883 Mon, 11 May 2009 11:01:59 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2194614 I don't think I have even accidentally laughed at anything Wanda Sykes have said. No wonder she plays a cartoon cow. I don’t think I have even accidentally laughed at anything Wanda Sykes have said.

No wonder she plays a cartoon cow.

]]> By: Mommypundit http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2194599 Mommypundit Mon, 11 May 2009 10:37:56 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2194599 <blockquote>It’s at the same level of intellect as babies playing with their soiled diapers, and about as meaningful.</blockquote> My daughter does that.

It’s at the same level of intellect as babies playing with their soiled diapers, and about as meaningful.

My daughter does that.

]]> By: Nerdprom, a.k.a. White House Correspondents Dinner | NEOAVATARA http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2194565 Nerdprom, a.k.a. White House Correspondents Dinner | NEOAVATARA Mon, 11 May 2009 09:29:58 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2194565 [...] got Specter to join the Democrats, because ‘if you can’t beat them, join them.’  Wanda Sykes had some funny lines (who thought of giving an ipod to the queen?), but may be best remembered for [...] [...] got Specter to join the Democrats, because ‘if you can’t beat them, join them.’  Wanda Sykes had some funny lines (who thought of giving an ipod to the queen?), but may be best remembered for [...]

]]> By: Frances http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2194563 Frances Mon, 11 May 2009 09:20:27 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2194563 Another non-funny lib commedian. This little show she put on just confirms that the libs don't care and never did care about 9/11. Especially our assclown pres! Another non-funny lib commedian. This little show she put on just confirms that the libs don’t care and never did care about 9/11. Especially our assclown pres!

]]> By: Sykes slams Rush: '20th hijacker' - Page 2 - Political Wrinkles http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2194552 Sykes slams Rush: '20th hijacker' - Page 2 - Political Wrinkles Mon, 11 May 2009 07:53:50 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2194552 [...] and the media would fall all over themselves to rip him to shreds. But honestly, does the news of a double standard for conservatives really surprise anyone? __________________ "You get the respect that you give" - [...] [...] and the media would fall all over themselves to rip him to shreds. But honestly, does the news of a double standard for conservatives really surprise anyone? __________________ "You get the respect that you give" – [...]

]]> By: Bluehanky http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2194547 Bluehanky Mon, 11 May 2009 07:08:05 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2194547 From Wikipedia: Wanda Sykes (Although I had heard her interviewed once where the interviewer stated that she was a CIA Analyst and she didn't correct it so who knows. I think I will listen to Rush's show tomorrow. Should be good). ============================ "Sykes father served as a US Army colonel employed at the Pentagon, and her mother worked as a banker. She attended Arundel High School in Gambrills, Maryland, and went on to graduate from Hampton University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing. After college, her first job was as a procurement officer with National Security Agency (NSA), where she worked for five years. Sykes was married to David Hall from 1991 to 1998. In October 2008 in California she married her female partner, whom she met in 2006, and publicly came out in November at a same-sex marriage rally regarding Proposition 8 in Las Vegas that she is a lesbian and had just married." From Wikipedia: Wanda Sykes (Although I had heard her interviewed once where the interviewer stated that she was a CIA Analyst and she didn’t correct it so who knows. I think I will listen to Rush’s show tomorrow. Should be good).
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“Sykes father served as a US Army colonel employed at the Pentagon, and her mother worked as a banker. She attended Arundel High School in Gambrills, Maryland, and went on to graduate from Hampton University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing. After college, her first job was as a procurement officer with National Security Agency (NSA), where she worked for five years.

Sykes was married to David Hall from 1991 to 1998. In October 2008 in California she married her female partner, whom she met in 2006, and publicly came out in November at a same-sex marriage rally regarding Proposition 8 in Las Vegas that she is a lesbian and had just married.”

]]> By: Loxodonta http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2194529 Loxodonta Mon, 11 May 2009 06:12:32 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2194529 Thius thread was hijacked for a couple of hours. Thius thread was hijacked for a couple of hours.

]]> By: JeffVader http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/10/a-couple-of-random-thoughts-on-sykes-nerdprom-and-double-standards/comment-page-4/#comment-2194480 JeffVader Mon, 11 May 2009 05:41:29 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=52647#comment-2194480 Wanda Sykes? Who the heck is Wanda Sykes? And who cares what she or he says? Some freakin' comedian. Really?! Wanda Sykes? Who the heck is Wanda Sykes? And who cares what she or he says? Some freakin’ comedian. Really?!

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