Radio silence: Limbaugh ignores Sykes
posted at 8:23 pm on May 11, 2009 by Allahpundit
No joy in Dittoville tonight. I don’t get it.
Talk-radio fans and political junkies buzzed in anticipation about what Mr. Limbaugh might say on his national, three-hour radio show.
Instead of retaliating against Ms. Sykes, Mr. Limbaugh spent much of the show praising former Vice President Dick Cheney, who on Sunday was much kinder.
Politico caught this bit near the end of the show and assumed he was referring to Gibbs’s statement:
During his show Monday — his first since Saturday night’s dinner — Limbaugh alluded to the dinner just once, calling it “showbiz for ugly people, that’s what politics is.”
There was, however, a mysterious moment during the show’s final minutes, when Limbaugh interrupted a dialogue on fiscal policy and, in a statement seemingly directed at his prodding producer, said, “How can they be running a response, when I didn’t respond? Well, there isn’t going to be a response!”
Why doesn’t he want to respond? Sykes is small potatoes, admittedly, but it’s not Sykes who’s the problem actor here. It’s Obama, for laughing stupidly at material that obnoxious and then having his own press secretary lie to the press corps about how The One supposedly believes it’s no laughing matter. This is as golden an example as you’ll ever have of shameless leftist hypocrisy over demonizing one’s opponents, and all the more so given Obama’s crap about “changing the tone in Washington” during the campaign. And Limbaugh’s going to punt on it? Any insight into what’s going on here, Rush fans? You know his thinking better than I ever will.
Update (Ed): I didn’t ask Rush about this during our interview because, well, he was interviewing me. Besides, if he wanted to talk about it, he had three hours in which to do it today. My guess: it’s small potatoes, as I wrote yesterday. Why add fuel to the fire and give Wanda Sykes credibility and a platform? As for Obama laughing at the joke, well … res ipsa loquitur.
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I’d love to hear that!
jgapinoy on May 11, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Two things…
First, Rush was right not to respond and waste time when he had VP Cheney to interview on serious issues.
And two, Sykes wasn’t funny. The whole point of these comedians appearing at the dinner is to spend time roasting the President and administration. So why didn’t Sykes spend more time doing that? Obama-love? Fear of being thrown under the bus? Fear of being ostracized? All of the above?
Deanna on May 11, 2009 at 10:03 PM
I’ll do it for you Rush. Hey Wanda go F_ _K yourself.
FireBlogger on May 11, 2009 at 10:04 PM
I listen to Rush about 4 out of 5 days, & I enjoy & agree with most of the show, but I don’t get these silly Rush worshipers who think you have to sing his praises & fawn over every syllable. Maybe AP is busy working???
jgapinoy on May 11, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Jim Treacher on May 11, 2009 at 9:55 PM
100% correct. Rush is a genius, but Jim has to be at least borderline.
javamartini on May 11, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Rush Limbaugh is a very, very smart man.
Loxodonta on May 11, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Yeah, he’s pulling this “I’m a huge conservative” shtick in several threads…right after spewing lefty talking points.
AUINSC on May 11, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Bingo.
I’m not the biggest Rush fan, good guy, but he’s a little too much “boilerplate” for me. Today in my car I did catch a couple of short bits at the beginning of his show. Both times he was talking about other subjects, and then played the Obama speech excerpt at the end of the segment, which had a certain very stark irony to it. It was striking, and it didn’t take an PhD to know why it was being played.
Think about it. Here is Mr. Obama, the President of the United States of America, who lowers himself right off the bat, by whining about and attacking a freaking radio host. Three months later, at a dinner, he’s still at it, except, even worse, he essentially farms the job out to a particularly nasty and venal C_List “comedienne”. Ugh.
Everybody expects Limbaugh to rant about it on the next show, but instead he just ignores it.
I mean, shouldn’t it be the other way around?
Shouldn’t the radio host be doing the attacking and the President ignoring him? Obama lowers himself, makes himself ugly. Mr. “Cool” acts very uncool. Nothing is more uncool than overkill.
Limbaugh, meanwhile does come off as Mr. Cool, understated. And the act of just playing the snippet from Obama’s speech was like stark, minimalist, political art that spoke volumes.
It’s a tiny chink in Obama’s charismatic armor, but it is a chink, a start. There will be more. Much more.
Well played, Mr. Limbaugh. You made me a fan.
Dreadnought on May 11, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Rush is playing it cool and smart. He isn’t going to be drawn into a seamy brawl with a “black dyke,” as Hitchens reportedly called Sykes. Rush picks his fights. Wanda Sykes isn’t worthy competition.
RandyChandler on May 11, 2009 at 10:10 PM
I like it. She didn’t deserve to be dignified with a response by someone so far above her level.
Sign of the Dollar on May 11, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Nicely stated, Dreadnought.
pearson on May 11, 2009 at 10:11 PM
I’ve never thought that she was funny. Her voice grates.
baldilocks on May 11, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Maybe Rush is content not to publicly revisit an ugly, personal, and painful chapter in his life.
There are plenty of talkers scoring points against Obama and Sikes on this one. Rush knows he will be more lovable and fuzzy and provide a better product if not participating in such obvious hate.
exdeadhead on May 11, 2009 at 10:13 PM
jgapinoy
I’ve rarely commented about Rush on the internet, but after that dreadfully lowclass attack on him by Sykes, I was curious to see what the comments would be here. Do I count as a silly sycophant?
There are things he says that I disagree with, and I have to think very carefully about why I disagree. He’s gradually convinced me that in todays’ political climate in the US, the “moderate” path is nocomittal. There’s too much at stake to be noncommittal.
disa on May 11, 2009 at 10:14 PM
He’s playing cat and mouse.
Why pounce now when you can leave the mouse lingering in fear for awhile?
He raked in a huge audience today and strung them all along till the end. They’ll be back tomorrow too, a lot of them, because eventually Rush will respond in some manner, and they want to hear it.
Meanwhile, the buzz is probably higher now, if anything.
TexasDan on May 11, 2009 at 10:14 PM
So when President Obama and V.P. Biden ignored sarah palin during the campaign, it was because they feared her — but when rush ignores Wanda Sykes, it is genius of the highest order?
Keep on doin’ what you’re doin’!
benny shakar on May 11, 2009 at 10:15 PM
No.
I thought it was obvious that I was referring to the one who bashed AP just because he doesn’t listen to Rush.
jgapinoy on May 11, 2009 at 10:16 PM
I’m referring to the Federal Reserve and Wall Street. Class war is a far different subject than an Unconstitutional private bank manipulating interest rates and printing our debt. I don’t understand why that is a cryptic statement, cryptic maybe such a usury based evil exists and owns this nation.
Class war is a different matter, it is a tool of the elite used to create chaos, it is a Marxist principle that sets the government as savior. The government creates the class war then steps in as the hero to even out the available resources. The result being socialism of some sort.
True_King on May 11, 2009 at 10:16 PM
No, it was because the MSM was carrying their water for them, so they didn’t have to lift a finger.
You meant that sarcastically, so it’s actually good advice…thanks buddy, we will.
AUINSC on May 11, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Except the highlight of AP’s year was the coded diss he received on-air from Rush.
TexasDan on May 11, 2009 at 10:17 PM
…& I agree that Sykes is dreadful & lowclass.
jgapinoy on May 11, 2009 at 10:17 PM
What lefty talking points have I spewed out?
True_King on May 11, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Not surprising at all.
Jim-Rose on May 11, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Responding to such trivial fooferah is below the Limbaugh paygrade
kellyjane on May 11, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Were you on the toilet the whole time or something?
TexasDan on May 11, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Hey, Rush used the plural form of that word. Maybe he included us commenters.
jgapinoy on May 11, 2009 at 10:18 PM
So Rush is being ‘used’ by the Federal Reserve and Wall Street interests? How exactly?
AUINSC on May 11, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Rush Limbaugh is the topic of Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and other movers and shakers. He would lower his stature by attacking the comments of a mere Obama supporter who is just another unknown amongst O’s unwashed masses.
Think about it.
DannoJyd on May 11, 2009 at 10:19 PM
benny shakar on May 11, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Yes.
We will.
javamartini on May 11, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Here’s the latest:
AUINSC on May 11, 2009 at 10:20 PM
So when President Obama and V.P. Biden ignored sarah palin during the campaign, it was because they feared her — but when rush ignores Wanda Sykes, it is genius of the highest order?
Keep on doin’ what you’re doin’!
benny shakar on May 11, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Delusional. Way to go capitalizing every name in your post with the exception of Rush.
I believe obama went out of his way to ridicule Sarah Palin by calling the town she was once mayor of, Wasilly.
You are too clever by half.
daesleeper on May 11, 2009 at 10:21 PM
No, it was because they didn’t have to. They had most of the media eating up the talking points Axelrod was spoonfeeding them. You really do have all the debating skills of a bridge abutment.
Jim Treacher on May 11, 2009 at 10:22 PM
I recall that Clinton made a joke at Rush’s expense at one of the correspondent dinners (paraphrasing…’Did you hear Rush Limbaugh defended Janet Reno? It was only because she was being attacked by a black guy.’) and Rush responded because he was being called a racist by someone important – the President of the United States. Wanda Sykes is a nobody.
Rush will respond if and when he wants to respond. Nothing more, nothing less. My guess is that talking about it on the air did not interest him today.
Hammertime on May 11, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Glad that you got something right finally.
promachus on May 11, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Dreadnought got it right! Hey Benny, Rush is reacting with Obama’s own words. Rush’s silence is deafening. Hell it gives MSNBC a few days to have every C-lister on to make a crack or two. He’ll react someday when we least expect it. If he doesn’t Snerdly will through Rush..
Atlanta Media Guy on May 11, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Maybe Ed asked him to clarify.
TexasDan on May 11, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Yeah if he does it now it’s only going to benefit her. Put it in your back pocket and pull it out to slam Obama if and when the opportunity arises.
Dash on May 11, 2009 at 10:26 PM
jgapinoy on May 11, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Sorry, I’m not familiar with the posters here. If AP doesn’t listen to Rush, it’s his loss. Not that he has to agree, but Rush is the unofficial voice of conservatism, and he makes his points very well. His intelligent opponents do themselves a disservice if they only cherrypick what he has to say.
disa on May 11, 2009 at 10:26 PM
AP could learn a lesson here about his ex-crush [one hopes] MegMac…
Upstater85 on May 11, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Not quite. Obama and Biden could ignore Sarah Palin because they had flunkies of your mentality running around doing the dirty work for them. They knew that pretty well.
ddrintn on May 11, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Because a major national political candidate and the 3rd leading voice in “Over the Hedge” are totally analogous, Benny. Wow. Nothing gets by you.
Pasalubong on May 11, 2009 at 10:27 PM
I’m glad he didn’t respond. She is a nobody who didn’t deserve a resposne. Like a child’s inappropriate potty humor, better ignored.
Way to go.
ORconservative on May 11, 2009 at 10:27 PM
No problemo. Welcome to HA!
BTW, Ed got to chat w/ Rush today. I’m sure AP is next in line for a chat.
: P
jgapinoy on May 11, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Why should Limbaugh remark on this? This is how liberals behave. There’s nothing remotely newsworthy about Sykes’ or Obama’s behavior.
kozmocostello on May 11, 2009 at 10:33 PM
A benny shakar is a terrible thing to waste.
Del Dolemonte on May 11, 2009 at 10:35 PM
True_King at 9:33
.
I agree that Wanda Sykes is a reprobate low class woman, I’m not equating the two in exact measurements, I’m simply stating that Rush has had his fair share of fun at liberals expense, some of his humor is borderline raunchy, case in point: Hillary’s testicle lockbox; Banking Queen for Barney Frank; Bill Clinton and Russian Prostitute bit; and on and on.
Moderate is the last thing anyone would describe me as. If you’ll allow me to further define my above statement, what I meant is that I now don’t trust either party since they are both taking us down the socialist road. The Democrats are purely Marxist, the Republicans are too cowardly to fight, and the two party structure assures that the media does not give time to anyone other than the elite’s chosen candidates. It’s a corrupted system.
As I explained to AUINSC, I’m a strict Constitutional constructionist. Rush is not a strict constructionist, he supports American held indefinitely without charge and the spying of American citizens, those two things have opened up the possibility of a police state big time.
I support life, traditional family, states rights, 2nd Amendment, property rights, etc.
I never said that Rush’s program was beneath me, I said that my perspective is different. I’ve simply decided to step off the chessboard to see who the chessmasters are.
True_King on May 11, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Curiosity, who is woman setting at the table next to Obama?
Coastal Paradise on May 11, 2009 at 10:38 PM
jgapinoy on May 11, 2009 at 10:30 PM
I heard, and I’m looking forward to hearing it!
Oh? How so?
disa on May 11, 2009 at 10:40 PM
I agree with DannoJyd, Rush has no reason to respond.
Everyone’s talking about this just fine without Rush jumping into it.
Roy Rogers on May 11, 2009 at 10:40 PM
I know I’m all late but AP, I assume him playing the clip of Obama’s inauguration address about “petty and childish ways” was all the response he was giving. I think it answers the hypocrisy you were looking for.
youngO on May 11, 2009 at 10:41 PM
And yet we never got a police state under Bush, but we have one beginning under Obama.
disa on May 11, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Correction: A benny shakar is a terrible thing to exist.
onlineanalyst on May 11, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Off the top of my head, two Obama attacks on Palin:
1. Lipstick on a Pig
2. some small-town mayor
Benny do you ever bother to THINK before you post?
PackerBronco on May 11, 2009 at 10:45 PM
I was being very sarcastic. Rush seemed to call AP an “oddball” a few months ago.
jgapinoy on May 11, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Rewritng history again?
Palin’s bio is “compelling,” Obama said.
The crowd booed. “No, it’s an interesting story.” More boos. “No, no, it is. I mean that sincerely. Mother, governor, moose shooter.”
The crowd broke out in laughter. “That’s cool. That’s cool. That’s cool stuff,” Obama said
“Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency,” Adrianne Marsh, a spokeswoman for Obama, said in a written statement.
But when you been taking all these earmarks when it is convenient and then suddenly you are the champion anti-earmark person. That is not change, come on. I mean, words mean something. You can’t just make stuff up. You can’t just make stuff up. We have a choice to make and the choice is clear.”
There’s no way you can dress up that record, even with a lot of lipstick,” he said. Later in the day, Obama used a variation of the lipstick line, though he was clearly talking about the McCain-Palin reform rhetoric. “You can put lipstick on a pig,” he said. “It’s still a pig.”
Obama, Dems sharpen personal attacks on Palin
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13315.html
Dreadnought on May 11, 2009 at 10:47 PM
If Rush responds to Sykes then the storyline for the next several days is Rush vs. Sykes. Why should Rush bother with a person most people have never heard of? His foe is not Sykes, but Obama. He’s wise not to get distracted.
PackerBronco on May 11, 2009 at 10:48 PM
So that’s not a factual statement? Didn’t the Republicans support the Patriot Act? Didn’t they support Gitmo? That’s a liberal talking point? If anything it’s a Libertarian talking point. With all due respect, can you not tell the difference?
Haven’t you noticed the recently revealed DHS documents that targeted conservatives? That’s why guys like me don’t support either of those two laws because we knew that in the wrong hands it would be used against us, and it is being used against us as we speak. Where is the foresight?
There is a bill working it’s way through the House, H.R. 2159, The Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009, sponsored by REPUBLICAN Rep. Peter King of New York. If this bill becomes law then what Rahm Emmanuel stated desire to deny guns to anyone on a terrorist watchlist will become a reality. Do you see where this is going? Just combine the aforementioned DHS targeting conservatives and putting them on terrorist watch lists with the new bill, and voila, we are one step closer to total gun confiscation. Yet people are here hoping that the Republicans save them. This scenario is exactly the kind of nightmarish conglomeration of laws that people like myself feared.
True_King on May 11, 2009 at 10:49 PM
I think you are dangerously deluded, to think you can “step off” the “chessboard.” This is serious business here. I despise “the lesser of two evils” choice as much as anyone, but I sure as hell know evil when I see it, and that is the real (not imagined) loss of freedom – including the freedom of speech not currently being utilized by the media. They did a great disservice to the American people in 2008, and I will never forget that. Oh yeah, those of us who are willing to devote two or three hours a day reading trusted bloggers on the internet knew exactly who this Obama character was, but the rest of the poor saps who “hate politics” never saw this coming.
disa on May 11, 2009 at 10:49 PM
To be fair, Bush set the foundation that Obama is using to construct the police state. We have to give credit where credit is due, and Bush is part of the genesis of our current situation.
True_King on May 11, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Rush Limbaugh played the Left like a fiddle today. He knew everyone who follows politics would tune in to his show; so he played coy. First hour, not a peep. He swamped ‘em with Dick Cheney. Second hour, nothing (I don’t think; I missed most of it). In his third hour, maybe 10 minutes to wrap-up, he said to (Bo Snerdley?) in the middle of another thought (as if he was interrupted) “What do you mean they’ve responded? What are they responding to?” (Bo answers off-mike) “My response? I haven’t responded, and I won’t.” (Quoted as well as memory serves.)
So, he got a huge, new audience of proggtardly leftys who had to sit through three hours of right-thinking, for nothing.
The man’s a professional. He let the others take care of his light work.
Serr8d on May 11, 2009 at 10:51 PM
If I recall, Back during the Clinton years when
Imus roosted Clinton and Hilary and had some remarks
about Rush ( I don’t remember what they were, But it was
Imus being Imus) Rush was asked by a caller if he thought
it was funny or had anything comments. . Rush just told
the guy he didn’t see it and it sounded to him like Imus had
no class. . .That was all he said. He really stayed above
it and just ignored it.
Texyank on May 11, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Barack Obama: Asshole.
/obvious
bluelightbrigade on May 11, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Barack Obama: A**hole.
/obvious.
bluelightbrigade on May 11, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Long live GITMO! And I still don’t understand why you think it’s “cheating” for us to intercept communications that will keep us safe. Please list abuses of that interception, if you can.
Meanwhile, imagining that you can (as a “libertarian”) avoid stepping in any D/R poop and still accomplish anything is beyond me.
disa on May 11, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Rush didn’t respond but Hitchens sure did.
RobCon on May 11, 2009 at 10:56 PM
I can explain it. He spent 4 days on the links, flew back home on EIB1, got up this morning, fed the cat, hopped in the Maybach and headed to the studio to try and educate the country one more time on why socialism is bad for everyone except for those that have the power right now.
Compare that with the skank that Sykes must have woken up next to this morning. And I actually feel more sympathy towards the skank.
Go ahead, make fun of Rush for being a drug addict. He isn’t. Misquote him because you can’t understand or don’t care about what he actually said. Go on Olbermann and repeat it. Do whatever you want to do whenever you want to do it.
It still won’t change what I and a few other folks out her will be doing tomorrow between noon and 3.
JeffinOrlando on May 11, 2009 at 11:00 PM
I never left the playing field, I’m just targeting the real enemy, I have refused to be their pawn. Yes, Obama is their chosen one and he is an evil man, diabolically evil, but a Republican would only have slowed down the eventual worldwide socialist state because they too are part of the game. Notice that no matter who’s in the executive that government continues to grow? Bush was disastrous in our increase of debt laden social and military obligations. He expanded the powers of the police state to their most dangerous levels ever. And now Obama is ready to use it against us.
True_King on May 11, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Gee, I guess I must be stoopid, you must lay it all out for me… I keep forgetting that Bush is the genesis of all our woes.
Are you one of those people who keeps his hands clean at the expense of the safety of his changes?
disa on May 11, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Cheating? Don’t believe I said that, I believe I said unconstitutional.
You have traded security for personal freedom and gloat about it. Just wait until Obama begins using it against the NRA.
True_King on May 11, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Moderate Republicans, sure. Not conservatives.
disa on May 11, 2009 at 11:04 PM
I said PART of the genesis. Many have sacrificed their freedom, I have not.
True_King on May 11, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Could it be possible that something libelous took place? Like accusing someone, even satiracly, of being the 20th hijacker? Perhaps wishing for someones death?
Could he have grounds for a hate crimes lawsuit?
epluribusunum on May 11, 2009 at 11:06 PM
And what have you done? Stepped off the chess board for fresh air? What, exactly, are you achiveing?
disa on May 11, 2009 at 11:06 PM
epluibus:
Like racism, conservatives are not permitted to be victims of hate crimes, and that includes Miss Prejean.
disa on May 11, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Yes I agree but Rush is very Machievellian, like what he did to Harry Reid over that letter.
He could hoist a leftard saint on their own petard.
epluribusunum on May 11, 2009 at 11:09 PM
Why answer the accusations of a meaningless ditz? He did the right thing.
But again, he probably has an ace up his sleeve… or maybe his lawyers do.
newton on May 11, 2009 at 11:11 PM
She was not funny and only shows just how mean spirited the Dems are….I say let her speak and often.
–
Re:
Interesting that you divert from the real issue at hand. I think be both know what the means mr. FOS.
Jamson64 on May 11, 2009 at 11:11 PM
You don’t spew lefty talking points, you spew Alex Jones talking points.
Knucklehead on May 11, 2009 at 11:11 PM
He did respond. To Obama.
Rush played the audio clip of Barry talking about doing away with the old ways. Rush then commented on what Barry said and when. He doesn’t give a shit about Sykes, he was more interested in showcasing what kind of person the President really is.
budfox on May 11, 2009 at 11:12 PM
There’s a difference?
AUINSC on May 11, 2009 at 11:12 PM
OK I checked his right side, left side, and even an aerial view… he’s still fat from every angle.
benny shakar on May 11, 2009 at 11:15 PM
This one here has got to be struggling to tie his shoes.
Saltysam on May 11, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Wow a fat joke …aren’t you witty/sarc geezus you are an idiotic shill dimwitted fu.ktard
Jamson64 on May 11, 2009 at 11:21 PM
You and Sykes have thing going on.
AUINSC on May 11, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Good. I noticed he did this today, and it was the right thing to do. You don’t give little snotty brats that throw tantrums attention. Good judgement on Rush’s part, as always.
ErinF on May 11, 2009 at 11:26 PM
I’m guessing Benny Shakkkkahhhhrrrr doesn’t like El Rushbo for some reason? Ah well, benny, there’s always the daily chaos… go on over there.
ErinF on May 11, 2009 at 11:28 PM
This may have been said already (I can’t go back and read all the previous comments at the moment) but I’d say that Rush is going to let the suspense and the buzz build and then “reluctantly” going to address it late in the week. Maybe on Friday when a caller brings it up, as one inevitably will.
He needs to have a strategy to call them out on it while not making himself look in any way a victim. What I hope he’s doing is compiling a long list of similar offenses by the left and preparing to show the pattern, not just this particular outrage.
Laura on May 11, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Why respond to Sykes. She’s as unfunny as it gets.
AND that was before I saw any of her comments at the dinner.
She is simply not worth the effort. She couldn’t even understand the simple concept of “roasting the President”.
jack herman on May 11, 2009 at 11:28 PM
WoW ! ! Witty stuff.
The Letterman Show is in desperate need of writers.
Don’t let that pass you by. . .
Texyank on May 11, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Haven’t read through all the comments, forgive me if I’m repeating someone else…
I listen to Rush daily (podcasts, cuts out all the commercials). I was curious to see how he would handle this today. For those that listen to him consistently and regularly, it’s obvious he did address the issue by using Obama’s own words from the Inauguration, “putting away childish things,” “changing the tone of petty politics as usual,” blah, blah, blah . . .
Rush is NOT going to address Sykes directly on the air. The real issue anyway is with Obama and him laughing at her disgusting, vile jokes about a private citizen dying, being a terrorist, committing treason simply for opposing Obama’s policies.
IF he does address the issue, look for it on Open Line Friday. I think this will only be allowed if it’s still being discussed in the MSM. A caller will bring it up and say what needs to be said for Rush, then Rush will take the high road and shrug his shoulders and say nothing, but dismiss her. (which he should anyway. she’s a cruel woman.)
Rush has been on vacation since Wednesday. He always comes back with a fresh perspective. Sykes is small potatoes compared to the stuff Cheney was talking about on Sunday and the security of the country, or lake thereof.
That’s my take anyway.
conservative pilgrim on May 11, 2009 at 11:32 PM
So he’s not an Olympic sprinter. What does that have to do with anything, beyond substituting for an argument that requires something more closely resembling thought? Obama has an ugly nose-mole. And big ears. And Michelle Obama…you get the idea. That sort of playground garbage can go on forever.
ddrintn on May 11, 2009 at 11:33 PM
or lack thereof. oops!
conservative pilgrim on May 11, 2009 at 11:34 PM
Again, why is no one talking about how Fanda Dykes slammed Hannity?
jgapinoy on May 11, 2009 at 11:35 PM
By not responding it leaves her comments and the president’s laughter at the center of the story. I can’t imagine a better strategy to underscore the President Obama’s lack of class, intelligence and sense of fair play. For all of the stories dedicated to validating Mr. Obama’s intellect I think it is odd that he would display such poor judgment. Perhaps it was a momentary lapse but the fact is that he seems to be as dumb as the press accused VP Quayle of being.
Mormon Doc on May 11, 2009 at 11:35 PM
Typical liberal–if you can’t debate the ideas, attack the messenger. Yawn.
conservative pilgrim on May 11, 2009 at 11:37 PM
I didn’t watch the Nerd Prom. What did she say?
conservative pilgrim on May 11, 2009 at 11:38 PM
I’m not sure any of it is really worth talking about. Sykes’ blathering was the rantings of a piss-ant. The same sort of garbage you read from lefty trolls on sites like this. B-o-r-i-n-g.
ddrintn on May 11, 2009 at 11:38 PM
I think Obama is going to have a lot of low points in his time but sitting there and laughing at that low class garbage is going to be one of the lowest of the low…
CCRWM on May 11, 2009 at 11:45 PM
I don’t think Rush is going to respond… and I don’t think he should…
CCRWM on May 11, 2009 at 11:48 PM
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