Wanda Sykes made humorous observations about President Obama and the political climate in Washington.
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Obama Pokes Fun During Correspondents’ Dinner
President Barack Obama directed his jokes at people across his administration, with a few jabs at Republicans, at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
5/10/2009
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May 10th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
You know, after watching this…perhaps it would be a good idea if this exercise was just canceled. Some of the humor was just execrable…
Wanda Sykes calling Obama a mulato? I don’t think so….two thumbs down…
May 10th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
I’ve had fun before. This isn’t fun.
May 11th, 2009 at 10:27 am
I think it’s a little funny that it takes a non traditional president to show how lame these events are.
They were lame when Reagan did them too, but we didn’t see it because of who we are.
Mind you from my perspective the Cheney quip was 10/10
May 11th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
I thought the reason for it was to poke fun at the current president but as usual no one would dare say a word about the obamamessiah.