Althouse: "Maybe Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker but he was so strung out on Oxycontin he missed his flight... I hope his kidneys fail."

May 11, 2009

"Maybe Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker but he was so strung out on Oxycontin he missed his flight... I hope his kidneys fail."

That's the Wanda Sykes joke from the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. I'm sure Rush is chortling as he prepares his opening monologue for today's radio show, which will have more than the usual number of listeners. He'll be all why are they always talking about me? and loving it.

I'll update this post when the show starts.

UPDATE: Sorry, I had a computer problem at the beginning of the show. Later, he was talking about Dick Cheney and then Nancy Pelosi — on the torture topic. Did he start with Sykes? I'm guessing he didn't now.

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Trooper York said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 5/11/09, 1:23 PM
former law student said...: trooper york -- I will waive the penance of listening to wanda sykes.

But you must watch a show featuring janeane garofalo, instead.; 5/11/09, 1:32 PM
Unknown said...: Only if it's The Truth About Cats & Dogs.; 5/11/09, 1:37 PM
Shanna said...: You can't blow off all the steam through a barrel of a gun, I'd imagine. That might become cumbersome, especially during the wrong season and when a nearby range isn't handy..

You should try it sometime. I don’t hunt, but shooting bottles is fun too. My dad just told me he got a new scope put on some sort of 22 that is apparently mine (it was my grandfathers) and then we are going to go shoot something. Apparently 22 bullets are cheap.

I'm pretty sure I've seen some stand up by this person that was funny, but I accidentally watched a movie she was in the other day, and she cannot act at all. She made Jennifer Lopez look like a genius.; 5/11/09, 2:03 PM
Trooper York said...: That's not fair mcg. She was born to play the part of the dog.; 5/11/09, 2:05 PM
Chip Ahoy said...: I heard from a reliable source who wishes to remain anonymous that originally Michelle's dick was bigger than Obama's so she had reduction surgery. This caused a lasting antagonism within their relationship and was a little confusing to the children. Aaaaaand the accompanying steroid injections explains why Michelle's arms are so buff and their constant haggling over the issue explains why Obama feels he has to sneak out on a giant 747 with two tailing fighter jets with pilots who couldn't take a decent picture if their lives depended on it, in order to party with community activists and to sneak cigarettes. All the pilots involved disappeared from sight, but one of them was overheard screaming, "Yeoooow, my kidneys!" But I really don't know all that much about this subject so I cannot confirm this nor supply any links.; 5/11/09, 2:06 PM
NotWhoIUsedtoBe said...: It's not funny except as shock comedy. And it's not a shock that someone would dare criticize a conservative. So it's just not funny at all.; 5/11/09, 2:07 PM
Trooper York said...: Let's see her play the part of a human being. Now that would be a stretch.; 5/11/09, 2:07 PM
mrs whatsit said...: xjcp says, "Mrs,

Crybaby!"

As before.; 5/11/09, 2:08 PM
I'm Full of Soup said...: This is faint praise but I think Wanda Sykes is the funniest actor on the New Christine Show.

That is the only place I have ever seen her and did not know she was a lesbian nor that she did stand-up.; 5/11/09, 2:22 PM
Trooper York said...: Well I think the brother guy is a lot funnier. He plays the nebbish very well. The type of guy really liberal babes love. And he is a therapist. That must make them cream their pants.; 5/11/09, 2:27 PM
Trooper York said...: Oh and the two nasty moms at the school are really funny. Way funnier than Wanda Sykes. She couldn't act her way out of a paper bag. Which if there was any justice in this world she would be wearing in the show.; 5/11/09, 2:28 PM
Shanna said...: To clarify, as I understand, Obama admitted to being a former drug (MJ and cocaine) user, not an addict. Wasn’t he doing cocaine? I mean, I’ll buy that “user not an addict” bit with mj, but cocaine is the hard stuff. He should at least get a little rising about it. Lord knows Bush did and I don’t think he wrote all about it in a damn book!

Also, randomly doing drugs is funny, being an addict is sad. The liberals have it exactly backward!; 5/11/09, 2:37 PM
I'm Full of Soup said...: I only saw the show 2 or 3 times Trooper so I have no idea who the 2 Moms are.

Or even the brother, maybe I only saw it for a few minutes out of 2-3 shows. Anyway, I thought Wanda was funny. Saying that is a bit different than saying she is a good actor.; 5/11/09, 2:48 PM
Trooper York said...: I mean it is one of the shows we put on the dvr when we want to watch something that will put us to sleep. Which is generally true for all CBS shows.

They have really gone hill since they cancelled Gunsmoke.; 5/11/09, 2:51 PM
Sofa King said...: At least they still have The Price is Right.; 5/11/09, 3:06 PM
Joe said...: Am I the only one who finds this yearly affair kind of creepy? Yes, humor is nice, but there seems to be something so incestuous and grotesquely artificial about the whole thing. I'd prefer the press and politicians keep their distance.; 5/11/09, 3:16 PM
Trooper York said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 5/11/09, 3:22 PM
Trooper York said...: You know the brother on the New Adventure of Old Christine is always doing this incesty type jokes and that is definitely creepy.; 5/11/09, 3:23 PM
former law student said...: all CBS shows.

Watch "The Big Bang Theory" and "The Mentalist."; 5/11/09, 4:00 PM
Unknown said...: When do we start to wonder how much Rush is paying the big O?; 5/11/09, 4:17 PM
Jeremy said...: I thought NOBODY here listens to the fat man?

As for his and Dick's constant pro-torture rant:

A CIA inspector general's report from May 2004 that is set to be declassified by the Obama White House will almost certainly disprove claims that waterboarding was only used in controlled circumstances with effective results.

On Monday, the Washington Post reported the impending release of a May 7, 2004 IG report that, the paper added, would show that in several circumstances the techniques used to interrogate terrorist suspects "appeared to violate the U.N. Convention Against Torture" and did not produce desired results. It is difficult, the report will conclude, "to determine conclusively whether interrogations have provided information critical to interdicting specific imminent attacks."

A fury of speculation ensued among a host of reporter-bloggers, who viewed the forthcoming information as the strongest proof to date that proclamations of waterboarding's usefulness were overblown.

AND THIS...FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN RANTING AND RAVING ABOUT OBAMA RELEASING THE MEMOS:

But there is no need to wait for the report's declassification. Information from its pages was already made public in the footnotes of the Office of Legal Counsel memos written by Steven Bradbury in 2005...and released by the current administration less than ONE MONTH AGO.

And the conclusion seems pretty clear: Not only did interrogators, for a period of time, use waterboarding that was deemed by U.S. officials to be more frequent and intense than was medically safe, it did so to apparently limited results.

Liars (Rush/Dick) and the lies they tell...; 5/11/09, 4:17 PM
Jeremy said...: Joe said..."Am I the only one who finds this yearly affair kind of creepy?"

Yes.; 5/11/09, 4:17 PM
Jeremy said...: Chip Ahoy said..."I heard from a reliable source who wishes to remain anonymous that originally Michelle's dick was bigger than Obama's so she had reduction surgery.

Very classy.

Mysoginistic prick.; 5/11/09, 4:19 PM
Jeremy said...: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

We hate Wanda.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

We hate Obama.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

Wingnut crybabies.; 5/11/09, 4:21 PM
I'm Full of Soup said...: Jeez Jeremy the German Valise shows up and everyone else leaves.; 5/11/09, 4:35 PM
Jeremy said...: AJ - Actually everybody was already gone, and I heard the same thing about you, but in your daily life...that is, if you have a life.

And I love your continuing "suitcase" tab...very creative.

If only it made any sense.

Duh.; 5/11/09, 4:38 PM
Palladian said...: "Jeez Jeremy the German Valise shows up and everyone else leaves."

Gene "Jeremy" Olson always shows up after all the fun is over and everyone has gone home. Like someone who shows up at a party at 5am, drinks the last inch out of all the used beer bottles, shits on the floor and leaves.

Actually whenever and wherever Gene "Jeremy" Olson shows up, all the fun is over and everyone goes home.; 5/11/09, 5:43 PM
Alex said...: garage mahal is trying to frame this as "conservatives are whining about jokes". No, this is about the press giving liberals a free ride over wishing painful death upon their political enemies. No garage, you will not frame this.; 5/11/09, 6:03 PM
Alex said...: Alpha - name calling Rush - "Lush windbag" is stupid and only demeans your side.; 5/11/09, 6:06 PM
Diamondhead said...: "I wouldn't mind if he found it funny if someone joked about Ahmadinejad dying of kidney failure."

He wouldn't have laughed if the joke was about Mahmoud. Or maybe he would have just for the make-up sex.; 5/11/09, 6:22 PM
Anonymous said...: I personally have no problem with rough jokes but Sykes misrepresented Limbaugh. She claims that wanting Obama to fail is the same as wanting the country to fail. What Limbaugh hopes is that Obama's plan to make America socialist will fail (and thus give America a chance to succeed).; 5/11/09, 6:44 PM
Sprezzatura said...: Speaking of Janeane Garofalo, today on his radio show Hannity said that you can look forward to a "confrontation" w/ her being shown on his TV show tonight.

Watch if you can, or set your DVR, as Hannity always asks of his listeners.

Newt and a Newt offspring will be there too, just like they were on the radio show. They're going to share some self-help concepts (for those who are not already satisfied w/ the 9-12 rules).

And tickets for the True American Extravaganza Concert are almost sold out, get to Hannity.com STAT.

BTW, Hannity has flown coach when he was "with his kids." So take that Wanda. He was very careful to state that there was this one time, over the summer, when he flew coach on Jet Blue w/ kids in tow. Seems like the rest of the time he may not be in coach.

Hannity likes to parse language.; 5/11/09, 6:45 PM
SH said...: This is a non issue and conservatives need therapy for complaining and/or are acting deranged for discussing it.

The joke about Rush is just a joke but when conservatives reword it to fit Wanda (or some lefty), it’s NOT FUNNY for various reasons.

Too funny…; 5/11/09, 7:03 PM
Fen said...: The joke about Rush is just a joke

hate != humor; 5/12/09, 10:24 PM