Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on May 12, 2009

By Vicki McClure Davidson * Frugal Café Blog Zone

Rush Limbaugh has ignored Wanda Sykes’ despicable, gutless comedy routine at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and I’m impressed with him taking the high road. Mainstream media gossip mongers have been waiting longingly for his rejoinder.

No bites at the bait, you jackals. What was Rush suppose to say if he HAD responded to Sykes’ hateful jokes? “It bothers me, Wanda, that you wished me a painful death and the President of the United States laughed his butt off?”

Not gonna happen. Stupid for the MSM to expect him to respond to such garbage.

During Rush’s show Monday — his first since Saturday night’s White House dinner — Limbaugh alluded to the dinner just once, calling it “showbiz for ugly people, that’s what politics is.”

However, countless conservative and moderate bloggers didn’t ignore Sykes and her trash talk, nor have radio talk show hosts, like Sean Hannity, who has voiced his outrage over the hypocritical double standard displayed by the president and the White House. If Wanda had attacked a liberal, there would be all hell to pay. Hannity thought it was cowardly and disgusting that it is funny for Sykes to malign Gov. Sarah Palin with a falsehood and who wasn’t there, and Rush Limbaugh, who also wasn’t there. The gentle roasting characteristics at these dinners, where the president is usually the focus of most of the ribbing and critical jokes, were absent. Sykes’ shtick was a blatant partisan attack on Republicans and soured the evening for many. Others at the dinner (translation: liberal Democrats) thought Sykes was uproariously funny… if the same level of vitriol had been flung instead at Hillary Clinton or Jill or Joe Biden or Michelle Obama or Nancy Pelosi or any other Democrat, I don’t think they’d be so amused. Teasing is one thing, venomous attacking is another.

Negative press has followed, and the White House is now distancing themselves from Sykes, particularly her remarks about 9/11 and Rush being one of the terrorists who masterminded the attack. However, there is video footage showing Barack Obama laughing at Sykes’ jokes about Limbaugh dying of kidney failure.

White House Press Briefing: Robert Gibbs Distances WH a Bit from Wanda Sykes

Sean Hannity on Wanda Sykes’ Attack on Rush Limbaugh

Yes, Rush not acknowledging this vile woman was a classy choice. The high road.

Now, the low road:

Sen. John McCain’s precious little monster darling, Meghan, who isn’t sure which political side she’s on from one week to the next, made a big, embarrassing stink at the White House dinner. She had two tickets for the dinner, but brought two friends. Not enough tickets, sigh. Did it end there? Of course not. Meghan loves the sound of her own voice, especially if she can let loose with an expletive or two. Here’s the full story on her childish prima donna episode:

NY Daily News: Meghan McCain a real pain at D.C. dinner

Meghan later took issue with a crack that Sykes made about her mother, Cindy McCain, but didn’t have a problem with those lodged against her dad. Nor against anyone else. Whatever. Although defending her mom is a good thing.

Two interesting posts from last month about Miss Meghan “Liberal Prima Donna” McCain:
Obi’s Sister: Bet She Keeps A Dog in Her Purse
The Daley Gator: Meghan McCain, useful idiot for Democrats

Another high road:

Donald Trump, owner of the Miss USA pageant, has dismissed the cries from liberal and gay rights groups, demanding that Miss California Carrie Prejean be stripped of her crown because of her answer to judge Perez Hilton’s same-sex marriage question. Hilton lashed out at her with vicious profanities against Prejean for expressing her honest opinion, one that is shared by a majority of Californians and much of the nation.

Trump has discarded the angry, crappy accusations that Prejean is a racist, a gay basher, a Nazi, and all the other vile things this young woman has been called because of her respectful opinion. And he’s examined the racy photos of her on the Internet and decided they are a bit racy, but acceptable. And not nearly as racy as another Miss USA beauty queen contestant’s were, and those photos were published in the men’s magazine Maxim.

Regarding Prejean’s honest response that she believes that marriage should be between a man and a woman, from Politico:

“It’s the same answer that the president of the United States gave,” Trump said. “She gave an honorable answer. She gave an answer from her heart.”

On her scantily-clothed photographs, and further explanation of Trump’s decision on her same-sex marriage response, excerpted from WCBSTV:

“We’ve reviewed the pictures carefully,” Trump said at a packed news conference at Trump Plaza in New York City. “We’ve made a determination that the pictures taken were acceptable. Some were risque, but we are in the 21st century.”

Interestingly, Trump said Carrie Prejean’s comments about same-sex marriage were blown out of proportion – not because of the grand stage where her comments were made – but because of her beauty. He blamed the media for making a big deal out of the situation.

“If she were a very nice looking young woman, if she were an average woman, if she were an average man, if she were a great looking man, it wouldn’t have mattered, nobody would have cared because this subject has been discussed by everybody from politicians, presidents, everybody. If Carrie weren’t so beautiful, this would never have come,” said Trump. “Carrie is totally beautiful, and her answer, because of that, took on greater importance. Unfortunately, that’s the way the press works. You should be ashamed of yourselves.”

God bless you, Carrie, for standing by your convictions and your faith in God. It must have been tempting to compromise your integrity, your opinion. We know that it’s been a difficult few weeks for you, considering the many attacks from total strangers you’ve endured, but you’ve also sparked a tremendous amount of people who are shocked by so many people’s desire to rob you of your First Amendment rights. You’ve become a symbol of free speech.

To Donald Trump… good call on this issue and thanks for finally putting this to rest. And thanks for taking the high road on supporting Carrie Prejean.

Related reading:
Hot Air: The sadly obligatory “Meghan McCain calls Joe the Plumber a dumbass” post and Outrageous outrage: Miss California modeled lingerie for E! and Trump to emotional Miss California: You’re not fired and More Miss California: She’s One of Us, ‘I oppose bailouts and welfare’ and Video: Perez Hilton at the Miss USA contest?
Alfonzo Rachel, Big Hollywood: ZoNation: A Toilet Economics Tutorial, Wanda’s Toilet Humor, and Perez Hilton’s Hate Speech
Frugal Café Blog Zone: Yuckin’ It Up… Wanda Sykes at the White House and New Hero: Miss California Forgives, Says She & Her Church Are Praying for Gay Attacker Hilton | Sean Hannity Show Interview
Legal Insurrection: Wanda Sykes’ Joke Was on Us
Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily: SHE SAID WHAT? Wanda Sykes Gives Extremely Partisan Performance At White House Correspondents Dinner Tonight
Doug Powers, Michelle Malkin: Robert Gibbs doesn’t like his boss’s taste in jokes
Eric Golub, Big Hollywood: Note to Wanda: Obama and Limbaugh Agree on Same-Sex Marriage
Tim Slagle, Big Hollywood: Defending Wanda — Kind Of
Scared Monkeys: White House Apologizes for White House Laughing at Wanda Sykes September 11 Humor at Correspondent’s Dinner
Vets On The Watch: Meghan McCain Is Truly A RINO Idiot
Bulletproof Diction: Meghan McCain: The 4th Dixie Chick
Michelle Malkin: The most self-absorbed night in Washington (since the inaugural)
Kris Kitto, The Hill: Star-studded dinner includes some risky jokes
Thoughts Of A Conservative Christian: Not funny: Barack Obama laughs at Wanda Sykes “joke” about wanting Rush Limbaugh dead
Ben Shapiro, Big Hollywood: Wanda Sykes’ Gutless Performance
Mike Lupica, Daily News: David Feherty shouldn’t get pass for tasteless joke – but neither should Wanda Sykes
The Weekly Standard: Olbermann on Sykes: Probably in Bad Taste; Obama to Sykes: Great Job
Doug Powers, WorldNetDaily: The joke’s not on Obama and on Michelle Malkin’s blog: Rush is wrong?
Power Line: Wanted: One Funny Comedian
The Anchoress: Notes from the Correspondent’s Dinner – UPDATED
Toby Harnden, Telegraph.co.uk: Not funny: Barack Obama laughs at Wanda Sykes “joke” about wanting Rush Limbaugh dead
Founding Bloggers: White House Correspondents’ Supper
Melanie Morgan, Big Hollywood: Is Miss California the New Leo Penn?
Gary Graham, Big Hollywood: All-American Girl
Michelle Malkin: $%^&*!!: Civility and tolerance in the Age of Obama
Greg Gutfield, Big Hollywood: Daily Gut: Angry Chicks Against Ladies
Liberty Pundit: Hate and the Left
PoliGazette: Miss California Under Fire First, Hero of the Right Now
Michael Franzese, Big Hollywood: To Mr. Perez Hilton, I’m Making You an Offer You Shouldn’t Refuse
Andrew Breitbart, Big Hollywood: We’re Here, We’re Queer and We’re Hypocrites
Stop the ACLU: Beauty queens must not voice conservative opinions
Jim Blazsik: Miss California and the Spirit of the Age
GayPatriot: Name-calling: the supposedly smart set’s preferred means to respond to gay marriage opponents and others offering a politically incorrect point of view and In Wake of Tea Parties, Left’s Anger Reaches Fever Pitch even as their side controls levers of political power
MavTV: Perez Hilton costs hot chick the Miss USA title
Mark Epstein: Blood in the Streets Part III: The Unhinged Anger of the Left
The Western Experience: More shameful intolerance from the tyrannical left and gay totalitarians.
Rev. Woody Hol, Big Hollywood: Cultural Apologetics: A Holy Chastising
Vets On The Watch: If You Disagree, You Are A Dumb Bitch
Jon David, Big Hollywood: My Weekly Date with a Liberal – Date #2

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