UPDATE: People are still talking about saturday night's White House Correspondents Association dinner and comedian Wanda Sykes' performance. She poked fun at everybody from President Obama and Vice President Biden to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and former Vice President Dick Cheney.
But. Sykes reserved her toughest jabs for conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, slamming him for saying he hopes President Obama fails. Her joke compared Limbaugh to Osama Bin Laden and encouraged the president to look into whether Limbaugh was "the 20th hijacker but he was so strung out on Oxycontin that he missed his flight."
Sykes' joke elicited laughter from most in the crowd, including President Obama. But some believe the joke was in poor taste and White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said on Monday that the Sept. 11 terrorist attack is a topic "better left for serious reflection than comedy."
WACH FOX News viewers responded to an online poll with 63% saying Sykes went too far with the joke while 37% felt it was okay.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is keeping its distance from an entertainer's joke comparing commentator Rush Limbaugh to a terrorist.
Presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs on Monday was asked for President Barack Obama's reaction to the joke by comic actress Wanda Sykes at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Obama took part in the event.
Sykes jabbed at Limbaugh for suggesting that he wants Obama to fail. She said Limbaugh's view was essentially the same as al-Qaida terrorist leader Osama bin Laden's. She suggested Obama might want to look into the matter "because I think Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker."
Gibbs said the Sept. 11 terrorist attack is a topic "better left for serious reflection than comedy."
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