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Posted on May 28, 2009
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Wanda Sykes tells Jay Leno what the media really mean when they wonder who the “real” Michelle Obama is. Watch her break down the media and the race issue on last night’s “Tonight Show.”

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By Purple Girl, May 31, 2009 at 7:29 am Link to this comment

Why was Wandas Joke about Rush being the 20th Highjacker considered using ‘9/11’s name in vain and yet the Right wingers can use it as the punchline to every agruement for their heinous crimes or to get a vote?
How many times did Rudy G ‘pimp out’ the events of 9/11 throughout his campaign. Working it like a Streetwalker to solicit voters from the electorate- A thousand?
How many times did Cheney just defile the event and the innocent victims, to justify his illegal orders to Torture detainees in that AEI speech- 21?
How dare the Repugs and their media propagandaist claim outrage over a simple joke when they have used the events of 9/11 like their own personal Whore to fake consent by the general public or hustle votes from them.
You are assured a LIE is coming when their lips start moving and the words “9/11” come out.

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By Leefeller, May 28, 2009 at 9:25 pm Link to this comment

Mass media’s job is to do what Wanda Sykes described, though this is only the tip of the iceberg.

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