He’s got timing. Along with Reagan, he might be one of the most naturally funny presidents.(Honorable mention to “Quiet Cal” Calvin Coolidge if those anecdotes are actually true). Add to that some well-written jokes by either himself or his wunderkind Jon Favreau, and you got yourself a stand-up routine worthy of its own Comedy Central special. “Wassup?”:
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Yes, Obama had some good jabs. However, it was Wanda Sykes who stole the show.
Sykes: “Rush Limbaugh said he hopes this administration fails. So you’re saying, ‘I hope America fails’, you’re, like, ‘I don’t care about people losing their homes, their jobs, our soldiers in Iraq’. He just wants the country to fail. To me, that’s treason He’s not saying anything differently than what Osama bin Laden is saying. You know, you might want to look into this, sir, because I think Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker. But he was just so strung out on OxyContin he missed his flight.”
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