Posted on 12/06/2010 12:35:36 PM PST by OldDeckHand
When Kathy Griffin joked that Bristol Palin looked like “the white Precious” after her supposed weight gain, her audience—a group of servicemen and women at the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar, California—booed in response. Curiously, though, the group responded much more positively when Griffin made a crack about “deformities”—even though soldiers injured in battle must have been watching the show, VH1 Divas Salute the Troops, both during its taping and as it was simulcast around the globe.
Griffin’s joke came during a bit in which she read a list of standards to which she was supposedly ordered to adhere. The audience howled as she recited the first entry on the list, “Entertainment must be wholesome and adhere to the standards of good taste.” (“We f*cked that up already,” Griffin said by way of response.)
Rule Number Three went like this: “Individual deformities will not be ridiculed.” Reading that led Griffin to embark on the following riff:
“I know. Individual deformities. Uh, sue me, but that shit’s funny. Hear me out. My left boob is actually bigger than my right boob—I know! Mine too! That is an individual deformity. And let me tell you something—20 minutes ago backstage, when I was giving a topless lap dance to the commanding officer—you know, I had my deformity. We were laughing about it. So that one’s on him.”
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This lady is a troll.
While I applaud VH1 trying to do something positive for our troops, perhaps they should exercise a little more discretion before they invite such a d-bag to participate. Such crassness is to be expected with this one.
What idiot signed up this loathsome bitch for a USO tour?
A vile human being.
Who in the hell thought it was wise to put a flaming libtard in front of the troops?
Did they confuse the show with target practice?
It’s not funny at all, it’s actually quite pathetic. This woman spews such vile things, she needs toilet paper for her mouth.
To put this vile pyle in the same area as our fine Military is just wrong to begin with.
I can’t think of any reason this woman would be appealing to the troops or anyone normal.
Who would pick her for this?
Her appeal is only to far left libtards.
I’ve never heard of this slut before this. What’s her claim to fame?
she has made me laugh on occasion (her routine about the show Hoarders is quite funny), but for the most part, she is EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE and quite disgusting!
Somebody needs to tell Kathy you can lose fat but you can’t fix ugly!
Obama and Rahm Emmanuel give the finger to the troops.
I have fairly relaxed standards of pulchritude, but that’s a whole lotta ugly, right there.
I suppose Kathy Griffin thinks she’s funny, and perhaps scattered pockets of bitter liberals here and there, but anyone else...
It’s...a mystery.
Her entire act is based on being offensive. That’s her schtick. I watch her specials, but don’t hang around people in RL who act or talk like her. It’s kind of like the “if you don’t like it don’t watch her” thing.
But have to wonder who chose her to “entertain” the troops since they can’t “turn the channel”? VH1?? No wonder. They are all liberal commies who supposedly care about the troops, but really just hate what America stands for.
You're right that, in fairness, it should be said that she can be funny. But that begs the question: why the heavy reliance on bad taste, scatology, and obscenity?
Your definition of 'lady' obviously differs from mine.
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