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68. It has been my observation that when people have to announce they are funny.....

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 02:04 PM

Apr 2018

...they usually aren't

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hey, guess what! turns out, michelle wolf is a woman! [View all] unblock Apr 2018 OP

Hat's off to you! pandr32 Apr 2018 #1

And Huckabee Sanders is a woman ollie10 Apr 2018 #2

It's easy to pretend Sanders' appearance was ridiculed, despite that pretense being inaccurate. LanternWaste Apr 2018 #3

Sooo we are to believe that her makeup is described as looking like ashes from burning lies..... ollie10 Apr 2018 #4

The butt of the joke was that lies transform a person, and rarely for the better. LanternWaste Apr 2018 #5

It wasn't necessary to bring her makeup into this. ollie10 Apr 2018 #7

It's fun to pretend we're offended by a comedian doing precisely what comedians do. LanternWaste Apr 2018 #9

Just an aside - she did NOT make fun of her make up JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #10

Oh please ollie10 Apr 2018 #15

how did she diss her make-up? JenniferJuniper Apr 2018 #21

Hint: it has something to do with saying it looks like ashes ollie10 Apr 2018 #25

She didn't say that and you know it, JenniferJuniper Apr 2018 #26

So you think it is a compliment to tell a woman her eye make up looks like ashes? ollie10 Apr 2018 #37

I do a black smokey eye all the time. This is the third thread you have been on with this topic . Oppaloopa Apr 2018 #72

If it is a man, you talk about issues ollie10 Apr 2018 #115

So now we get down to what your real issue is... Women comedians. ehrnst May 2018 #181

misrepresentation, again ollie10 May 2018 #182

Obeservation, again. You are on multiple OPs ranting about this ehrnst May 2018 #189

Nobody is ranting. I didn't like the monologue. Get over it. ollie10 May 2018 #193

Yes, you are ranting that she is "trumplike" "setting back the pro-choice movement" ehrnst May 2018 #197

bye ollie10 May 2018 #199

Michele said Sanders was being resourceful using the ashes. It was a compliment riversedge Apr 2018 #110

bunk ollie10 May 2018 #160

Irony? Like you picking fights on this topic, then say you think that Michelle Wolf ehrnst May 2018 #198

I am through. You can talk to yourself all day if you want! Cheers ollie10 May 2018 #201

See you in a few posts. ehrnst May 2018 #206

And yet that wasn't the punchline of the joke. Beartracks May 2018 #154

Thank you for fighting the good fight. ANYONE who goes after RUMP whether it is Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #41

Do *you* have any friends of the female gender? ehrnst Apr 2018 #31

Thanks, yes the remark has nothing to do with looks good or bad, so to entirely miss that point Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #43

Are you saying that... tonedevil Apr 2018 #35

wow. saying they are actually ashes.....that'll sure make it a compliment! ollie10 Apr 2018 #39

Wow, did you know that there is actually eyeliner color named Ash?????? ehrnst Apr 2018 #50

You clearly don't get the point volstork Apr 2018 #58

She did not insult anyone's makeup... tonedevil Apr 2018 #64

It has been my observation that when people have to announce they are funny..... ollie10 Apr 2018 #68

You mean like Jon Stewart and Colbert have? Are you a Democrat? (nt) ehrnst May 2018 #165

Let me report back, ollie10. I am female, and I know eye make-up, and it was a JOKE... Hekate Apr 2018 #62

Someone needs their outrage - they are furiously arguing this on several threads. ehrnst May 2018 #166

It's obvious that most of the routine went over the orange-worshiper's heads. Canoe52 May 2018 #282

What part of "She burns facts, then uses the ashes to make a smokey eye" ehrnst Apr 2018 #22

what lies are you referring to? Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2018 #254

Once again, troll, she was JenniferJuniper Apr 2018 #11

Indeed. ehrnst Apr 2018 #23

Ollie is a troll and needs to move on JenniferJuniper Apr 2018 #24

For some reason, Ollie is all over the threads praising Wolf ehrnst Apr 2018 #36

She made a joke about what Huckabee does with the ashes of truth. ehrnst Apr 2018 #18

Ollie, I fear you have missed the point by a mile. Nitram Apr 2018 #47

thanks for your concern ollie10 Apr 2018 #48

Always glad to help someone in need. Nitram Apr 2018 #49

Perhaps you should be listening to the many many people who ehrnst Apr 2018 #53

Well, after all, it is just your opinion. (nt) ehrnst May 2018 #224

2 replies to the same post! damn! ollie10 May 2018 #225

And UR back! ehrnst May 2018 #235

just pointed out you replied TWICE to the same post ollie10 May 2018 #236

You've decided to take me off ignore again. ehrnst May 2018 #237

thanks for reminding me ollie10 May 2018 #238

Well, at least you can count. Numbers aren't a matter of opinion. ehrnst May 2018 #239

Nah, not really, it was actually a compliment. mountain grammy Apr 2018 #71

I don't buy that ollie10 Apr 2018 #88

Well stick with them if you choose. mountain grammy Apr 2018 #122

I think women should be judged by who they are....not their makeup ollie10 Apr 2018 #123

Sorry can't agree..her makeup is fair game mountain grammy Apr 2018 #142

Attack lies....don't have to mention the makeup.....that is not the issue ollie10 Apr 2018 #144

Yes, Hillary was attacked for her looks, her voice, and more, and mountain grammy Apr 2018 #145

No, this isn't the same thing at all. ehrnst May 2018 #240

Not for nothing, but there have been plenty of potshots made here on DU and other places about Fla Dem May 2018 #268

Wrong again. She commented on McConnell's appearance. ehrnst May 2018 #261

This message was self-deleted by its author ollie10 May 2018 #263

Are you scared to say what you really want to say to me? ehrnst May 2018 #266

I will delete any post I choose to. ollie10 May 2018 #267

Did my pointing out of your misrepresentation of your ehrnst May 2018 #269

No not at all ollie10 May 2018 #270

Oh, I "have a reading comprehension problem" now, and am "malicious and petty." ehrnst May 2018 #273

If I said I agreed with you would you promise to leave me alone? ollie10 May 2018 #275

Wouldn't that be you "misrepresenting" your views? ehrnst May 2018 #279

It is clear that you are wrong ollie10 May 2018 #281

It's clear that you think your opinions are facts ehrnst May 2018 #283

Yes it is clear. Very clear ollie10 May 2018 #284

Interesting that you call yourself a victim. ehrnst May 2018 #288

You mean the ones in the administration or the press, who were being roasted? ehrnst May 2018 #167

misrepresentation, again ollie10 May 2018 #184

Nope. I called you out on your double standard. ehrnst May 2018 #188

No. I told you I didn't like your misrepresentation and that I didn't want to discuss ollie10 May 2018 #190

You realize that every one of those posts is a response to your posts ehrnst May 2018 #205

yes, that is stalking ollie10 May 2018 #208

And what you are doing is trolling ehrnst May 2018 #210

stalkers often blame the victim ollie10 May 2018 #211

Are you a "victim" now? That's a new one. (nt) ehrnst May 2018 #213

It's makeup, not a birthmark misanthrope Apr 2018 #84

you conveniently left out the quote "uses the ashes to create" ollie10 Apr 2018 #87

You might want to bone up on your history misanthrope Apr 2018 #90

so the egyptians used ashes from burned lies? ollie10 Apr 2018 #92

You're trying way, way, way, way too hard. misanthrope Apr 2018 #94

It is indeed exhausting to dig a bottomless hole A-Schwarzenegger May 2018 #152

Yep, because no one with an X and a Y chromosome has ever misanthrope May 2018 #153

Ha, I dont think ollie knew what smoky eye was. A-Schwarzenegger May 2018 #155

Really? I've heard my wife, her friends, misanthrope May 2018 #156

I'm old & an out-of-it (married) hermit. A-Schwarzenegger May 2018 #157

perfect could be literal or it could be sarcasm.... ollie10 May 2018 #162

This from someone who says that "no one had ever heard of Michelle Wolf before this" ehrnst May 2018 #168

Are trolls ever sincere? A-Schwarzenegger May 2018 #260

Holy Fuck... SidDithers Apr 2018 #112

So, now you say the joke was about Lies, and not makeup? Which is it? (nt) ehrnst May 2018 #176

your misrepresentation ollie10 May 2018 #179

Nope. You are misrepresenting what she said, when someone points out that you are wrong. ehrnst May 2018 #186

misrepresentation, again ollie10 May 2018 #187

Obesrvation, again. ehrnst May 2018 #191

OMG, Michelle Wolf is a woman! ehrnst May 2018 #171

Sanders is the White House press secretary, not a vulnerable wife and mother being pilloried ehrnst May 2018 #214

This! mcar May 2018 #246

It's insulting not just to Huckabee to infantalize her that way, it's insulting to all ehrnst May 2018 #248

I cannot even imagine mcar May 2018 #249

So tell women on DU about makeup. ehrnst May 2018 #271

You don't understand ollie10 May 2018 #272

I think you have an issue with listening to those who wear makeup ehrnst May 2018 #274

Funny you are saying that beings as how you fail to listen to Sanders' side ollie10 May 2018 #278

From the man who thinks that he needs to "defend the working mother" ehrnst May 2018 #280

Your hate is noted ollie10 May 2018 #285

Look in the mirror to see that. ehrnst May 2018 #287

Also... what is "Sanders' side?" ehrnst May 2018 #289

I believe it's called a "metaphor." dogknob Apr 2018 #8

so it's ok to ridicule someone's make up.... ollie10 Apr 2018 #34

You are really bent out of joint about Wolf, aren't you? ehrnst Apr 2018 #38

Thank you! Exotica May 2018 #150

Ollie seems to have issues with makeup ehrnst May 2018 #276

Burning FACTS. Sarah burns FACTS. Get that straight & you can't go wrong with the rest. Hekate Apr 2018 #30

Saying she had the smokey eye look going isn't negative. Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2018 #32

Here's what she actually said ollie10 Apr 2018 #42

OK. First she said "to create a PERFECT smoky eye." Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2018 #46

If you compliment a woman on her makeup that is cool. ollie10 Apr 2018 #52

OK, one more time Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2018 #54

Then why was she booed? ollie10 Apr 2018 #59

Because power doesn't like it when people point and laugh? Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2018 #61

Do you really think it was fair for Wolf to reference her makeup/appearance? ollie10 Apr 2018 #65

SHE SAID POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT HER MAKEUP Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2018 #74

You cling to your outrage, even when it has been debunked. Are you republican? ehrnst May 2018 #164

Hey - here is what your hero had to say about Michelle Wolf ehrnst May 2018 #163

You're actually saying she didn't say perfect? Perfect smokey eye. Quote her accuratelyonce bettyellen Apr 2018 #55

OMG! Cosmetics companies clearly don't know Ash is an insulting way to describe makeup... ehrnst Apr 2018 #56

Women have used charred kohl to create the smoky eye look for millenia Tanuki Apr 2018 #66

Here's a report - women buy makuep colors named Ash: ehrnst Apr 2018 #60

Many women have already answered you in this very thread. Perhaps the problem is with you. Hekate Apr 2018 #77

And maybe you like hurling insults ollie10 Apr 2018 #79

ROFLMAO. What insult have I hurled at you? Have I called you a name? Or was it my devastating logic? Hekate Apr 2018 #80

Clueless, I guess ollie10 Apr 2018 #82

You DID look in the mirror, like you were told. ehrnst May 2018 #215

You aren't being insulted. You are merely being told you are wrong. Caliman73 Apr 2018 #146

In your opinion.... ollie10 Apr 2018 #147

In MANY people's opinions. Caliman73 Apr 2018 #148

I don't think it makes any difference the sex of the person ollie10 May 2018 #161

I call BS. You say you love Colbert and Stewart ehrnst May 2018 #170

yesterday I told you I was not interested in discussing with you because of the numerous times you ollie10 May 2018 #174

You keep on posting the same thing over and over again to pick fights with people who praise ehrnst May 2018 #195

As I told you before, ollie10 May 2018 #196

No, you keep changing your "objections" when you are schooled on why you are wrong. ehrnst May 2018 #200

hey....I let you troll/stalk for dozens of times ollie10 May 2018 #204

You are trolling posts that support Michelle Wolf ehrnst May 2018 #212

You obviously dont know fuckall about either makeup or metaphor Exotica May 2018 #151

and you have learned to flame and hurl personal insults ollie10 May 2018 #159

You mean like saying people that don't agree with you think that MLK wasn't smart? ehrnst May 2018 #202

Perhaps someday those on here who say they're supporters of the Democratic Party Amimnoch Apr 2018 #67

Trump is a shithole chicken hawk lying scumbag ollie10 Apr 2018 #70

You aren't outraged when male comedians use shock value. ehrnst May 2018 #169

You've memorized some of the antiTrump buzzwords, but they don't mean diddly when you... Hekate May 2018 #226

Aren't you forgetting? ollie10 May 2018 #231

At the moment we can live an eyeliner for an eyeliner Hekate May 2018 #233

OMG, are you referencing a woman's MAKEUP!!!!! ehrnst May 2018 #245

I expect Sarah's defenders to stamp their feet & swear Hillary's cackle, pantsuit, hair, makeup... Hekate May 2018 #250

So now you think that calling out the GOP is "an eye for an eye?" ehrnst May 2018 #244

Why does it matter that SHS is a mother? mcar May 2018 #247

Naw, oleo's heart would no doubt bleed for her childless state. Personally, I think SHS must be... Hekate May 2018 #251

Those facial expressions! mcar May 2018 #253

Dehumanizing is easy when we tribalize ollie10 May 2018 #255

No more than you did when you dehumanized Michelle Wolf as ehrnst May 2018 #256

Huh? mcar May 2018 #257

Whoops. Wrong bridge again. Bye. n/t rzemanfl May 2018 #258

Quick! They are picking on your girlfriend over here!: rzemanfl May 2018 #259

I guess you haven't read my posts ollie10 May 2018 #262

I guess this is just another fine mess I've gotten you into Ollie. Good night. eom rzemanfl May 2018 #286

Burnt facts. The lies are spread on each morning WhiteTara Apr 2018 #143

"Laid on with a trowel," as we say of too much makeup... Hekate May 2018 #227

Oh, ffs! Exotica May 2018 #149

I see you have learned to use the f word ollie10 May 2018 #220

And you showed you have memorized some of the nastier antiTrump buzzwords. Wash your fingertips... Hekate May 2018 #228

At least she knows fact from fiction ehrnst May 2018 #241

Soooooooooooo, are we to believe that Sanders doesn't lie? kcr May 2018 #218

As I have said way back, I am no fan of Huckabee Sanders ollie10 May 2018 #219

You are also no fan of a woman with no power who speaks Truth to Power. Hekate May 2018 #229

So why are you so triggered by "a comic routine" so much that you have ehrnst May 2018 #242

Let Sarah rot in hell dembotoz Apr 2018 #13

I don't like her either ollie10 Apr 2018 #17

Calling woman who tells political jokes like a man does "trumplike" is so grade school. ehrnst Apr 2018 #19

Then it's our job to bring it back dembotoz Apr 2018 #27

How about telling jokes about her lies without the crap about the eye shadow? ollie10 Apr 2018 #33

"Not a bad person?" you accused Wolf of "setting back the pro-choice movement" and "helping Trump" ehrnst Apr 2018 #44

Open any women's magazine in the beauty parlor for eye-fashion tips, including how to smudge... Hekate Apr 2018 #83

How many of them advertise "make your eyes look like they are covered with ashes"? ollie10 Apr 2018 #85

You twist so much you could be making rope. Wow. Hekate Apr 2018 #96

The real twist is trying to make this sound like a compliment ollie10 Apr 2018 #99

Or you trying to make it sound like the fact that she's a woman isn't your real issue. ehrnst May 2018 #173

... lapucelle May 2018 #158

Crickets... (nt) ehrnst May 2018 #216

,,, lapucelle May 2018 #221

... lapucelle May 2018 #222

Now Ollie will just try to change gears and say that using the "Maybelline" tagline is calling SHS ehrnst May 2018 #223

Now you are misrepresenting what she said. What is it about female comedians gets you so upset? ehrnst May 2018 #183

misrepresentation, again ollie10 May 2018 #185

Obesrvation and calling you out on your double standards again. ehrnst May 2018 #192

There is a name for people who like to call names ollie10 May 2018 #194

You mean like you did with "trumplike?" ehrnst May 2018 #203

"Not a bad person"? As in, "There are good people on both sides (in Charlottesville)"? If they... Hekate May 2018 #230

didn't say that at all ollie10 May 2018 #234

BS. You know people can read your posts, right? Even when you misrepresent yourself later? ehrnst May 2018 #264

you have outdone yourself! ollie10 May 2018 #265

Wolf actually brought more attention to Sanders' lies. There was plenty of MSM discussion about LuvLoogie Apr 2018 #40

It is directly addressing the issue of her lies! LiberalLovinLug Apr 2018 #73

Why was it needful to even mention her eyes? ollie10 Apr 2018 #76

She didn't mention her eyes LiberalLovinLug Apr 2018 #109

Wolf received a lot of criticism for her personal attacks on Sanders ollie10 May 2018 #177

Cosmo had this to say: ehrnst May 2018 #217

Yay, Cosmo. That's what I tried to tell oleo about women's mags in beauty parlors. nt Hekate May 2018 #232

Michelle Wolf is a woman, and that's your problem with the routine. ehrnst May 2018 #172

You love her! JenniferJuniper Apr 2018 #104

bullshit ollie10 Apr 2018 #107

You have a double standard. ehrnst May 2018 #175

You know what Ms. Wolfe didn't do? JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #16

It is not necessary for you misrepresent what I have said ollie10 Apr 2018 #20

Unskilled comic? The Daily Show hires "unskilled" comics that go on to get their own show? ehrnst Apr 2018 #29

The good news there is only one, why every nasty remark about Wolf's heroic performance Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #45

Um, no, you're confused. procon Apr 2018 #78

Back in grade school...people made fun of how some people dressed ollie10 Apr 2018 #81

"Bullying happens along a gradient of existing power and reiterates it," to borrow from... Hekate Apr 2018 #91

so would it be asking to much for Wolf to unambiguously attack her lies ollie10 Apr 2018 #95

One wonders what your agenda is. Inquiring minds want to know. Hekate Apr 2018 #98

To defeat Trump in 2020. To gain a Democratic Senate and House. ollie10 Apr 2018 #106

Your overwhelming concern is duly noted. Thank you for your input. Hekate Apr 2018 #119

We lost the election in 2016 in states we should have won ollie10 Apr 2018 #121

The Dems will win this one bigly if Putin decides it wll be a hoot to watch us all run around... Hekate Apr 2018 #128

She won the popular vote, yes ollie10 Apr 2018 #131

Suuure. You just keep clinging to that "mistakes were made" meme. Concern duly noted. Hekate Apr 2018 #133

Then you keep on with the no mistakes were made meme. lack of concern duly noted. ollie10 Apr 2018 #136

Tit for tat tit for tat tit for tat. What a waste of time you are creating. This isn't ping pong... Hekate Apr 2018 #140

OH, so NOW liking Michelle Wolf equals getting Trump elected? ehrnst May 2018 #178

Wouldn't it be far better to just admit you don't get the joke JenniferJuniper Apr 2018 #101

as I have tried to express ollie10 Apr 2018 #111

You are not correct in your assessment. JenniferJuniper Apr 2018 #114

so I am just supposed to shut up and conform? ollie10 Apr 2018 #116

No, you should back up your assertion JenniferJuniper Apr 2018 #117

Oh, I have ollie10 Apr 2018 #120

Ah, you don't like JenniferJuniper Apr 2018 #124

I don't like her either ollie10 Apr 2018 #125

Older than JenniferJuniper Apr 2018 #126

You are old enough to know better. I am older than you. ollie10 Apr 2018 #127

How do you know how old I am? JenniferJuniper Apr 2018 #130

Just a guess ollie10 Apr 2018 #132

Funniest post JenniferJuniper Apr 2018 #135

I am glad you are happy ollie10 Apr 2018 #137

Going go put some smokey eye shadow on JenniferJuniper Apr 2018 #138

Have a good one ollie10 Apr 2018 #139

LOL! And stuff like that. Demit Apr 2018 #141

You are not supposed to troll on various threads on this topic. ehrnst May 2018 #180

This poster has an agenda, doesn't he? We could speculate about what, as he is certainly urgent... Hekate Apr 2018 #118

I think the rest of us got the joke about her lies, but you didn't. ehrnst May 2018 #243

Uh-uh, no you don't, I see what you did there. procon Apr 2018 #129

For this particular person? paleotn Apr 2018 #93

Wolf just made Huckabee Sanders sympathetic ollie10 Apr 2018 #97

You've said this many dozens of times today. JenniferJuniper Apr 2018 #102

Slanders is only sympathetic to the RW & those who carry water for them. Your concern ... Hekate Apr 2018 #103

Not really.... paleotn Apr 2018 #108

Prove it. Why don't you tell us how "she set back the pro-choice movement" ehrnst May 2018 #209

We do make much of Dotard's physical appearance treestar Apr 2018 #134

thank you for confirming my surmise. niyad Apr 2018 #6

Not just the right wing... ehrnst Apr 2018 #12

Baggers are reverting back to their normal articulate positions--comparing her to Carrot Top. TheBlackAdder Apr 2018 #14

I also find the arguments the Wolf detractors are using interesting. haele Apr 2018 #28

Yep. ehrnst Apr 2018 #51

She could look like Daisy Ridley or Joseph Merrick snort Apr 2018 #69

You made me laugh. Thanks! misanthrope Apr 2018 #89

Hey, I *am* a retired Navy Chief. haele Apr 2018 #100

Your last statement about the WH Press Corps has been salient for a few decades now misanthrope Apr 2018 #113

Who is surprised by this? Gothmog Apr 2018 #57

Of course! BobTheSubgenius Apr 2018 #63

Im waiting for someone to Soxfan58 Apr 2018 #75

For Pete's sake, people, grumpyduck Apr 2018 #86

SHS actually wears less make-up than DJT. Sorry to anyone I offended...well....except them...:) dameatball Apr 2018 #105

Ok I get it if you hated Wolf's routine for its crudeness MaryMagdaline May 2018 #207

But should Sarah being wearing ashy eyeshadow at Olive Garden while .... kwassa May 2018 #252

You have a firm grasp fo the obvious! PJMcK May 2018 #277