Barack Obama

...interested in a network job because of the potential limitations in language and topics. The Barack Obama campaign made her change her mind. "I was like, 'Wow, I really wish I had an outlet where I could go out there and just speak on...

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...followed by a stand up routine that also jabbed at former president, George W. Bush and Republicans in general, who heavily criticize Obama for the mess that W left behind. The routine was funny but toned down-even for Sykes (I guess...

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...everything short of gravity: the election of Barack Obama. "With what's going on politically, I just felt it would be an interesting time to have this kind of platform," Sykes says. What's even more interesting is that after years of...

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...news. "When we have Barack Obama running for President and this past campaign, I was like, 'Wow, I really wish I had an outlet where I could go out there and just speak on this on a week-to-week basis and be current,'" Sykes said. "That...

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...from slapstick collapse to facial flexibility, to make it land. When it comes to the opening target of those jokes, Barack Obama, Sykes has an obvious advantage. She can say things a white comedian probably couldn't, or at least...

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...of the president coloring during briefings. In this year's "I'm a Be Me," she is hilarious about Barack Obama, doing an impersonation of Barack and Michelle alone in the White House. At the White House correspondents' dinner, she may...

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...or torture detainees in a secret prison, Sykes promised to be the "first person on Fox not to pick on President Obama," comparing people who accuse the president of doing too much to bosses on a union job. Later, after showing a montage of...

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