You know, claiming something isn’t fit for a joke probably works better if there isn’t video of the President of the United States laughing at it. But don’t count on the mainstream media pointing that out.

The White House is keeping its distance from an entertainer’s joke comparing commentator Rush Limbaugh to a terrorist.

Presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs on Monday was asked for President Barack Obama’s reaction to the joke by comic actress Wanda Sykes at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Obama took part in the event. …

Gibbs said the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is a topic “better left for serious reflection than comedy.”

And now for the video of Obama laughing at said jokes:

Robert Gibbs may not find the jokes funny, but his boss sure did.
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