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Sarah Palin Gang-Rape Joke Gets Sandra Bernhard Banned

poponthepop.com - 2nd Oct 2008

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Sarah Palin: I’m not exactly a fan of Sarah’s, but Sandra Bernhard did take her joke a bit too far. When it comes to high-ranking politicians, they fall into the ‘off limits’ category. You can’t say sumthin like that without facing the repercussions. Sandra Bernhard’s recent cracks about Gov. Sarah Palin are no laughing matter, according to a Boston women’s shelter. Officials at Rosie’s Place cut the comedian as a headliner from an annual benefit after she joked that Palin would be “gang-raped by my Big Black brothers” if she ever visited New York City. Bernhard made the joke last month at a one-woman show in Washington shortly before the Republican vice presidential hopeful hit NYC to campa

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