Obama calls Kanye a jackass
The president's off-the-record read on hip-hop star Kanye West's outburst at MTV's Video Music Awards
Kanye West takes the microphone from Best Female Video winner Taylor Swift as he praises the video entry from Beyoncé at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
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Barack Obama has "finally found an issue that could unite both Democrats and Republicans," said Katie Connolly in Newsweek. In an off-the-record portion of an interview with CNBC, the president was asked to comment on hip-hop star Kanye West's outburst at MTV's Video Music Awards. The response wasn't aired, but ABC reporter Terry Moran said on Twitter that Obama calls Kanye "a jackass" for barging on stage and interrupting an acceptance speech (watch Kanye West interrupt country singer Taylor Swift at the VMAs).
I knew Obama "had his good points," said Allahpundit in Hot Air. "What I don't know is why he'd insist on keeping this off the record." The only reason the general public heard about the president's comment at all was that ABC's Terry Moran prematurely tweeted something that turned out to be from the off-the-record part of the interview.
"This is exactly the kind of human, non-Spock-like outburst Obama needs to do much more of to better connect with the vast majority of the American people," said Trey Ellis in The Huffington Post. But Kanye West is an easy target—nobody is going to argue when Obama calls Kanye a jackass. The president needs to be just as candid about everybody from Joe Wilson to Wall Street cheaters, and "the first step is to call them a bunch of jackasses."
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Posted by unknown, Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 12:29 pm I love Obama and like how he is just one of us. But why the hell is he commenting on this nonsense?! Who cares if Kanye West stole the mic from Taylor Swift?!?!?! These things do not matter!! Healthcare, Iraq, Poverty, Unemployment. These are the things that matter....Not two celebrities fighting!
Posted by anonymous, Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 12:36 pm Whoa, whoa. The CNBC interviewer asked Obama a nongovernment related question off the record and Obama answered, simple as that. It's true that it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things, but the media's interests aren't always reflective of important issues. Hence why this is published in on The Week's website, not the White House's website.
Posted by bystander, Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 12:45 pm ditto on that last comment. Obama was simply responding OFF THE RECORD as a human being with an opinion.Does it really matter? No, but of course it seems to have made it's way into the public eye. Price you pay, I guess for being famous! Not to be overanalyzed.
Posted by Johnny Reb, Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 1:13 pm I agree with Obama. My stomach turns at the very notion of that but there it is...I agree with Obama.
Posted by Mehitabel, Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 1:45 pm LOL, with that premature tweet, Moran got himself put into the jackass category as well. Two for the price of one.
Posted by nem0.n00ne, Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 9:39 pm I have to disagree with the Big O. West is not a jackass. He is a F Ahole. To call him a jackass is an insult to muledom
Posted by Viola, Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 10:43 pm I may not like Obama, but props to him for this! Kanye is git, he deserves this humiliation not that he'll listen to it, he has too big of an ego.
Posted by mjira, Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 12:51 am of course the media dove in... next the wingers will be telling everyone that Kanye Wests outburst is bad while joe the dumbass ...opps I mean Joe the rep...was alright
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