Politico Confirms TMZ's POTUS 'Jackass' Clip
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 1:41PM I wouldn't publish this clip, until a reputable group like Politico put it in play. Count me in as one who supports POTUS's comment that Kanye West is a “jackass” for his behavior at the MTV video awards on Sunday.
We gave him a FOR SHAME award over at Anne of Carversville, as he joined last week's FOR SHAME trio of Serena Williams and Joe Wilson.
We are not the only people in the world to make a---- of ourselves, but question is: where does incivility and unadulterated individual narcisssism end and some degree of respect for others begin?
Some of us have had enough. Anne
President Obama's TMZ Kanye West Video
Interviewer John Harwood asked Obama before the interview began if his girls were upset that West gave Taylor Swift “the Joe Wilson treatment” as Taylor was accepting an MTV video award Sunday.
“I thought that was really inappropriate, she’s getting an award, what are you butting in,” Obama is heard to say. “The young lady seems like a perfectly nice person, she’s getting her award, what’s he doing up there ... he’s a jackass.”
West went onstage while Swift was accepting Best Female Video Award and said Beyonce, who was also up for the award, should have won.
After his comments about West, Obama sounds concerned that his comments were picked up on the record, and asks where the White House pool reporter is. He refers to the “fly thing” where he killed a fly on camera during an interview and got in trouble with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
“Cut the president some slack, I’ve got a lot of stuff on my plate,” Obama says. more
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