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Video! Obama Calls Kanye A 'Jackass' For VMA Stunt
Rachel Slajda | September 16, 2009, 4:51PM
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As ABC's Terry Moran accidentally reported, President Obama called rapper Kanye West a "jackass" before an interview with CNBC on Monday. The comment was supposed to be off the record.
Now, we have the video:
Politico originally posted the video earlier today, then quickly took it down. Ben Smith wrote, "Wiser heads than mine at POLITICO made the call to take down the video of the "jackass" moment. Sorry about the tease if you missed it."
But CNN managed to grab the video before it went down.
When Taylor Swift, a country singer, won the award for best female video at the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday night, West took the microphone from her and praised Beyonce, who was also nominated for the award. (Watch the video if you haven't seen it yet.)
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fbacon2
September 16, 2009 5:06 PM
I was mad when this story leaked, but now I'm so happy I got a chance to watch it. This president if effing hilarious. I can't remember the last time I've laughed out loud for all the right reasons because of a POTUS.
Oh, and Terry Moran is still a jackass for tweeting. Ditto ABC.
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Larry Geater
September 16, 2009 5:54 PM
I stand by my comment on an earlier post relating to this issue. This will help the president with almost every demographic. The video is even better than the transcript.
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Tres
September 16, 2009 6:02 PM
Obama/Biden/Swift/West: Beer Summit II!
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superfly
September 16, 2009 7:29 PM
Hilarious.
The only thing that would have made it funnier is if he had answered "He's a jackass, and he likes fish sticks."
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Voter
September 16, 2009 7:33 PM
That President is a real person. Can you imagine any other President saying "He is a jack ass" and have it sound like a term of endearment?
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Subliminability
September 16, 2009 7:40 PM
Even his "gaffes" are graceful.
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fsudirectory
September 17, 2009 12:23 AM
Kanye Calls out Joe Wilson!
http://twitpic.com/i0ma7
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lyleleander
September 17, 2009 12:53 AM
I guess when all us whites are put into Obama's concentration camps, eating cold rotten beans and stitching together fragments of tattered clothes airdropped from ObamaForce Air transports, we can all gather around and reminisce at how clever it was when he called one of his fellow African-Americans a 'Jackass', and how certain it made us all feel that he was on our side and nothing like this-- THIS-- could ever happen.
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